Off-Duty Police Officer Rescues 5 People From Fire
An off-duty police officer on his way to work rescued five people, including three children, late Tuesday night from burning South Side residence, police said. »
An off-duty police officer on his way to work rescued five people, including three children, late Tuesday night from burning South Side residence, police said. »
A police officer was sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation after saving a dog from a condo fire in Loma Portal. »
On Monday, they were faceless rookies walking a beat in Queens in the dead of night. »
For police and firefighters, small acts of heroism, strength and bravery happen even on an ordinary day. But Dec. 8 was no ordinary day. »
Big-hearted police officers have raised an impressive £41,000 (USD $80,000) for a leading children’s charity. »
A 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after falling through a frozen pond and spending an hour in icy waters, officials said. »
A Queensland police constable who dived into a swollen river to rescue a woman swept away from a stranded vehicle could earn a bravery award. »
Officer Chip Reynolds doesn’t consider himself a hero. »
Even though a house on Elm Street in Marshville is charred with the roof caved in, a mother and her two young children are safe. »
A grey-muzzled yellow lab owes its life to a caller complaining about a barking dog and two Lassen County sheriff’s deputies who waded into the freezing waters of the Susan River to rescue it. »
An off-duty police officer who was shot while single-handedly nabbing two suspected Queens bank robbers threatening his family came home a humble hero yesterday. »
Oakland police sergeant says faith has been source of strength for him, others during increase in killings »
Axel Valeri was all about anything but himself while shopping on Saturday morning. »
Jacksonville police officer Brad Braithwaite insists he’s not a hero, even though the Law Enforcement Award of Excellence he recently received from Mothers Against Drunk Driving of North Carolina declares he’s a “Police DWI Hero.” »
Instead of just shopping for criminals this holiday season, some law enforcement officials from Topeka, Kan., are finding time to shop for those in need and they are turning to the Royals for a little extra holiday cheer. [A Cop’s Life: True Stories from the Heart Behind the Badge] »
Five-year-old Makiah Shad of Sheboygan had a long list of people she wanted to shop for on Tuesday evening at Target. »
Fifty cops were matched up with 50 kids Tuesday for the 2006 “Shop with a Cop” at the Wal-Mart Supercenter. »
With a boy or girl striding along beside them, uniformed Jeffersonville police officers slowly pushed shopping carts into the Meijer store on Allison Lane yesterday afternoon. »
Yeah, they look tough in their uniforms and bulletproof vests. But inside they’re a bunch of softies. [A Cop’s Life: True Stories from the Heart Behind the Badge] »
With the Thanksgiving holiday now behind us, local organizations are reminding residents and businesses they need help in their quest to make Christmas brighter for area children and families. [Cleveland Police (OH) (Images of America)] »
Authorities said a 45-year-old man was hospitalized after four sheriff’s deputies rescued him from the jaws of a nearly 12-foot alligator early Wednesday, while he was naked and high on crack cocaine. [When Alligators Laugh] »
A BRAVE policeman leapt into the wintry waters of the Thames to save two women from drowning. [London’s Thames: The River That Shaped a City and Its History] »
TWO Sheffield police officers who saved a colleague’s life when her car overturned and landed on a live railway line were rewarded for their heroism at a star studded party in London. »
Bruce Thompson knew everyone living in a converted church when he twice braved flames that surrounded him as he tried to crawl along the floor. »
The hero cop sprayed with bullets while stopping an execution-style slaying in Brooklyn has no regrets about leaping into danger, relatives said yesterday. »
TWO police officers who saved the life of a mother and her two babies in a dramatic rescue will be personally congratulated by the Prime Minister next month. »
Crawling through a burning building to reach a disoriented 50-year-old man who would have died if not for his heroics, off-duty Chicago Fire Department Lt. Joseph Kish could think of only one thing: “Here we go again.” »
The eyes of Nassau police officers Daniel Ciaccio and Samuel Ferrandino widened as they said they watched an alleged drunken driver slam into a fellow officer’s marked cruiser, pinning him and causing the crumpled patrol car to burst into flames. »
The City Council on Tuesday honored four police officers who rescued a woman in the path of an approaching train. »
A HERO off-duty fireman saved the lives of three policemen when an electricity sub-station exploded. »