Two Silverthorne police officers received Meritorious Service Awards last week for saving a life during a call.

Mayor Ann-Marie Sandquist presented the awards to Officer Jacob Arneson and Officer Justin Tarpley at this past Wednesday’s Town Council meeting. The criteria to receive the award requires the saving of a life for an act which involves uncommon risk to an employee and the performance of their duties.

In April, the officers were responding to a medical emergency call for a man who was breathing but not responsive. When they arrived, the man was not breathing and did not have a pulse. The officers administered Narcan and performed CPR on him, and through those efforts, the man was conscious and speaking by the time medics arrived.