(NOTTAWASAGA)- On May 30, 2014 at 1:00 pm, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Central Region Awards Ceremony will take place at the Barrie Golf and Country Club.
The ceremony, which is scheduled to run until approximately 3:00pm, will recognize dedicated years of service within the OPP, the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and recognize police and citizen acts of bravery, lifesaving, community service, exemplary performance of duty, investigations, selfless actions and assistance to the OPP.
Two Nottawasaga OPP Officers will be honored that day for Life Saving Awards: Provincial Constable Jason Fischer-Jenssen and Provincial Constable James Hargreaves.
On Dec 4, 2013, two women, were travelling together in Alliston, when one woman began experiencing medical distress and asked her friend to drive her to the hospital. While en route, the driver decided to expedite medical assistance and stopped at the Nottawasaga OPP Detachment as her friend’s condition began to rapidly deteriorate. Provincial Constable Jason Fischer-Jenssen worked with paramedic’s and performed CPR to regain the woman’s pulse and re-gain breathing.
On Feb 27, 2013, PC Hargreaves was working temporarily in the First Nation Territory of Pikangikum, Ontario when he responded to a report of a missing woman last seen walking near a lake. PC Hargreaves located the woman lying face down on the lake in snow, approximately 200 metres from shore. Officers on snowmobile got to the woman out on the lake where she was found unconsciousness. The woman was taken to medical personnel and treated for hypothermia.
Both Nottawasaga OPP Officers will be honored on May 30 for their actions in saving these two woman’s lives.