Female cop captured on video collapsing from suspected fentanyl exposure

Bodycam video captured the horrifying moment a female officer in South Carolina collapsed from alleged fentanyl exposure.

One officer is believed to have suffered the negative effects of fentanyl exposure during a routine call. She was handling a handcuffed suspect when she suddenly collapsed. Thankfully, another officer was on the scene to render aid.

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The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, which released the footage, says the call started as a welfare check. A woman had reportedly passed out behind the wheel in Bonneau, South Carolina and officers were dispatched to her location, where the woman was woken up. She claimed that she had pulled over and fallen asleep after nearly striking a deer, a story that made authorities suspicious.

It is further claimed that a “clear plastic bag that contained an unknown substance in one side of the driver’s bra and a folded-up dollar bill that also contained an unknown substance in the other side.” The female officer can be seen touching the bill without gloves on, and shortly after, collapses onto the ground calling for Narcan. She received two doses and was taken to the hospital, from which she was later released.

It is debated whether transdermally absorbing fentanyl is enough to cause an overdose.

“The only way to experience intoxification or overdose from fentanyl, or any other opioid is to take it intentionally: to inject it, to snort it or to ingest it orally,” said a pharmacy practice professor in 2021.

X users appear to agree.

More propaganda; every doctor I’ve talked to has said this is not how to get enough fentanyl in your system to OD. Officers are falling for “fentanyl suggestion hysteria.” https://t.co/IbGuilXQce

— ImSoEmotional (@India1229) August 1, 2025

This officer is not suffering from an overdose of Fentanyl. She is having a panic attack. A couple things to note:
1. It’s not readily absorbed through the skin unless it’s a prescription transdermal patch. If that was the case here, she wouldn’t just instantly hit the ground.… pic.twitter.com/EZmDuzBxxW

— 9mmSMG (@9mm_smg) July 31, 2025

“This officer is not suffering from an overdose of Fentanyl. She is having a panic attack. A couple things to note: 1. It’s not readily absorbed through the skin unless it’s a prescription transdermal patch. If that was the case here, she wouldn’t just instantly hit the ground. They’re all time released. She’s not just going to hit the ground quivering. 2. That’s not what an fent OD looks like. It’s a respiratory depressant. You don’t just fall to the ground quivering yelling about Narcan,” the user stated. “That’s not how it works. This is the third video of cops, two of them female accidentally touching a container that had fent in it and collapsing to the ground saying they’re overdosing. It’s hysteria, not an OD. They believe if you so much as touch a match heads worth of it, you immediately die. So when they come across it and touch it they think they’re dying. It’s just an anxiety attack. The Narcan wasn’t needed, an Ativan would have been more effective. Unless your hands are soaked in alcohol to help it absorb (Wouldn’t happen this quickly) or you’re exposed to it for a long period of time frequently, this won’t happen.”

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