Hermosa Beach police officers set aside lunch, save a life
(From left) Officers Dean Garkow and Josh Droz. Photo by Ed Pilolla. Two Hermosa Beach police officers helped save a man’s life after he suffered a heart attack while stopped at a stop sign on Pier Avenue. Officer Dean Garkow was outside the back door of the police department on Bard Street ready to go to lunch Monday, Oct. 29 at about noon when he heard someone call for help from the next door fire department. The fire department was empty of paramedics because the five-man shift was responding to an emergency call at Valley Park. After Garkow discovered that the man’s friend had collapsed while driving, the 16-year veteran of the Hermosa Beach Police Department set his lunch down, informed dispatch officers about the situation and hustled out of the fire station. He found a 60-year-old man behind the wheel of his car in the right hand lane in front of Stars Antique Market. Garkow, who had never before performed CPR, began chest compressions with his left hand while the man was slumped over behind the steering wheel. “He looked dead,” said Officer Josh Droz, who set aside his own lunch after hearing the call and showed up at the scene shortly after Garkow. “Thankfully, he had his…
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