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Life Saving Incident

November 20, 2016
California
San Diego
Chula Vista

On 11-20-16 at around 10 pm, officers were dispatched to a call of a female pinned between two vehicles in the 1000 block of Nacion Avenue in Chula Vista. The caller was hysterical and dispatch was unable to obtain detailed information. Several officers, including Officer Curtis Chancellor and Officer Casey Rose responded to the call. Officer Chancellor was the first officer to arrive on the scene and saw a female victim , later identified as Ann Krone, lying in the street after having been struck from behind by a vehicle travelling southbound on Nacion Avenue. Krone was standing at the trunk of her parked vehicle when she was struck and pinned between the two vehicles. A family member moved one of the vehicles releasing the victim from the two vehicles. The victim's legs suffered severe trauma , were partially severed and she was losing a large amount of blood from her femoral arteries having been severed. Officer Chancellor immediately placed a tourniquet on her left leg. Officer Rose arrived and placed a tourniquet on the right leg. Officer Rose noticed that Krone was still bleeding and requested two more tourniquets from the arriving fire department personnel. Officer Rose applied a second tourniquet to Krone's right leg while a firefighter applied a second tourniquet to the left leg. This staunched the flow of blood and medical personnel were able to quickly transport Krone to a trauma center where she was stabilized. UCSD trauma surgeon Dr. Gadot credited the application of the tourniquets to saving Krone's life.

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.