The Southsider Voice
Visit us at these places!
  • Home
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • Sports
    • Car Nutz
    • Stilley Goes Trackside
    • Southside Deaths
    • Personal Recollections
    • Reminiscing
  • About the Voice
  • Advertising
  • Contact
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Classifieds

Southport Police Department names its Officer of the Year

10/7/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
SUBMITTED PHOTO Southport Police Chief Thomas Vaughn (left) presents a plaque to Sgt. Aaron Allan in recognition of him being named the department’s Officer of the Year.
The Southport Police Department recognized Sgt. Aaron Allan as its first Officer of the Year at its annual recognition and swearing-in dinner Sept. 23.

“I’m very surprised,” Allan said. “I don’t like to be recognized for (my actions). It’s part of the job. I’m overwhelmed.”

In making the announcement, Police Chief Thomas Vaughn pointed to Allan saving a man’s life while working part time at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Allen was directing traffic Aug. 15 when the call came out for the state police, but he said he knew he could get to the scene faster due to his location. 

“I was informed by other fairground personnel and a bystander that they had been doing chest compressions for about 15 minutes before I arrived,” Allan wrote in a report. “When I arrived the man was lying on his back with his feet caught underneath of the front passenger seat. The man’s girlfriend was sitting in the passenger seat, and two young kids were standing right next to him. I instructed the man’s girlfriend to get out of the car and to take the young children out of the line of sight because they did not need to see their father on the ground getting worked on.”

Allan performed CPR until backup arrived with an automated external defibrillator. Medics injected Narcan, a medicine used to reverse the effects of opioids, usually in the case of an overdose. 

An officer since 2004, Allan has been with the Southport department since 2011, where he is head of the training division and an instructor for the academy. He also is an officer for Franklin Township Schools.
​
The ceremony also featured the promotions of Kyle Vaughn and David Hodge to lieutenants, Nathaneal Williams and Aaron Allan to sergeants, Jason Swanson to detective and William Ballard, Aaron Hollenbaugh, William Tharpe and Casey Godby to corporals.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    June 2022
    May 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    Categories

    All
    Arts & Entertainment
    Lead Story
    Sports: 500
    Sports: Basketball
    Sports: Track

    RSS Feed

 DROP OFF: The Toy Drop 6025 Madison Ave., Suite D
Indianapolis, IN  46227  |  317-781-0023
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 17187, Indianapolis, IN 46217

ads@southsidervoice.com | news@southsidervoice.com
Website by IndyTeleData, Inc.