DETECTIVE ANA OSTAP, EVANSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
"DETECTIVE
OSTAP IS ASSIGNED TO THE EVANSTON JUVENILE BUREAU AND IN MAY OF THIS YEAR
RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF PERSONS SHOT IN ELKS PARK. ARRIVING ON THE SCENE, SHE CAME UPON A MALE
SUBJECT WHO HAD BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES WITH A LARGE GAPING WOUND TO HIS
BACK. THE SUBJECT BEGAN GOING INTO SHOCK
AND WAS BLEEDING PROFUSELY. DETECTIVE
OSTAP USED HER TRAINING AS A TACTICAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL OFFICER WITHIN THE
NORTHERN ILLINOIS POLICE ALARM SYSTEM (NIPAS) AND TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO STOP
THE BLEEDING. SHE MAINTAINED PRESSURE ON
THE WOUND UNTIL EVANSTON FIRE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND WERE ABLE TO
STABILIZE THE INDIVIDUAL. SHE REMAINED
WITH THE SUBJECT ALL THE WAY TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE THE VICTIM WAS
PREPARED FOR SURGERY. SHE IS OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE FOR EXHIBITING EXCEPTIONAL COURAGE, WITHOUT THOUGHT
OF HER PERSONAL SAFETY, TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE."