By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Jackson County Sheriff’s Office recruit Ryan Phillip Ferreira, 26, died after suffering a medical emergency during a training exercise in Franklin, North Carolina.
• The incident occurred Jan. 22 at Southwestern Community College during a physical abilities course.
• Instructors, fellow cadets and Macon County EMS performed life-saving measures before he was taken to Angel Medical Center, where he died.
• Ferreira had been hired by the sheriff’s office 10 days earlier and was enrolled in a Basic Law Enforcement Training program.
• Officials have not released a cause of death; the sheriff’s office and training center expressed condolences.
FRANKLIN, NC — A Jackson County Sheriff’s Office recruit died Thursday after suffering a medical emergency during a physical training assessment, authorities said.
Cadet Ryan Phillip Ferreira, 26, appeared to experience the medical emergency Jan. 22 while participating in a physical abilities course at Southwestern Community College’s Jerry Sutton Public Safety Training Center.
Instructors and fellow cadets immediately administered life-saving measures, and Macon County EMS and fire-rescue personnel arrived within minutes. Ferreira was transported to Angel Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, officials reported.
Ferreira, a native of Franklin and graduate of Franklin High School and Southwestern Community College, was hired by the sheriff’s office on Jan. 12 and had just begun Basic Law Enforcement Training.
Jackson County Sheriff Doug Farmer expressed condolences to Ferreira’s family, fellow cadets and the community, and both the sheriff’s office and college said additional information will be released as it becomes available.