An officer with the Harlan (KY) Police Department is being credited with saving the life of a suicidal woman who was perched on a highway overpass and in jeopardy of jumping or falling to her death over the weekend.
In mid-December a school resource officer with the Bridgeport (CT) Police Department performed a spectacular act of heroism by preventing a driverless SUV from crashing into students that had just been let out of school.
Today's officers have to be brave now in the face of danger and in the face of public condemnation and media second-guessing.
NCCU officials said Officer DeSantis saw a car stopped on the train tracks and conducted a wellness check just before 3 a.m.
Last month a Dayton, OH, police detective was murdered serving a warrant on alleged fentanyl distributors, and all Americans need to hear his story.
An officer with the Henrico (VA) Police Department said that it was "divine providence" that placed him in exactly the right place at exactly the right time to help save the life of a man who suffered a heart attack in the parking lot of a local restaurant.
Officers with the Oakland (CA) Police Department leaped into action when two people pulled an 18-year-old man into the police station lobby.
An officer with the Canton (OH) Police Department was assisted by a good Samaritan in pulling a man from a burning vehicle that had crashed into a residence.
An officer with the Coral Gables (FL) Police Department sprang into action when a pedestrian was pinned between a crashed vehicle and a building on Wednesday afternoon.
An officer with the McHenry (IL) Police Department was joined by a Good Samaritan and they pulled a man from a burning vehicle on Friday night.