A relentless, two-year investigation that led to a new state law, proposed federal legislation, a statewide review of health regulations, sweeping policy changes at local and state agencies, and national awareness about the use of ketamine, by paramedics, to sedate agitated people outside of a hospital.
While our investigation started in 2019, we continued to produce dozens of investigative stories in 2021.
A handful of those reports are included here.
The fourth link below, Sedated, is a special television program, the culmination of our two years of investigative work.
FOX31 investigates what happened to Steven Reycraft in 2019. He was involved in a verbal police altercation. Eventually, he was handcuffed, shackled, and strapped to a gurney. Although a paramedic initially said he didn't meet the criteria for her to administer ketamine, she eventually gave him the drug while he was being restrained.