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Ottawa County sheriff says department accepted heroism award nomination for park incident
Summary
Sheriff Russell Thornton told commissioners he, the undersheriff and a dispatcher traveled to Mulvane to accept a heroism award nomination and credited the multi-agency team response to a park incident last year.
Sheriff Russell Thornton reported that he, Undersheriff Jerry Ziolkowski and a dispatcher went to Mulvane to accept a nomination for a heroism award related to a park incident the previous year.
Thornton described the county team as representing multiple agencies and local responders. "They were there representing everyone who was there that day as a team including Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Minneapolis EMS, Minneapolis Police Department, the neighbor across the yard, pool staff and dispatchers," he said.
Thornton framed the visit as recognition of a coordinated response and emphasized the team nature of the work. The board heard the report as part of routine sheriff comments; no formal action was taken beyond recording the report in the minutes.
