Life Saving Incident
November 16, 2020
Illinois
Cook County
Chicago
An off-duty Chicago police officer who helped save a man's life was recognized Saturday. On November 16, 2020, there was a fire at an apartment building in Old Town. Someone broke a window and jumped to safety, but seriously injured his arm in the process. Officer John Hanlon was able to use his training and a tourniquet to help the man as they waiting for paramedics to arrive. "If an ambulance takes 5-7 minutes to arrive, gratefully we have tools now that can buy us that time," Hanlon said. He said he's had to use the same skills several times when on-duty.
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.
