Life Saving Incident
April 29, 2001
California
Los Angeles County
Saugus
On April 29, 2001, Los Angeles Police Sergeant Russel Kilby was off-duty, dining with a friend at LaCene Restaurant, located at 12625 Sierra Highway, in Saugus, when a female patron at the restaurant started choking on her food. Sergeant Kilby responded to the pleas for help from the waitress who, along with other patrons and the victim’s husband, had become paralyzed to the emergency at hand. Sergeant Kilby reached the victim, who by now was not able to breathe, and performed a "Heimlich" maneuver, dislodging the food in the victim’s throat. Both, the victim and her husband, expressed their sincere appreciation for Sergeant Kirby’s quick action, and were grateful to the Los Angeles Police Department for training its officers with this life-saving maneuver.
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.
