Claremont Police honored with medals last Thursday
Claremont Police Officer Cpl. Eric Huizar and Officer Erik Orozco were honored at the Oct. 1 police commission meeting.
Huizar and Orozco were given the Police Department's lifesaving medals for saving the life of a Claremont resident.
On June 7 the officers responded to a medical emergency call and found a woman collapsed and not responsive when they arrived.
A family member performed CPR but officers started life saving measures after the woman failed to start breathing.
After a defibrillator failed to resuscitate the woman, the officers performed CPR until the fire department arrived.
The woman was resuscitated and taken to a nearby hospital.
She was able to personally thank the officers at the Oct. 1 meeting, according to a city news release.
Huizar and Orozco were given the Police Department's lifesaving medals for saving the life of a Claremont resident.
On June 7 the officers responded to a medical emergency call and found a woman collapsed and not responsive when they arrived.
A family member performed CPR but officers started life saving measures after the woman failed to start breathing.
After a defibrillator failed to resuscitate the woman, the officers performed CPR until the fire department arrived.
The woman was resuscitated and taken to a nearby hospital.
She was able to personally thank the officers at the Oct. 1 meeting, according to a city news release.
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