Police Chief Kevin Jowitt has an admirable goal of equipping each of the Noblesville Police Dept.’s vehicles with an automated external defibrillator. And to that end, the department recently landed a grant to buy another AED, courtesy of the National Heart Council. With this wonderful news, NPD moves one step closer to saving more lives.
The AEDs are deployed in life-threatening cardiac episodes. The department says its personnel reach for an AED an average of three times a month and actually put it to use between one and three times a year. Of course, everyone hopes to not have to use the equipment, but putting the department in a position of being able to save a life is critical, we believe.
States Jowitt: “When an emergency situation such as cardiac arrest occurs, police officers are often the first ones on the scene. The quicker a victim receives treatment, the greater the chances he or she will survive.” Keep applying for those grants, and congratulations to NPD on this latest victory.
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This, too, is a good thing: The City of Noblesville Fund, a segment of Legacy Fund, and Duke Energy, awarded $14,700 in grants to Noblesville for permanent recycling bins in downtown Noblesville, answering a longstanding need downtown. “We are very excited to receive these grants to make the bins a reality,” Mayor John Ditslear stated. The bins will be in place by late spring and will be maintained by the Street Dept. Well played.
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