Today, Ms. Michele Lieberman, Community Strategies Manager for the American Heart Association, joined State Police Acting Superintendent Preston L. Felton in recognizing State Police efforts to place Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in all State Police facilities and marked patrol units.
The Superintendent announced that in response to law passed in 2005, mandating AEDs being placed in all public state buildings and facilities, the State Police was able to secure an additional $1.7 million funding to place AEDs in all marked State Police patrol vehicles. This will enable every trooper on patrol to respond swiftly to emergency medical calls and literally save lives. The State Police has now deployed 300 in Division facilities and 1400 in marked patrol vehicles.
Superintendent Felton said, “The State Police is often times called upon as first responders to accident scenes and medical calls. AEDs are rapidly taking their place among the most important life-saving devices available in society today. By placing AEDs in our marked patrol vehicles we now have an additional tool that gives Troopers the chance to save a life.”
In September of this year, the State Police initiated training for all employees throughout the State. One-hundred State Police CPR-AED instructors, certified by the American Heart Association, provide training in the use of CPR and AED devices to Division personnel across the state. It is expected that all 6,000-plus employees of the State Police will have completed this training by the beginning of 2008.
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