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Life Saving Incident

April 15, 2018
Michigan
Kent County
San Diego

April 15, 2018 brought cold temperatures, gusty winds and icy roadways with it. As Officer Kelly Momber drove her car on Fruit Ridge Avenue a pedestrian waved her down to stop. Pulling over, Officer Momber saw a vehicle upside down in a creek and it was sinking. “I could see the driver, half way out of the car, her head was out of the water but she was still stuck,” Officer Momber said. The driver’s legs were tangled in the passenger side seat belt, and with the submerging car, it would only be a matter of time before the driver would be pulled down with it. “I just waded out into the water and got to her and she was pretty terrified, so I reached down, we found out where the seat belt was tangled, I was able to cut her out---I was able to lift her onto the car and we both crawled out together. I tried to calm her down, just reassure her, ‘hey’ I’m here, and we will figure this out its going to be okay.” One year later, Officer Momber had a chance to talk to the woman whose life she had saved. “She just thanked me, thanked me for giving her another chance," Momber said. "It was awesome.” At the time of the incident Officer Momber was just 22 years old, and been on the police force for 6 months. For her heroic efforts, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office presented Officer Momber with the Life Saving Award. She remains humbled however by the experience. “I never thought anything would come from it. I was just doing what any other officer would do.”

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.