Back ( l-r) Duke Koerperich, Dustin Williams, Malachi Oswald, Kraig Pyle Front ( l-r) Ginger Woehlecke and Dennis Entrikin
(KNZA)--Six individuals were recognized during the Hiawatha City Commission meeting Monday evening for their heroic actions in saving the life of Municipal Court Clerk Barbara Mauslein in June.
Police Chief John Defore says officers Dennis Entrikin and Evans Woehlecke were at the June 22nd municipal court session when Mauslein suddenly slumped over and became unresponsive as court was winding down.
He says Entrikin immediately radioed dispatch to send EMS. Hearing the call, Defore says Officer Kraig Pyle immediately responded to help. The two officers began CPR while Woehlecke ran down to help the responding EMS personnel get their equipment to the second floor of city hall where municipal court is held.
Responding to the call were Town and Country EMS personnel Duke Koerperich, Dustin Williams and Malachi Oswald. Mauslein was transported to the Hiawatha Community Hospital were she was stabilized and then flown to an area hospital.
Defore presented Lifesaving Awards and Medals of Honor—the department's highest award given to an officer-- to Entriken, Woehlecke and Pyle. Woehlecke’s wife, Ginger, accepted the award on her behalf of her husband who was unable to attend.
Defore presented Certificates of Commendation--the department's highest civilian award--to Koerperich, Williams and Oswald.
In other action, new officers Brandon Lowe and Dustin Winters were sworn in by City Clerk Vivian Constable. Both began work last month.
Lowe comes to the police department after working 5 years as a deputy with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department and Winters as a jailer with the Sheriff’s Department.
Defore says Winters will be attending the Kansas Law Enforcement Academy in Hutchinson at the end of the month.
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KS_Referee (10/15/2016 6:58 AM)
All 6 people given awards are trained and paid as first responders. I guess being paid and given benefits is no longer enough. Now it appears we need to give first responders awards whenever they do the job they are trained and paid to do. How pathetic.
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