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Santa Barbara Police Department
Officer Matthew Carlisle and Motor Officer Edward Kasper
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Quick-acting officers with the Santa Barbara Police Department and a calm and collected dispatcher helped save a resident s life Friday morning after he allegedly overdosed on drugs.
The Santa Barbara Combined Communications Center said it received a frantic 911 call around 9:45 a.m. asking for help on the first block of Wade Court in Santa Barbara. The caller said her boyfriend was unresponsive on the bathroom floor, possibly suffering from an opioid overdose.
Officer Matthew Carlisle and Motor Officer Edward Kasper immediately responded to the call to provide emergency aid. While the officers and paramedics were on their way, police said dispatcher Devyn Johnson stayed on the phone with the woman and instructed her on how to perform CPR along with other life-saving medical techniques.