Life Saving Incident
March 13, 2019
Wyoming
Fremont County
Wind River Reservation
On March 13, 2019, Police Officer Jesse Tovar and Lt. Alexander Earring responded to a call of a fight in progress at the 100 Block of Sage Brush Loop on the Wind River Reservation. On arrival, the officers found an adult female barricaded in a bathroom. The officers were unable to gain entry into the bathroom due to a piece of furniture placed in front of the door to block access. The officers could hear the female inside the bathroom groaning and struggling to breathe. Lt. Earring heard the female mutter through the door, “I’m dying.” The officers forced their way through the door and found the female with an electric cord tied around her neck. The female was unresponsive and not breathing. The officers performed a sternum rub on the female and received no response. As the officers began to initiate CPR the female started to breathe. Emergency Medical Services arrived on scene and transported the female to the Riverton Hospital. If not for the immediate actions of Officer Tovar and Lt. Earring this female would have died.
The history of law enforcement in the United States is a long and wonderful history of bravery. This website is dedicated to documenting the heroic deeds of law enforcement officers throughout the United States who have either given or risked their lives to save others. There are many stories of bravery and heroism for many who are considered first responders. However, it is those in law enforcement who are most likely to be the first to arrive upon a location requiring life saving acts engaging dangerous hostage takers, running into burning buildings/vehicles, providing first aid to seriously injured victims, saving near drowning victims and much more are what the women and men of law enforcement do routinely and at many times, great peril to their own safety.
It is our mission to document the history of lives saved by those dedicated women and men in law enforcement. To share with others the dramatic deeds of those individuals who are the first, first responders. It is so important for our citizens to understand that law "enforcement" is not always about enforcing the law but rather being there when our citizens need us.
It is to this end we are dedicated to promoting documentation regarding the history of law enforcement and the lives they have saved.
