Tag: Officer of the Month: Page 4

Patrol

Border Patrol Agent Retrieves Two Children from Submerged Vehicle

Agent Travis Creteau was able to retrieve two little girls from a fully submerged vehicle after it crashed into a San Diego-area reservoir. Unfortunately, the children did not survive. For his efforts, agent Creteau has been named the May 2013 NLEOMF Officer of the Month.

April 30, 2013

Patrol

Pa. Officer Saves Teen from Drowning in Overturned Truck

Officer Randall Courson noticed a late-night crash and kept up the spirits of a teen trapped in his overturned and water-filled truck until more help arrived.

April 10, 2013

Special Units

Utah Sergeant Takes Fire to Rescue Downed Team Members

Sgt. Nate Hutchinson braved gunfire to move two injured team members out of harm's way. He suffered four gunshot wounds and endured a lengthy recovery to return to duty.

March 5, 2013

Patrol

Florida Officers Take Down Armed Bank Robbery Suspect

Two Florida officers pursued an armed robbery suspect. The driver stopped and engaged the two officers, both of whom survived the ensuing gunfight. The assailant did not.

February 14, 2013

Patrol

N.H. Officer Braves Gunfire to Rescue Two Wounded Officers

Officer Chuck Law of the Stratham (N.H.) Police Department drove his cruiser directly into the line of fire during a barricade situation to evacuate two downed colleagues and get them treatment.

January 10, 2013

Patrol

Off-Duty Florida Deputy Stops Gunman From Killing More

On July 25, Sgt. Kristin Shiner was relaxing at home. However, when she heard shots fired near her house, she quickly switched modes and successfully kept an armed neighbor who'd killed a door-to-door salesman from continuing to shoot.

December 17, 2012

Patrol

Trooper Stops Wrong-Way Driver with Cruiser

Maine State Trooper Douglas Cropper got a call that an elderly man was driving the wrong way down I-295 in Portland and was headed in his direction. The trooper was prepared to ram the vehicle, but was able to stop it by edging the nose of his patrol car onto the highway, forcing the driver to crash into him.

November 26, 2012

Training

N.J. Detective Splits Time as Cop and Football Coach

Det. Brian Logan of the Newark (N.J.) PD works the night shift verifying tips in a Crime Stoppers van so he can spend his afternoons coaching his local high school football team.

October 2, 2012

Editor's Notes

Police Links: Lady Cop

Did you ever read comic books as a kid? If so, maybe you knew that once upon a time there was a DC Comics heroine called Lady Cop.

September 27, 2012

Patrol

Officers Save Two Sleeping Women from Burning Home

A few hours after ringing in the new year, Officer Jenni Byrd of the San Jose Police Department spotted a growing fire through the window of a woman's home. She and Officer Kris Kubasta rousted the sleeping woman and her friend upstairs and brought them outside to safety.

September 18, 2012

Patrol

Two Chicago Cops Save One of Their Own

Officer Kirsten Lund and Sgt. Christopher Kapa responded to an officer-down call and immediately transported the profusely bleeding Officer Del Pearson in a squad car to a nearby emergency room, saving his life.

August 29, 2012

Patrol

Officer Paralyzed in Shooting Now Working to Return to Patrol

Patrolman James Kuzak Jr. was shot and paralyzed from the waist down when he responded to a home invasion robbery. But he hasn't let his injuries keep him from working to regain the use of his legs and rejoin law enforcement.

July 24, 2012