Aiden Ellis Recognized as Telecommunicator of the 3rd Quarter

Please join us in congratulating Colorado Springs Police Department's Emergency Response Technician, Aiden Ellis, for being recognized as Telecommunicator of the 3rd Quarter!

On July 25, 2025, Emergency Response Technician Aiden Ellis answered a 911 call, hearing a woman yelling her husband is “dead-he is dead! My husband just died.”

ERT Ellis responded to the critical situation with reassurance and a calming voice. The caller said she heard her husband’s truck was left running and decided to check on him. She saw her husband leaning over the truck with a blue appearance. She realized he was not dead and was still breathing. ERT Ellis initiated the 911 response to get help started. He provided a reassuring statement, “We are working on getting responders out there.” ERT Ellis provided the appropriate instructions for CPR. With encouragement from ERT Ellis, the woman was able to get her husband on the ground to start CPR.

ERT Ellis repeated instructions for her, and he encouraged her by saying, “We are going to do this together.” They started counting the compressions together. When ERT Ellis realized the woman was getting tired, he urged her to keep going until CSFD was with her. Within a few minutes of his reassurance, ERT Ellis heard responders on scene.

Great job, ERT Ellis, on providing instructions and following protocol to provide the caller with the information needed to save her husband.