One, involving officers Alex Green, Jeffrey Mason and Lieutenant Jeff Baggett, was for reviving the victim of an overdose with Narcan, Chief Chuck Hasty told city council this evening.
The other, involving Officer Chris Biggerstaff and Donald Tart Jr., the private citizen, was for pulling a juvenile from a burning car.
Green, Mason and Baggett responded to the 400 block of Monroe Street on September 8, Hasty said, to a call of a person who was lifeless. “We had a good outcome from a bad decision.” Hasty said it was the first successful use of Narcan by the police department.

From left, Hasty, Biggerstaff and Tart.

Early on the morning of September 22, Tart was on his way to work when he noticed a car on fire on West Thirteenth Street.
While the flames were not initially big, he said following the presentation, they became bigger toward the end.
Tart and Biggerstaff, who was also named the department’s officer of the quarter, pulled the girl from the burning vehicle.
Hasty said the girl sustained minor injuries in the crash, which has been linked to a breaking and entering case which remains under investigation.
Hasty said following the meeting the actions of the officers and Tart show compassion. “It shows, human nature, that we care about folks. We don’t want anyone to die senselessly.”