Life Saving Incident
May 21, 2020
California
San Bernardino
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On May 21, 2020, Detective Ryan Cook and Deputies Blake Foyil, Aaron Blades, and Sonia Olivas responded to a stabbing call and found a man bleeding profusely from a wound on his arm. The team applied pressure to the open wound and fashioned a towel into a makeshift tourniquet and applied it to the man’s arm. Deputies were able to use the trauma kit and tourniquet from their patrol vehicle and stop the bleeding. The man was transported to a hospital, where he recovered, the Sheriff's Department said in a Facebook post.
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.
