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Holiday police present incentive awards for life‑saving response and multi‑county tire‑dumping probe
Summary
Holiday police presented incentive awards Feb. 6 to Officer Jennifer Biffle for lifesaving treatment at a November shooting and to Detectives Jason Poshin and Easton Story for investigating large‑scale illegal tire dumping that led to arrests and multi‑county links.
The Holiday Police Department presented incentive awards at the Feb. 6 Holiday City Council meeting to officers recognized for life‑saving action and a cross‑jurisdiction criminal investigation.
Police Chief Hoyle described an incident in November when Officer Jennifer Biffle applied a tourniquet and performed life‑saving care for a shooting victim at an apartment complex in Holiday. Chief Hoyle said Officer Biffle had attended a tactical combat casualty care refresher the previous day and “was still able to perform life saving measures.” The award citation, read at the meeting, noted she continued her treatment while the scene remained chaotic and then cleaned her uniform and equipment the next day; Biffle could not attend the meeting because she was on vacation.
The department also honored Detectives Jason Poshin and Easton Story for their work on an illegal‑dumping case first reported in early December 2024 at a vacant portion of the former Cottonwood Mall lot. Chief Hoyle said investigators found “well over a thousand tires” dumped at the Holiday site, matched tire markings to a local tire store, interviewed the owner and traced the haul to a company that had been picking up used tires and illegally dumping them rather than recycling. Detectives obtained search warrants, coordinated with the Salt Lake County Health Department, made at least one arrest and identified additional suspects; the chief said detectives traced dumping to multiple sites across Salt Lake County and recently found another large dumping site in Nevada.
Chief Hoyle credited the detectives’ persistence, saying they “did not stop just at this Holiday incident” and that they have linked the same individuals to burglaries and other crimes across jurisdictions. The council presented photos and certificates as part of the recognition.
Why it matters: the awards highlight both emergency medical interventions performed by patrol officers and investigative work that addressed an illegal‑dumping problem with public‑health implications and cross‑jurisdictional reach.
What’s next: Chief Hoyle said the criminal investigation is ongoing and that additional arrests or charges are possible as detectives continue to develop evidence and coordinate with partner agencies.
