MOUNT ORAB, Ohio — A Mt. Orab police officer has received the department’s first lifesaving award after breaking into a vehicle and beginning CPR on an unresponsive driver along Route 32.
Police Chief Jason Hahn presented Officer Jeremy Nay with the award Aug. 18, according to an Aug. 28 account published by the People’s Defender. The recognition centered on Nay’s response to a June 20 medical emergency involving Winchester resident Joe Spurlock.
A driver unresponsive in the median
The report says Nay was dispatched to Route 32 for a vehicle in the median with an unconscious man inside. When the officer arrived, he found Spurlock unresponsive and showing agonal breathing.
Nay broke a window to reach him and immediately started CPR. The published account credits the officer’s quick intervention with saving Spurlock’s life.
ThinBlueNews is limiting the medical description to the details made public in the recognition account. The report does not provide a diagnosis or a complete emergency-medical timeline, so none is inferred here.
Department’s first lifesaving award
Hahn described the presentation as a proud and heartfelt moment for the department. He said law-enforcement service extends beyond a uniform and badge to courage, determination and professionalism, and that protecting life remains a priority.
The chief presented the award on behalf of the village council, mayor and police department. Spurlock and members of his family attended the recognition ceremony, the People’s Defender reported.
The award highlights a part of patrol work that can unfold with little warning: the first officer at a medical crisis may have to create access, assess immediate danger and begin lifesaving care before additional responders arrive.
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Sources and visual disclosure
- People’s Defender — Aug. 28 recognition account by Joyce Porter.
- Wikimedia Commons — aerial Mount Orab photograph by Nyttend, public domain.
Source boundary: the incident and ceremony details come from the People’s Defender account. ThinBlueNews did not independently obtain an agency incident report and therefore attributes the account and avoids adding medical or timeline details not in the source.
Visual note: the featured image is a public-domain aerial view of Mount Orab. It does not show the officer, the driver, Route 32 or the emergency.
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