Have a personal hero-cop?
The police threads got me thinking... anyone personally know a police officer who did something heroic or is their personal hero?
Mine is my DARE officer from 4th grade. I lived in Albuquerque N.M. at the time and about 1 year after I had him for DARE I saw a familiar name on the news: he risked his life to pull some dumbarse kids from a flooded Arroyo, he succeeded but had quite a bit of rope-induced damage to his hands. I believe that rescue even made it to Cops! or some other police/EMS TV show.
The officer is my personal hero for his actions that day. Shooting someone in self-defense is one thing, but stepping into a 70mph stream of water to rescue total strangers takes brass balls. I can only hope that if placed in the same situation I will have his courage.
Mine is my DARE officer from 4th grade. I lived in Albuquerque N.M. at the time and about 1 year after I had him for DARE I saw a familiar name on the news: he risked his life to pull some dumbarse kids from a flooded Arroyo, he succeeded but had quite a bit of rope-induced damage to his hands. I believe that rescue even made it to Cops! or some other police/EMS TV show.
The officer is my personal hero for his actions that day. Shooting someone in self-defense is one thing, but stepping into a 70mph stream of water to rescue total strangers takes brass balls. I can only hope that if placed in the same situation I will have his courage.
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Doug Cummins, my friend, and my Kids' God Father from 1976.
He is a Captain in the VFD, a Rescue Diver, a Haz/Mat instructor, Paramedic/EMT, Ambulance Driver, Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Team member and a full-time Officer on the McMinnville Police Department.
The stories of his true Heroism are many - too many to relate here.
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My favorite was my father-in-law SGT John E Williams. He was a very fair officer, honest, and very intelligent. He retired in the mid 90's and passed in January of 2002. May he RIP. 
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When we were living in the apartment waiting for the house to get finished, a Lewisville cop was called to the apartment because someone had left a bay in a locked car with the windows up, here in Texas.
He walked up to the car, tried every door once, then called fire rescue on the radio and immediately broke the drivers window and got the child out. Didn't look for the mother or knock on any doors, just did what he had to do.
After they found the woman (and arrested her) her boyfriend asked why he didn't knock on the door first. He told him he had no clue how hot it was in the car, what the baby's condition was, or how long the baby had been there. The cop told him that his first priority was to save the child, not look for idiots who would lock a child up in a hot car.
He was a hero to me that day!0 -
Each and every one of the ones who let me go with a warning. 0 -
My wifes Cousin Michael D. Hisaw aged 27, Sheriffs Deputy
Shot and killed in 1999 answering a domestic dispute call.
He has a Memorial Highway named after him.0 -
Mine is Kojack. [xx(] 0 -
My hero is a Texas Ranger, and I don't remember his name.
When I was in the fourth grade, our teacher had a friend that was a Ranger, and he came to our school to talk to us. This wasn't a classroom deal; he came to our school riding a horse. He talked to us from the saddle and answered our questions.
Made quite an impression on me.0 -
My Dad.
But that's pretty much a gimme, ins't it?0 -
My 85 yearold father. He risk life and limb fighting the Japs on Iwo Jima during WWII and then for 25 years, until his KC MO Police Dept retirement, risk life and limb fighting the criminals on the mean streets of Kansas City MO.
Too bad he and I don't seem to really like each other. Othwise I would tell him what I just told you.0 -
quote:Too bad he and I don't seem to really like each other. Othwise I would tell him what I just told you.
For God's sake, man! Tell him anyway!
You may not have too many more chances to do it, and if you don't, you will always regret it. Tell him how you feel. If he doesn't take it well, that's his problem, and at least you tried.
I am ever so grateful that my dad and I became friends in his later years, and that our last words to each other were, "I love you."0 -
tr - David is right. Don't let your Dad die without telling him.
If you do, you'll be ashamed of yourself for the rest of YOUR life.
Doug
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Good and appreciated advice above. I already have many reqrets, but Maybe I will find a way to really communicate with him before he dies. 0
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