HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 833 Offered January 31, 2007 Commending Officer Scott Craig and Corporal Dave Shaw. ---------- Patrons-- Landes; Senator: Hanger ----------

WHEREAS, Officer Scott Craig and Corporal Dave Shaw of the Waynesboro Police Department saved the life of an elderly man in Waynesboro on December 5, 2006; and

WHEREAS, Officer Craig and Corporal Shaw responded to a call for help from the Waynesboro 911 Center to assist a 72-year-old man in cardiac arrest; and

WHEREAS, Officer Craig and Corporal Shaw reached the man in less than a minute and quickly determined that he had no pulse and was not breathing; and

WHEREAS, never doubting how to proceed, Officer Craig and Corporal Shaw used an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) to deliver a shock to the man's heart and then performed CPR; and

WHEREAS, when paramedics from the Waynesboro Fire Department arrived minutes later, the victim had a pulse and was breathing on his own; and

WHEREAS, Waynesboro was one of the first localities in the Commonwealth to place AEDs in police vehicles and provide annual training to police personnel on their use; and

WHEREAS, the successful response to this emergency was also due to Waynesboro's integrated public safety system, which provides that rescue, fire, and police departments are all alerted to this type of emergency; and often police officers are the first on the scene because they are already out on the streets conducting regular patrols; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Officer Scott Craig and Corporal Dave Shaw for their swift and capable response to an emergency; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare copies of this resolution for presentation to Officer Scott Craig and Corporal Dave Shaw as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for their dedication and skill in carrying out their duties and protecting the citizens of Waynesboro and the Commonwealth.