INDEPENDENCE, Ky. — More than 40 officers work at the Independence Police Department. Since November, the officers have shared life-saving equipment between shifts. With the arrival of a new shipment, they will not have to share anymore.

Those devices are known as AVIVE Connect automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), portable electronic devices designed to treat people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. We stopped by the Independence Police Department on Wednesday as command staff labeled the new AEDs, which had arrived earlier this week.

"It does it all. It's super simple for officers who aren't medically trained," Buerger said.

The 6-year law enforcement veteran joined Independence police in June. She hasn't used an AED during her time with the department yet, but she has used one

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