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David Kennedy
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Senior Industry Consultant, SAS US Government Practice

David Kennedy is a Senior Industry Consultant for public safety in the US Government Practice at SAS. He has worked with criminal justice and public safety agencies for 12 years, helping them use data and analytics to manage cases, catch perpetrators and keep citizens, and officers, safe.

Analytics | Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence
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How law enforcement can use analytics to combat the opioid epidemic

A steady drumbeat of news coverage makes one thing clear: Opioid abuse is rising and has reached epidemic levels throughout our country. Overdoses from the diversion and abuse of prescription opioids are one cause of the surge in deaths. Overdoses from heroin and other illicit synthetic opioids (such as heroin,