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Police promotion announced; officer credited with life-saving tourniquet use during traffic-stop incident
Summary
Council heard that Officer Frank was promoted to detective and that Officer Jason Barris applied two tourniquets at a traffic stop to stop profuse bleeding, an action the lieutenant said likely saved the person's life.
A police lieutenant reported that Officer Frank was promoted to detective yesterday and that the department will begin a new application process for hiring in the coming weeks.
The lieutenant also described a recent incident in which an officer on a traffic stop found a person who had cut his arm badly and was bleeding profusely; "within a matter of a minute and 0.5, put 2 tourniquets on his arm and stopped the bleeding prior to fire department arriving," the lieutenant said, and the council praised the officer's actions as likely life-saving.
The chief and department leadership will follow standard personnel and awards procedures for the promotion and the incident; no disciplinary issues were discussed in the transcript.
