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Okay, slow night at work until this point... Forgive the slight rant...
Get info from my Team Leader regarding a missing/unaccounted for guest...
So, with the info, I go down to the last known location where she was to look for the person in question; Halfway down, I get called over the radio to respond to the hotel for a possible drowning (yep, November in Vermont) in the hotel pool... I arrive and 2 other Officers are already on scene. CPR is being administered, the phone call requesting 911 had been called; Bit of back story info at this point... There was a conference going on from what I understand for a good sized group of New England bartenders, sponsored by Anheiser-Busch, which meant open bar for the attendees... A call comes in from an ETOH person from the phone in the pool area, the night auditor suspects its a prank call but summons an Officer regardless... The Officer arrives on scene to find an intoxicated male trying to revive his equally intoxicated female aquaintance, who he had pulled out of the closed and locked up pool area after she dove in and disappeared under the pool cover for approx. 3 minutes give or take...
I go upstairs and speak with the 911 dispatcher for an ETA of the rescue squad; Once they arrive I escort them down to the pool area where the victim is... They continue to administer CPR, check for vitals, then try to use a portable defibrillator to revive the victim who had been unconcious and unresponsive since being pulled out of the pool...
Did I mention that by appearance of the male and under the circumstances they were both highly inebriated going by the statements given?
The victim still had some life signs apparent, because the portable defib would not discharge when the pads were placed, so she was guerneyed and transported to the local hospital; From what I understood of the Det. Sgt. when he questioned the male who was with her, she had either expired during transport or upon arrival at the hospital...
Anyhow, a couple of intoxicated individuals decided to completely disregard the fact that the hotel pool was closed and covered, "jumped the fence" per the males statement, and decided to go swimming in a pool that wasn't being monitored by anyone... Add the fact that it was a heated pool, and that the victim was well intoxicated IMO leads me to believe she may have simply passed out while in the pool, or became disoriented under the pool tarp, panicked, and inhaled a lungful of water...
Regardless at this point of what actually happened (as it is still under investigation), a couple of people decided that they would disregard the rules and policies of the hotel, circumvent the safeties in place around the pool, and basically do what they wanted While in no condition to do anything more than go back to their rooms and sleep...
The girl who drowned was only 22 years old, and based on what the State Trooper as well as my fellow Officers told me, the male that was with her changed his "story" of what happened about 4 or 5 times after the fact, so who knows...
And BTW, the girl who drowned wasn't the missing girl we had originally been given info on...
Get info from my Team Leader regarding a missing/unaccounted for guest...
So, with the info, I go down to the last known location where she was to look for the person in question; Halfway down, I get called over the radio to respond to the hotel for a possible drowning (yep, November in Vermont) in the hotel pool... I arrive and 2 other Officers are already on scene. CPR is being administered, the phone call requesting 911 had been called; Bit of back story info at this point... There was a conference going on from what I understand for a good sized group of New England bartenders, sponsored by Anheiser-Busch, which meant open bar for the attendees... A call comes in from an ETOH person from the phone in the pool area, the night auditor suspects its a prank call but summons an Officer regardless... The Officer arrives on scene to find an intoxicated male trying to revive his equally intoxicated female aquaintance, who he had pulled out of the closed and locked up pool area after she dove in and disappeared under the pool cover for approx. 3 minutes give or take...
I go upstairs and speak with the 911 dispatcher for an ETA of the rescue squad; Once they arrive I escort them down to the pool area where the victim is... They continue to administer CPR, check for vitals, then try to use a portable defibrillator to revive the victim who had been unconcious and unresponsive since being pulled out of the pool...
Did I mention that by appearance of the male and under the circumstances they were both highly inebriated going by the statements given?
The victim still had some life signs apparent, because the portable defib would not discharge when the pads were placed, so she was guerneyed and transported to the local hospital; From what I understood of the Det. Sgt. when he questioned the male who was with her, she had either expired during transport or upon arrival at the hospital...
Anyhow, a couple of intoxicated individuals decided to completely disregard the fact that the hotel pool was closed and covered, "jumped the fence" per the males statement, and decided to go swimming in a pool that wasn't being monitored by anyone... Add the fact that it was a heated pool, and that the victim was well intoxicated IMO leads me to believe she may have simply passed out while in the pool, or became disoriented under the pool tarp, panicked, and inhaled a lungful of water...
Regardless at this point of what actually happened (as it is still under investigation), a couple of people decided that they would disregard the rules and policies of the hotel, circumvent the safeties in place around the pool, and basically do what they wanted While in no condition to do anything more than go back to their rooms and sleep...
The girl who drowned was only 22 years old, and based on what the State Trooper as well as my fellow Officers told me, the male that was with her changed his "story" of what happened about 4 or 5 times after the fact, so who knows...
And BTW, the girl who drowned wasn't the missing girl we had originally been given info on...
Nevertheless, your performance is worthy of recognition.
The new day can not start before the audit of the previous day is done & it's night work. Hotels beg Night Auditors to stay! (In small to medium hotels they are also the Night Manager)
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