LUM Board Honors Individuals for Saving a Life

Police Officers, EMTs & LUM Shelter Staff Honored

At the monthly business meeting of the Board of Directors of Lafayette Urban Ministry last night, the Board presented Certificates of Appreciation to two Lafayette Police Department officers, two Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service EMTs, a LUM Security Staff member and the LUM Shelter Director.

They were recognized for their efforts on the evening of January 2, 2018, when they responded to an emergency and worked as a team to save a life. If it were not for these six professionals, this individual-in-distress most certainly would not have survived.

Certificates were presented by LUM Board president, Mark Thomas, and LUM executive director, Joe Micon, to the following individuals (Pictured above L to R):

• David Heckert
  Emergency Shelter director
  Lafayette Urban Ministry
• Tyler Finney
  EMT/Paramedic
  Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service
• Connie Kepner Davis
  Shelter Security Staff member
  Lafayette Urban Ministry
• Officer Shea Saxton
  Lafayette Police Department
• Valerie Shepard
  EMT Basic
  Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service
• Officer Dustin Rusk
  Lafayette Police Department

Everyone in attendance including the LUM Board of Directors gave them a sincere and rousing thank you for this life saving act as well as for all that Lafayette Police officers, Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service EMTs & LUM Security Staff members do every day to keep our community and its citizens safe.

The Certificates of Appreciation read:

For your Dedicated Service to the Community,
Passion for the Safety of our Community Members &
Commitment to Working Collaboratively;
For Making a Difference & Going the Extra Mile
by saving a LUM Shelter guest from freezing to death on January 2, 2018.

To view more PHOTOS from the Ceremony at the LUM Board Meeting, click HERE.