Two Franklin police officers were honored for their quick action to save a woman’s life.
Officers Steve Statelets and Jesse Brown were awarded the Life Saving Award last week for their display of initiative, capability and attention to duty that helped save a life on April 10.
At about 10:52 a.m., Statelets arrived first to a report of a collapsed woman at Classique Hair Styling. He found the woman lying on the floor displaying signs of cardiac arrest with several people tending to her, according to a Franklin Police Department report.
After seeing the gravity of the situation, Statelets radioed dispatch to expedite medical personnel and advised he was going to start CPR, according to the report.
Brown arrived about a minute after Statelets and began assisting, the report said.
Brown administered rescue breaths with a portable respirator, according to the report. Together, they completed six sets of CPR and rescue until Franklin firefighters arrived, according to the report.
By the time firefighters arrived on scene, the woman had a pulse. She was taken to Community Hospital South, the report said.
A nurse told the officers’ shift leader, Sergeant Joe Parsley, the officers’ quick action to administer CPR saved the woman’s life, so Parsley recommended the officers for the award.
Chief Kirby Cochran, Deputy Chief Scott Summers and Mayor Steve Barnett thanked the officers for their service and recognized them during a recent Franklin City Council meeting.
“This is an award that every police officer does not want to get,” Cochran said. “But that’s why we do this job.”
