Rookie cop first in Stamford to revive overdose victim with Narcan.

STAMFORD — It was a belated Father’s Day gift one man will not soon forget.

A former Stamford resident praised the efforts of a rookie police officer who saved his son’s life Monday morning by reviving him from a drug overdose. It was the first time a Stamford police officer has administered Narcan since all members of the department began carrying the overdose antidote last summer.

Sgt. Brian Butler said officers Thomas Landry, Christopher Felman-Merced and Fabio Rodrigues responded to a report of a man passed out inside a van in the driveway of a Culloden Road home.

Butler said the man’s father called police and said his son suffers from heroin addiction and was likely overdosing.

Butler said Landry found the 35-year-old man and administered two doses of Narcan.

“On the second dose, the victim came back alive and began speaking,” Butler said.

Butler said the other officers found several folds of heroin stamped “Kiss me” inside a cigarette pack in the vehicle. The victim was taken to Stamford Hospital where he was treated and released.

“It was an excellent job by all the officers on scene, especially officer Landry, who was able to assist and bring back the victim,” a police summary of the incident said.

Landry was hired in April 2017 and has been on the street for less than a year following his academy training.

Stamford police officers began carrying Narcan last July after a spike in overdoses.

Assistant Police Chief Tom Wuennemann said Monday’s incident was the first time an officer has needed to administer Narcan because of the unusual nature of the call. Wuennemann said police are not usually the first responders to medical calls, but were this time because it involved a person in a vehicle.

“If it was something that happened in an apartment, we would not have been dispatched,” he said.

A childhood friend of the victim appreciated the police response to his home where the incident occurred.

“I am happy the officer who was the first responder on this call had the training and the Narcan to resuscitate my friend,” said the man, whose name was withheld to protect the victim’s identity.

The victim’s father was equally appreciative.

“Thank God they had the Narcan and were able to revive him,” he said.