Life Saving Incident
May 2020
Tennesee
Sullivan County
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In May 2020, Deputy Sheriff Zack Smith was pulling into his driveway after his shift when he heard a distressed dispatcher on the radio. “It caught my attention and I didn’t turn the car off, and they said, ‘is there anybody close to this address. There’s a kid bleeding out. I was like, well I guess my day is not done yet,” Deputy Smith recalled. He just happened to be minutes away from where a mom was holding her two-year-old who was bleeding extensively. “He’s lost a lot of blood and it’s all- I mean, it’s everywhere,” Deputy Smith said. “I pulled my tourniquet out. I always carry a tourniquet on me. I pulled it out and he was bleeding from him armpit pretty bad. He had fallen through a table and a big shard of glass went up into his armpit.” Smith was later presented with the lifesaving award for his quick actions that saved the life of this child. “It was a good day. It was probably one of the best day of my career. That’s the kind of stuff you get into police work for,” Smith said.
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.
