Otoe County Sheriff's patrol cars are being equipped with life saving cardiac equipment, said Otoe County Emergency Management Director Gregg Goebel.
The county has recently received a grant for 20 new automatic electronic defibrillators that will equip the patrol vehicles, as well as the courthouse, jail and EMA vehicle.
He said the equipment will result in more life-saving opportunities.
“We know that law enforcement, 95 percent of the time, is the first on a scene. When we have the capability and deputies who are capable, we can intervene and do what it takes to save a life,” he said.
The Otoe County sheriff’s office traced a 911 call to Syracuse, where deputies arrested a 17-year-old Syracuse juvenile Jan. 24 for suspicion of using obscenities and pushing his mother.
The dispatch center in Nebraska City received a 911 call, but the caller did not speak.
The 911 center’s mapping equipment gave deputies several addresses in the vicinity of Third Street or Locust Street in Syracuse.
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