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Sedgwick County EMS crew honored after bridge rescue of man during mental-health emergency
Summary
Sedgwick County recognized an EMS team that intervened when a man attempted to jump from a bridge. Commissioners praised the crew and discussed rising mental-health calls that affect public-safety workloads and budgeting.
Sedgwick County commissioners recognized District Chief Brad Crow, Paramedic Shay Smith and Lieutenant Megan Holub on July 16 for pulling a man back over a bridge rail during a January mental-health emergency and connecting him with treatment.
The recognition, carried in a video shown at the commission meeting and described by presenters, said crew members found the man on the bridge that carries Kellogg over Meridian and Edwards. “It was less…
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