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Hampton cop gets proclamation from council

Mason Lewis.
Mason Lewis.
By Monroe Roark for the AJC
Sept 22, 2020

The Hampton City Council recognized one of the city’s police officers this month for two separate life-saving acts over an eight-day period in July.

According to reports, Mason Lewis was dispatched July 13 to the scene of an automobile accident and discovered a female in a wrecked car with her arm severed below the elbow. He immediately and successfully applied a tourniquet to the victim’s arm, which slowed the loss of blood and stabilized her until Henry County emergency medical personnel arrived.

Lewis got a call July 21 and was dispatched to a scene where he encountered someone unconscious as a result of an overdose. He was able to use NARCAN to successfully bring the victim back to consciousness and reverse the effects of the drugs. The 26-year-old officer has been with the department almost two years.

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