This week's shout-outs go to officers whose good deeds made the news. A fresh five every week.
Photo: U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Chad Pickering / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (source). Illustrative.
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."Matthew 5:7, KJV
Good Cops · Opelika Police Department, Alabama
Officer Connor Ramey
AED and CPR bring a pulseless man back
Officer Ramey and his partner found 61-year-old Frazier Moreman unresponsive, pulseless and not breathing. They used an AED, and Ramey did CPR for more than three minutes until the fire department arrived. Moreman recovered fully, and Piedmont Columbus Regional named Ramey its October First Friday Hero.
"If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it?"Proverbs 24:11, KJV
Good Cops · Perryville Police Department, Missouri
Sgt. Jeremy Tenney, Officers Joseph Boyd and Gabe Derousse
Three officers pull a woman from drowning
The three officers answered an emergency call in August and saved a woman who was drowning, within minutes of the call. Chief Dustin Miller gave Sgt. Tenney a Life Saving Award and gave Officers Boyd and Derousse commendations at the September 23 city meeting.
"He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters."Psalm 18:16, KJV
On July 21, Barrett answered a 1 a.m. call about a young girl, Paisley, who was choking, and he saved her life. He had refreshed his CPR and Heimlich training with the fire department a few days earlier. He received three awards on August 18. "It's just praise God," he said.
"Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God."Mark 10:14, KJV
Good Cops · Boston Police Department (Brighton), Massachusetts
Patrolman Stephen Borne
Off duty, he saved a choking 80-year-old at dinner
On April 4, the night before Easter, an 80-year-old man collapsed while choking at the Capital Grille in Chestnut Hill. Patrolman Borne was off duty and dining there. He and off-duty Newton Fire Lt. James Trudo put the man in a recovery position and struck his back to clear the blockage, and he was revived by the time EMS arrived. Borne credited his Boston Police Academy and Red Cross training.
"As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith."Galatians 6:10, KJV
Good Cops · Cambridge Police Department, Massachusetts
Officers Miguel Mijares-Munoz and Deric Maddaleni
Onto the Red Line tracks with one minute to spare
On December 27, a bystander told the two officers that a man had fallen onto the tracks at Central Square station. They ran to the platform, jumped down to the track bed with the third rail still live, and lifted the man back onto the platform about a minute before the next train was due. Body cameras recorded the rescue. The man was expected to be OK, and both officers were recognized at roll call.
"He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings."Psalm 40:2, KJV
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