FARMINGTON — Selectmen at their meeting on Tuesday accepted two donations to the Police Department to cover costs for Active Shooter Incident Management training, which occurred this summer at University of Maine at Farmington.

Franklin Savings Bank donated $2,000 and Kyes Insurance donated $1,641.

“You have heard me talk about the active shooter training that we did this summer, which I just can’t say enough about,” Police Chief Kenneth Charles said. “It generated a lot of enthusiasm. In addition to going through that type of situation, it gave a realistic picture of what it would be like, what was happening in those circumstances.”

Charles said the training included 65 people from all over the state, probably half from the local area.

While planning for the training, Charles said he wanted to see people networking and working on projects associated with the training over the lunch break.

“I just couldn’t envision how we would be able to send 65 people out into the community to then come back in a timely manner,” he noted.

Former employee Bonnie Pomeroy, now working in security at Franklin Savings Bank, took the initiative to help Charles facilitate comradery with lunch.

“We were having a conversation about the training and she ended up taking the initiative to go to the executives of the bank,” he noted. “They approved up to $2,000 to offset meal costs at the university. Ultimately to me it is the community taking care of the people who take care of the community.”

He also recognized Kyes for its donation and Sodexo, the company which provides meals at the university for donating coffee and snacks in the afternoon. When asked, Charles said the Kyes donation also came about through having conversations with people.

“Before we knew it, we had enough money to cover 100%,” he noted. “Between the two organizations, it paid for the whole thing.”

“They stepped up for the community once again,” Selectman Dennis O’Neil said.

In other business, Charles recognized Destiny Smith and Cpl. Ryan Rosie for their recent actions.

“Destiny Smith, age 23, she went to high school with my kids,” Charles said. “I have known her since she was just a little critter. When I saw her name come across my desk, it was the circumstances that made it incredible.”

Smith was working a late-night shift when she saw a Silver Alert come across the lottery ticket machine, Charles said. She remembered having seen the man earlier and when he came back she delayed him and called the police, he said.

Officers responded and verified it was the missing man — who was in pretty rough medical condition, he said. Officers provided care, an ambulance transported him to the hospital and he was reunited with his family in Old Town, he added.

“It is just really neat, that awareness of what is going on around you and taking care of others that I thought was pretty special,” Charles stated.

He then shared information about an incident in August when Cpl. Rosie was first on the scene to help an unresponsive woman. Rosie initiated medical procedures including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and application of his issued automatic external defibrillator, Charles said.

Farmington Fire Lt. Joseph Hastings arrived to assist, and they repositioned the patient to a less restrictive space and continued life-sustaining efforts until NorthStar Ambulance arrived to perform advanced interventions, Charles said.

As a result of the combined efforts the woman’s pulse was restored and the patient was transported to MaineHealth Franklin Hospital, he said. Early intervention on the part of Rosie and Hastings certainly made a difference in the outcome of the incident, he said.

Charles said the medical event might not have ended well, but “without their efforts she wouldn’t have stood a chance.”