Four Campbell Police Officers are out of the hospital after being exposed to a "white powdery substance" while booking a suspect. 

As 21 News was the first to tell you, four Campbell Police Officers were taken to the hospital around 11:00 Friday morning. 

Officers Ryan Young, Melissa Williams, Chris Carson and Samantha Peak spent the entire day at St. Elizabeth Hospital's emergency room.  But 21 News has learned they are all doing well.

Several sources now confirm a nurse at St. Elizabeth's has now also had a reaction to the same 'powdery substance.'

Officer Ryan Young responded to messages from 21 News saying in a text message, that he was the arresting officer, he searched the suspect, located his wallet and pulled out his driver's license and that's when he came into contact with the unknown substance.

Officer Young says, he kind of felt like he was dying.  He had a bad headache, his face and hands were burning and tingling, he got light-headed, his hands began to lose color and he had white dots on them.

The other police officers felt nauseated, experienced numbness and tingling.

This unusual day all began in Campbell court.  Surveillance cameras captured Christopher Patton allegedly handing off the suboxone to his girlfriend Jennifer Stitzel who was in police custody, already facing a felony narcotics charge.

Campbell Police arrested Patton, and as they went to book him on a charge of illegal conveyance for what happened in the courtroom, that's when four officers came into contact with an "unknown substance" and emergency responders were called.

Campbell Law Director Brian Macala said, "There was a case out of East Liverpool in which an officer came into contact with what I believe was Fentanyl.  That caused him to actually I believe lose consciousness.  Of course, I'm hoping that's not the situation with our police officers.  But because of those type of circumstances and them having a little bit of feeling of numbness we want to make sure that they're healthy and safe and you know not have come into something that's potentially hazardous."

Lieutenant Kevin Sferra, the Campbell Police Officer-in-Charge, said he immediately contacted Youngstown Fire Captain Ben Esposito, he is a certified Advanced Haz/Mat Life Support Paramedic.  He advised Campbell PD on how to proceed with decontamination, so as not to spread the substance to other areas of the department or other people.
 
The four officers had to take off their vests, guns and all of their clothing and put on the only other clothing that was available -- orange inmate shirts and pants.  But it was for their own safety.

This opioid epidemic has had everyone on high alert, and it's unclear if the officers had an overdose like reaction, but the officer-in-charge says they do take precautions, but you can't prevent everything.

"Powder can easily become airborne and if you have gloves on it can easily get on your skin, on your clothes or in your nasal passages, just by breathing," Lt. Sferra said.

The four officers are hoping to be released from the hospital late Friday, but will have a few days off work to recover.

Campbell Mayor Nick Phillips tells 21 News the officers' safety in a situation like this is the top priority.