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[Wildcat Will]

3 hours ago, Warrior said:

Great story out of Alabama in 21'

https://www.police1.com/police-heroes/articles/police-chief-applauds-officer-who-comforted-child-victim-of-bloody-machete-attack-604WUxxdtM6ock2W/

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[Wildcat Will]

3 hours ago, Warrior said:

Awesome one out of Arkansas! Thank you Officer -

POTTSVILLE, Ark. — A rookie police officer is being hailed a hero after saving a choking infant.

FOX16.com reported that Pottsville Police Officer Cody Hubbard, 23, responded to a call for a 3-week-old baby boy who was choking on anti-gas drops.

"We were trying to give Grady his medicine … and he was taking them just fine," the baby's father, Joe Chronister, told FOX News. "Right towards the end, he started choking."

The family called 911 after Grady started to "turn purple."

The rescue was caught on Hubbard's bodycam.

"It was life-changing," Hubbard, who has experienced the same problem with his daughter, said.

"Anytime I deal with something that involves a child, I think about how the parents would want me to treat the child as if it was mine," he explained.

After the call, Hubbard said he went into his patrol car and started crying.

"I started just kind of bawling because, you know, it felt good to see how that turned out," he recalled. "Mentally, I just broke down. I was crying, but it was happy tears."

The baby is doing well, according to his parents.

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[Wildcat Will]

3 hours ago, Warrior said:

What a kind officer in Colorado!

BOULDER, Colo. — A Colorado police officer is being praised for his compassionate response for helping guide a woman with dementia back home after she wandered off.  

The woman’s husband had called police earlier this month to report his wife missing, according to the Boulder Police Department. The 78-year-old woman was wearing a tracker so police were able to find her easily. 

Officer David Kaufman approached the woman, but she refused his assistance, police said. Instead, Kaufman walked with her for “quite a long time” until she got tired and accepted a ride home. 

The encounter was caught on an officer's body camera. 

“June does not want to stop so I think we’re just going to walk with her,” an officer is heard saying. 

According to FOX 31, Kaufman and seven others, including a mental health specialist, spent about an hour walking and getting to know her. 

“I have an 81-year-old father who suffers from dementia and I’m aware of what could be happening at any moment and how tenuous it is,” Kaufman told FOX 31. “It was definitely personal to me to get that person back to her husband.”

 

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[Wildcat Will]

3 hours ago, Warrior said:

Well done in Florida Gentlemen!

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. — A driver narrowly escaped with his life the other day as his car was engulfed in flames on the Space Coast in Florida.

The horrifying incident was caught on camera with bodycam footage, according to a Thursday post from the West Melbourne Police Department.

A Facebook post says that officers from WMPD and the Palm Bay Police Department were already on site of a Hampton Inn regarding an investigation when they were alerted to a car on fire at around 10:30 a.m.

“Flames were visible as the officers approached the vehicle, which appeared to have crashed,” says the FB release. “They also observed smoke billowing out, making it difficult for the officers to determine if anyone was inside. As they approached they could hear someone calling for help.”

The camera starts rolling as four cops surround the dark-colored SUV, its interior completely filled with white smoke.

The back passenger’s side door is open and smoke billows out.

“Where are you?” screams an officer into the vehicle. “Can you get out?”

A fire extinguisher is used to break the front passenger-side window. An officer reaches in and unlocks the door from the inside and opens it.

“We’ve got to get you out!” screams the officer wearing the bodycam, his arms pulling the man by his shirt. “You’ve got to help me help you!”

Finally, the victim is dragged out onto the ground, coughing. The agency says he was taken to a local hospital to treat his injuries and is in stable condition.

“Had it not been for the swift action of these officers, things may have ended differently,” said the FB post, which added that the four cops were also transported to a local hospital for smoke inhalation. Three were released and one had to stay for observation.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

 

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[Wildcat Will]

3 hours ago, Warrior said:

Compassion from Atlanta! Thank You - 

ATLANTA — An Atlanta police officer’s act of kindness was shared far and wide on Wednesday. A video posted on Instagram shows the officer taking a pair of sneakers from her car and giving them to a shoeless man. 

Atlanta Police identified the officer as Officer S. Thomas. In a Facebook post, police said Thomas had bought the shoes a few months ago for a barefoot homeless man she had encountered while on her shift. After speaking with the man, Thomas left to buy him shoes, but he was gone when she returned. According to police, Thomas decided to keep the shoes in her trunk just in case she saw him again. 

Later, while Thomas was working an extra job at a grocery store, she saw a man who was barefoot. That’s when a passerby began filming as Thomas gave the shoes to the man. According to police, Thomas was not aware she was being filmed. 

“She simply saw a person with a need that she could fill and did so,” police said. “We thank the person who filmed this kind act and who took the time to share with others on social media.” 

 

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[Warrior]

What a Hero in Baton Rouge!

ASCENSION PARISH, La. — In the middle of the night, in a misty rain and fog, a deputy dove in a canal to punch out the window of a truck sinking in the water and pull a mother and her two children to safety, Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said.

Webre said it appeared that the woman driving the truck veered off the right side of George Lambert Road near St. Amant, then over-corrected, spinning out and sending the truck backwards into New River Canal. The crash occurred about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.

A passenger, another woman, was able to get out of the sinking truck and sit on its roof to call 911, Webre said.

Deputies helped the passenger to safety, but the driver and her two children were still in the truck.

Webre said deputies Daniel Haydel and Jamie Wolfe were at the scene, along with two Sorrento firefighters. "They could hear crying and moaning.

"Out of brute strength, Deputy Haydel dove into the water and broke the truck window and was able to pull the mother and the two children, ages 3 and 4, to safety," Webre said.

The mother and one of the children were taken to a hospital in critical condition, Webre said.

Haydel was checked out at the hospital for what he thought might be a broken wrist, but it appears his injury is a sprain, the sheriff said.

[Warrior]

Amazing Story out of Minn. 

HUTCHINSON, Minn. — Jenapher Blair had just given birth to her third child when the happy moment nearly turned deadly. She started hemorrhaging and her only chance to survive to see her baby daughter was to have a blood transfusion.

But there was one huge snag. The hospital didn't have enough blood on hand and the nearest supply was 80 miles away. Blair didn't have much time.

"It was touch and go," said Dr. Mary Bray, an obstetrician at Hutchinson Health Hospital, who was in the room for the July 21 delivery of a healthy baby girl, Adalyn.

Five state troopers jumped in to save the day by carrying out a "blood run." The first trooper relayed four units of O-negative blood from the American Red Cross in St. Paul to a nearby airport, then two others flew it by helicopter to the Hutchinson Municipal Airport and handed the blood off to two troopers on the ground who sped to the hospital. It all happened in just over an hour.

"We were on borrowed time while waiting for blood to arrive," said Brandon Thiemann, a nurse anesthetist who helped with the delivery. "If it had been two hours, the story would have been much more sad."

On Tuesday, a smiling Blair met the troopers responsible for saving her life. "If you were not here, who knows what would have happened," Blair said at a news conference as her husband, Stephan, and children, Caydence, 13, and Ayden, 7, stood behind her. "Because of you, my kids have their mom. Thank you."

Blair said she hopes one of her children will become a state trooper one day.

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Could we have plagiarism?

[Warrior]

1 minute ago, Wildcat Will said:

No credit attributed to anyone in either post.

Could we have plagiarism?

Sharing stories isn't plagiarism - plagiarism would be if I was attempting to pass the stories as my own. But YES to you being in need of a dictionary. 

[Warrior]

A couple more Heros in PA! I added the author so Willie doesn't get confused.

By Suzie Ziegler 

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Three Pennsylvania police officers are being hailed as heroes after they pulled an unconscious man from a burning home, bodycam video shows. 

According to FOX 5, officers Steve Ambs, Kenneth Branford and Samuel Ladd responded to the fire on Aug. 25. Using a flashlight, the officers found a man lying on the floor. At first, the officers had to run back outside for fresh air, but they quickly returned and carried the man to safety. 

The man was taken to a hospital and last reported in stable condition, reported FOX 5. 

"You kind of blackout in the moment, but I remember just pulling him out and getting him out to safety, and then we went to check to make sure no one else was back in there," Ladd told FOX 5. 

The officers were praised for their heroism in a meeting with Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub. 

"We are all very blessed to have each of you protecting us as we go about our lives,” Weintraub said.

 

 

[Warrior]

Another Hero risking his life in Tenn!

By Mike Christen
The Daily Herald, Columbia, Tenn.

COLUMBIA, Tenn. — As a fire swept through a Columbia home, Corporal Allan Ervin, the first emergency responder to arrive on the scene, ran into the home and brought the woman to safety.

Footage from Ervin's body camera, shared with the public by the Columbia Police Department on Tuesday, shows Ervin arriving at the Riverside home just as an explosion roars through the garage of the single-story house on Rinks Court.

The blast shot debris across the home's driveway, as Ervin, remained coolheaded and rushed to the front entrance of the home.

"As a police officer, the first thing you think of is the preservation of life, and fortunately, we were able to do that. We know the risks we take when we go out there. You just have to react and use your best judgment."

Erwin said he was quickly able to find the woman inside, who is disabled, and bring her to safety outside the burning home.

The spaces the two occupied moments earlier were engulfed in flames, he said, as the fire quickly spread through the home during the escape.