Hawaiʻi County Police officer Dallas Arce was recently honored by the Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai‘i  as Officer of the Month for July 2022.

Assigned to the Puna District, Officer Arce has been with the department for two years.

On June 27, 2022, he conducted a welfare check on a woman who reportedly overdosed on prescription medication. Officer Arce  found the unresponsive woman with prescription pills gathered together within her arm’s reach.  It was ascertained that earlier the woman was involved in a domestic dispute during which she had left the residence yelling that she wanted to kill herself.

Knowing that time was of the essence, Officer Arce ran to his patrol vehicle and obtained two doses of Narcan and deployed both doses into the woman’s nose resulting in her immediately starting to breathe and cough. As the Narcan’s effects continued to help the woman, Hawai‘i Fire Department medical personnel were able to stabilize her condition and transport her to the Hilo Medical Center for treatment.

Every month the club honors a police officer in East Hawaiʻi as their officer of the month. Officers are nominated by their supervisors from the police districts in Area I, including Hāmākua, North Hilo, South Hilo, and Puna, and a winner is selected.  All officers selected for Officer of the Month are eligible to be selected as the Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai‘i Officer of the Year.

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