Eric Lurry Breathing When Placed In Ambulance: Joliet Police

JOLIET, IL — Various media outlets have released portions of the video taken from a dash cam of a Joliet police car during the arrest and death of Eric Lurry. From the moment Lurry is placed in the car to when he is removed by two officers because he is unconscious, about 20 minutes passes. There is also another video that shows what is happening outside the Joliet police car, showing footage of an officer getting an automated external defibrillator (AED).

“They’ve only shown snippets of it,” Joliet Police Deputy Chief Darrell Gavin said of what has been broadcast so far from both videos.

Gavin provided the following timeline of what happened that afternoon.

• 4:19:10 - request the Joliet Fire Department for a subject not breathing who swallowed drugs
• 4:19:29 - Joliet Police Department sergeant goes to get an AED
• 4:19:57 - Joliet Police Department Lieutenant advises Lurry is not breathing and begins CPR
• 4:20:09 - Joliet Police Department sergeant arrives with an AED
• 4:22:44 - Joliet Fire Protection District arrives at the police station
• 4:25:32 - Paramedics place Lurry on a stretcher
• 4:25:37 - Lurry is placed in an ambulance
• 4:32:57 - Joliet Fire Department heads to Amita Saint Joseph Medical Center

The Joliet Police Department has dash cams in most of their vehicles and, according to Joliet Inspector General Chris Regis, all of the Joliet Police Department squad cars will be equipped with dash cams by the end of the year.

Gavin said that before Lurry was placed in the ambulance, he was breathing.

“According to the officers’ report, they get him breathing before the ambulance arrives,” Gavin said.

Gavin said that some of the Joliet Police Department cars are equipped with AEDs, but not all of them.

In addition, although most officers carry Naloxone, also known as Narcan, it is not a requirement, and Regis was unsure if any was administered before Lurry arrived at the hospital.

“I know they did at the hospital,” Gavin said. “I don’t know if Joliet Fire Department or our officers did on the scene.

“Our officers do carry it, but it’s not mandatory, but most of them do.”