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flag Breezy Point, MN, uses police officers trained as paramedics to respond to emergencies, cutting costs and improving response times in rural areas.

flag In Breezy Point, Minnesota, police officers serve as emergency medical responders through a unique partnership with North Memorial Health Ambulance Service, allowing two paramedics and one EMT among the department’s seven officers to respond to medical emergencies with life-saving equipment in their cruisers. flag Since 2005, the program—initiated after an officer began paramedic training—has improved response times in rural areas, with North Memorial’s ambulances reaching the town 90% of the time within 20 minutes and 100% within 30 minutes. flag The arrangement, which avoids the $1.5 million annual cost of a full ambulance service, has been praised by residents and officials as a cost-effective solution for rural emergency care.

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