After a night of drinking and cocaine, a Worcester police officer was fired.

Rodrigo Oliveira and Santo Dell'Aquila, a fellow Worcester police officer, overdosed inside Oliveira's house and were treated with Narcan by first responders.

Following the incident in June, the officers were placed on paid administrative leave while the Worcester Police Department started an internal investigation.

Oliveira's neighbors had routinely called 911 about noisy parties that went all night, according to What's Up Worcester reporters months later.

"This guy is an officer," said one caller. "Every year, we have the same complaint. Maybe it's time for you to do something, you know? He thinks he owns the city, but he doesn't."

Oliveira and Dell'Aquila, according to the internal inquiry, spent last June's night drinking and smoking with friends at a Worcester pub until it closed.

After that, the gang went back to Oliveira's house, where the celebration continued.

According to the investigation, both cops acknowledged to sniffing cocaine.

First responders responded quickly to deliver Narcan and do CPR.

According to the report, during his interview, "Officer Oliveira indicated that he felt he was dead and that he remembered coming back to life in the ambulance."

Both cops were charged with conduct unbecoming of an officer, criminal conduct, and breaching the no-smoking code, according to the internal investigation.

It was the final straw for Oliveira.

Chief of Police Steven Sargent recommended that the officer be fired.

"An investigation and hearing have been held, and Rodrigo Oliveira is no longer employed by the Worcester Police Department," He intends to retain a counsel and file an appeal against his dismissal.

Karen Blum has been a professor at Suffolk Law School for over 40 years and is an authority on police misbehavior. She wonders why the police department's executives didn't intervene sooner.