Life Saving Incident
June 20, 2020
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
Ada
On June 20, 2020, Officer Taylor Lowe responded to a stabbing call. She arrived to find a victim with a stab wound to the lower leg. While rendering aid to the victim, Officer Lowe discovered a large vein in the victim’s leg had been cut during the stabbing. Officer Lowe correctly determined the victim was suffering from a large amount of blood loss, having walked five blocks from where the stabbing occurred to make it to the location where Officer Lowe found the victim. Officer Lowe’s quick-thinking application of a tourniquet to stop further blood loss likely saved the victim’s life. “The Ada Police Department is proud to have Officer Lowe as a member of our department and our community,” Ada Police Chief Carl Allen said. “The lifesaving measures she took to save this person’s life is an example of her service to our city. I’m proud to work with her and all of our officers.”
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.
