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Sgt. Jim Craig of the Kern County Sheriff's Department has asked the Tehachapi News  to post this response on his behalf. I would like to respond to a blog posted by CdcK9 on March 28th regarding the front-page photo of the fatal traffic collision. A photo says a thousand words, but doesn’t tell a story. In the blog you make some comments that are wrong. And you refer to the “Officer that was standing over the victim doing nothing”. I was that officer. First things, first. Obviously, from the photo you can see I was kneeling, not standing. I was following the instructions of Deputy Kimmel (who is a certified E.M.T. and teaches first aid in a POST Academy). I was kneeling with my knees at the lower portion of Mr. Wren’s back. This was so my legs would hold up Mr. Wren to help him breath. You probably don’t know how hard it is to hold someone up with your arms. You get tired really fast. My hands were trying to prevent his neck...
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