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In April, two Virginia Tech Police Department Officers earned honors from the university: Officer Kendrah Cline received the university's 2015 President's Award for Excellence and Lt. Curtis L. Cook of Christiansburg, Virginia, retired police officer, received the university's 2015 Staff Career Achievement Award.
The President's Award for Excellence is presented annually to up to five Virginia Tech staff employees who have made extraordinary contributions by consistent excellence in the performance of their job or a single incident, contribution, or heroic act. Each recipient is awarded a $2,000 cash prize.
Cline received the award following a heroic act she performed last fall.
On October 19, 2014, at approximately 5:55 p.m., the Virginia Tech Police Department received an emergency 911 call from an employee of the West End Market. The callers stated that a fellow employee, a Virginia Tech student, had passed out and assistance was requested.
The communications officer on duty immediately dispatched Cline, who was nearest to West End Market at the time. She arrived in under two minutes and immediately determined that the student was not only unconscious, but also he was not breathing and no pulse could be detected.
Cline immediately began CPR. She used her radio to alert other officers and dispatch that she was beginning CPR, which...