. >> reporter: days later, last wednesday, officers showed up at kevin poly's house. >> i received 1500 syringes a week before that that i was giving out to people in the community that are afraid to get help for repercussions like this. i was down to about 130 of them. they confiscated those from me. >> polly says a woman snt house was arrested and charged with possession of a syringes. many addicts believe those that use the needle exchange are targeted by police. >> no one wants to go to gaol. they don't want to go to gaol with an unused dirty syringe. they'll continue to share and h.i.v. will continue to be in scott country on a high basis. >> reporter: the scott county sheriff's accident and jinned state troopers didn't return our request for comment. it was confirmed however that a woman was arrested on polly's home and held for tches of a hypodermic syringe, one that contradicts the prosecutor's own words. >> right now you shouldn't arrest for paraffin ailia or needles. >> reporter: needle exchanges are banned in half the states and austin's police chief is torn. >> the needle ex