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Antioch honors two officers with life‑saving awards
Summary
The village recognized Officers Jake Bolton and Jacob Ferris with citations and medals for separate life‑saving responses in 2024 — Bolton for CPR on May 10, 2024, and Ferris for applying a tourniquet on Dec. 12, 2024 — and acknowledged families who joined the ceremony.
The Village of Antioch presented life‑saving citations and medals to two police officers during the meeting. According to citation language read at the meeting, Officer Jake Bolton distinguished himself by an immediate CPR response to a person who had collapsed and was not breathing on May 10, 2024, and Officer Jacob Ferris was cited for applying a tourniquet to stop life‑threatening bleeding at a local plant on Dec. 12, 2024. The village credited both officers’ prompt actions with directly contributing to saving lives.
Family members attended the presentation for both officers. The board and assembled community members applauded the officers’ actions and the board recognized the police department’s practice of publicly celebrating employee accomplishments.
What happens next: The citations and medals are part of the village’s employee recognition program; no further action was recorded on the public agenda.
