Left to right: former Hiawatha Officer Kraig Pyle and Captain Dennis Entrikin receive the Silver Award for Valor from the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police

(KNZA)--Two Hiawatha Police officers have received a state award for their heroic actions.  

According to a post on the Hiawatha Police Department’s Facebook page, Police Captain Dennis Entrikin and former officer Kraig Pyle each received the Silver Award for Valor May 11th from the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police for their efforts in saving the life of Hiawatha Municipal Court Clerk Barbara Mauslein last June.

Police Chief John Defore says the two offcers were selected from four local officers involved to receive the state award.

iEntrikin and former officer Evans Woehlecke were at the June 22nd Municipal Court session when Mauslien suddenly slumped over and became unresponsive as court was winding down.

Entrikin immediately radioed dispatch to send EMS.  Hearing the call, Officer Pyle immediately responded to help.  The two officers began CPR while Woehlecke ran down to help the responding EMS personnel get their equipment to the second floor of city hall where municipal court is held.

Mauslein was transported to the Hiawatha Community Hospital where she was stabilized and then flown to an area hospital.

Last October, Defore presented the local award for Valor—the department’s highest award---to Entriken, Pyle, Woehlecke and Duke Koeperich.