April death prompts changes in Liberty Township police department protocol

LIBERTY — Trustees have decided on a list of corrective actions in the police department stemming from the tragic death of an elderly woman here last spring.

In the early-morning hours of April 28, Mary Rush, 87, of Mansell Drive was found barely clinging to life her front porch. She died a short time later at St. Elizabeth Health Center. It was determined that Rush had locked herself out of her home and was trying to gain entry when she became disoriented and was injured.

A neighbor who heard Rush calling out for help called police on two different occasions. The handling of those two calls and subsequent police response to the scene was the subject of an investigation by the Kent State University Trumbull Campus’ Public Safety Training and Research Center.

The investigation and report cost the township about $8,500.

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