Kalamazoo officials credit KDPS officers with lifesaving medical response after March 28 shooting
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At a Kalamazoo City Commission meeting, an elected official recognized Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers for providing immediate medical care after an officer-involved shooting March 28 near the Kalamazoo Public Schools administration building; officers also were praised for a separate Sunday medical response at Westnidge Speedway.
An elected official at a Kalamazoo City Commission meeting on March 28 recognized members of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety for providing immediate, lifesaving medical care after an officer-involved shooting near the Kalamazoo Public Schools administration building.
“I want to provide some recognition this evening also for people on our public safety team,” the speaker said during the meeting. The official said KDPS officers arrived quickly after what they described as an officer-involved shooting that occurred during the day on Friday, March 28, near the school district’s administration building in downtown Kalamazoo.
The speaker identified PSO Van Time, PSO Gilliland, PSO Strutka, PSO Bridal and Sergeant Hudson as officers who “immediately began to help the officer who had been shot” and provided medical care. According to the speaker, officers loaded the injured officer into a car and Sergeant Hudson and PSO Roddy rode in the vehicle to Bronson Hospital while providing medical support. The speaker said the injured officer survived and was recovering at home.
The speaker also said KDPS officers assisted the person who had shot the officer: PSO Yabana and PSO Karvick (as named in the meeting) responded to that individual and provided medical attention until rescue personnel arrived. The speaker said the person who had fired the shots also survived as a result of that immediate care.
The meeting remarks named other agencies involved at the scene: a township police department (not specified in the record) and Western Michigan University Police Department. The speaker said those agencies and the KDPS team worked at the scene, with KDPS acting as first responders to assist both the injured officer and the person who had fired the shots.
Separately, the speaker passed along a recognition from Commissioner Decker for a Sunday morning response to a medical emergency at the Speedway on Westnidge, thanking Manager Risma for the coordination. The speaker also noted interest from Commissioner Hoffman regarding the civil rights board and said the commission would “take that under advisement.”
No formal votes or motions were recorded in the portion of the meeting that addressed the public safety recognition. The meeting then adjourned.