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September 17, 2012

Cops revive two people in a week

The Daily Southerner Van Holland

TARBORO — When police officers take their oath, they agree to serve and protect the citizens — and most officers go above and beyond the call of duty to make sure that happens when a crisis situation arises.

That is what Tarboro patrolmen Ryan Jordan and D.J. Norville did Wednesday night. for the second time in a week, when they responded to a call about an unresponsive person.

When officers arrived on the scene, they began performing CPR and was able to resuscitate them. While Jordan and Norville were working to save the citizen, Sgt. Gerald Archer was trying to calm the family and move them back from the scene so the officers could do their job.

"It is just a humbling experience to be able to do what we are trained to do to give someone a possible second chance," Jordan said. "It is a rare occurrence to have two certified officers respond and save two people in a week."

Jordan said it is just beyond words to be able to that twice in week.

He has been certified in CPR for 10 years and has been teaching the class for five years.

The situations were nothing new for Norville, because he has worked as an EMT for two years and he said it was just his job.

"It is different working from the law enforcement side of it, especially getting there before the ambulance, because we don't have all the equipment we need," Norville said.

Having two situations in a week and bringing the citizens back to life just gives Sgt. Archer a sense of pride to know he has two certified officers on his squad that know the ins and outs about CPR.

"It is a plus to have these two guys working on my squad," Archer said. "I have two guys to pick from when we do have medical alert calls and most of the time I will send them both."

During his years as an officer in Tarboro, Archer said he couldn't recall having any situation like this arise while he was working in a weeks time when two people have been unresponsive and officers have had to help save them.

"It gives you sense of pride really knowing that these guys know what to do in these situations," Archer said. "Speaking for myself and the rescue squad, these guys did a tremendous job setting things up so the EMT's didn't have to work quite as hard when they arrived on the scene."

Tarboro Police Chief Damon Williams said it is important that the citizens know that the police officers have multiple rolls and not just playing the roll of law enforcement.

"Our officers are trained in CPR and first aid," Williams said. "We try to keep the citizens survival rate high until EMS is able to get there and provide their services."

Williams said it means a lot to know he has officers within his department who are willing to go above and beyond their call of duty. He promotes training very highly.

He wants to give his training coordinator authority to proved more extensive training when it comes to situations like this.

"It means a lot to me to know my officers went to the lengths they did twice in a week," Williams said. "I think it would be typical of any officer though. When they responded they went into life saving mode."

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