Off-duty resource officers save man from drowning after medical emergency at Jordanelle Reservoir
The department shared that a group of the officers were wakeboarding at the reservoir when they saw a capsized fishing kayak with a person trying to swim to the shore.
A life preserver was thrown to try and help but because of his confusion and exhaustion, officers"had to retrieve the occupant and pull him to safety," officials wrote in a social media post.
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