• This photo provided by Hartford, Conn., police shows Chevoughn Augustin. Augustin is charged with critically injuring a veteran Hartford police officer by stabbing her in the neck several times is heading to court. She faces arraignment Friday, May 18, 2018 on charges including attempted murder. (Hartford, Conn., police via AP) Photo: AP / Hartford, Conn., police
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This photo provided by Hartford, Conn., police shows Chevoughn Augustin. Augustin is charged with critically injuring a veteran Hartford police officer by stabbing her in the neck several times is heading to court. She faces arraignment Friday, May 18, 2018 on charges including attempted murder. (Hartford, Conn., police via AP) less
This photo provided by Hartford, Conn., police shows Chevoughn Augustin. Augustin is charged with critically injuring a veteran Hartford police officer by stabbing her in the neck several times is heading to ... more
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Kinsley Street in Hartford, Conn., is cordoned off after a police officer was stabbed in Spectra Boutique Apartments Thursday, May 17, 2018. A Hartford police officer responding to a disturbance was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and critically injured Thursday morning by a woman who was being evicted from an apartment building, authorities said. The police have a suspect in custody. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant via AP) less
Kinsley Street in Hartford, Conn., is cordoned off after a police officer was stabbed in Spectra Boutique Apartments Thursday, May 17, 2018. A Hartford police officer responding to a disturbance was stabbed ... more
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Kenneth Robinson, left, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Hartford Hospital, speaks at a press conference at Hartford Hospital Thursday, May 17, 2018, about the downtown stabbing of a Hartford Police officer. A Hartford police officer responding to a disturbance was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and critically injured Thursday morning by a woman who was being evicted from an apartment building, authorities said. The police have a suspect in custody. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant via AP) less
Kenneth Robinson, left, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Hartford Hospital, speaks at a press conference at Hartford Hospital Thursday, May 17, 2018, about the downtown stabbing of a Hartford ... more
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Connecticut police officer who was stabbed in the neck and gravely wounded as a 12-year veteran of the force who was honored for saving a baby's life in 2015.

Police say Hartford Officer Jill Kidik was repeatedly stabbed in the neck at an apartment building Thursday by a female tenant who was causing a disturbance. Kidik's jugular vein and trachea were lacerated. She underwent hours of surgery and was in stable, but critical, condition Friday.

Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley says Kidik opened her eyes and was alert Friday morning.

Police officers gathered in force Friday morning outside the Hartford courthouse where the suspect, 39-year-old Chevoughn Augustin, is to be arraigned on attempted murder and other charges.

It wasn't immediately clear if Augustin has a lawyer.