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Deputy Dubreuiel Receives the Commissioner’s Public Safety Award
Dubreuiel saved a baby's life during a September traffic stop.
Press release from Paulding County Sheriff's Office:
Nov. 15, 2022
On Thursday November 10, 2022 Deputy Zackery Dubreuiel, who is a Deputy within the Uniform Patrol Division at the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, was awarded the Paulding County Board of Commissioner’s Public Safety Award.
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Deputy Dubreuiel was awarded the Commissioner’s Public Safety Award for his life saving efforts on September 30, 2022. Deputy Dubreuiel has been employed with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office for nearly two years.
Deputy Dubreuiel was conducting a traffic stop on September 30, 2022 at the Ace Hardware on Dallas Acworth Highway. While he was on the traffic stop, a distraught motorist pulled up in a vehicle and told Deputy Dubreuiel that his infant child was not breathing and unconscious. The parents of the baby handed the child to Deputy Dubreuiel and he immediately noticed that the baby was limp and was neither breathing nor responsive. Deputy Dubreuiel immediately began to perform a sternum rub on the child with no response.
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He then began performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on the baby. Deputy Dubreuiel continued CPR until Fire and EMS personnel arrived on scene. Once Fire and EMS arrived, Deputy Dubreuiel turned lifesaving efforts over to them. Before they left the scene, Fire and EMS advised that they were able to get a pulse back on the child. Medical professionals later stated that as a result of Deputy Dubreuiel’s life saving actions, the child’s life was saved. Sheriff Gulledge remarked, “I am so thankful that Deputy Dubreuiel was in the right place that night. Because of his quick, decisive actions, Deputy Dubreuiel saved the life of that infant child. I am so proud of him!”
Deputy Dubreuiel was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation from the Board of Commissioners along with a “Dinner for Two” Gift Card from Texas Roadhouse. Congratulations to Deputy Dubreuiel and thank you to Texas Roadhouse for the generous donation of the gift card!
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