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“Their universes collided on a random Tuesday,” that’s how Nick Dion’s letter to the head of court security describes the day that District Court marshals Sergeant Tim Spies, Sergeant RJ Pastorius, Officer Raymundo Enriquez, Officer Chris Rivers and Officer Lamons Walker saved a woman’s life.

Nick is a law clerk at the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Civil Law Self-Help in the Regional Justice Center. It’s a place where many in the community go for help when they face eviction. While being assisted with an eviction notice, a woman named Brenda collapsed. The Civil Law Self-Help Center staff jumped into action. Spencer Achiu, the law clerk, who was helping her at the time, and Lauren Peu00f1a, the directing attorney, ran to alert nearby court marshals. Within a flash, they were on the spot. “Sergeant Spies was the first to respond to our call for help. He quickly arrived to the woman’s side and after assessing her situation by checking her vital signs, he noticed that the woman was not breathing and that her heart had stopped. Without hesitation, Officer Spies and Officer Pastorius began immediate life-saving procedures and began to perform compressions,” wrote Dion. His letter goes on to describe that another responding officer used a defibrillator to restart Brenda’s heart to save her life.

“When I spoke with one of the officers yesterday, he responded with “It’s our job,” wrote Dion. Adding that had Brenda been anywhere else and collapsed, there was a good chance she would not have survived. “It was the training and immediacy of the officers that quite literally saved her life. That deserves a commendation.” His letter was signed by the entire Legal Aid Civil Law Self-Help Center team.

When Brenda collapsed, the marshals responded quickly and decisively. They are a credit to themselves and the team they serve. The court marshals who saved her life deserve immense gratitude for that and for all the other work that they and the other marshals perform every working day to keep courthouse visitors and facilities safe.

We also recognize the outstanding response of the dispatchers Cherina Elfberg, Taylor Bonifacio and Gemma Perez, and the Civil Law Self-Help Center team, whose swift action saved crucial time so that Brenda could be saved.

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