By Police1 Staff
Have you been keeping up with the news on Police1? Take a look at some of the most memorable quotes from this week’s top police stories. We’re highlighting an interview with the cops behind one of this year’s most dramatic rescues, plus one officer’s quest for mental healing, a widow’s call for change and more.
These are our top quotes:
"Hearing the train and feeling the vibrations, and just hearing crumpling metal … that was really close."
— Officer Christopher Aboyte
FULL STORY: ‘Impeccable timing’: Cops reunite with pilot they saved from oncoming train
"[In the movies], there's three more shootings, and there's no emotional impact at all. That's just not the case."
— Deputy Jim Creed
FULL STORY: After trauma, officer pushing bill to make sure cops get the support they need
"If that officer had looked to the right and saw a gun pointed at him, he’d have every right to draw his service weapon and fire.”
— Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensek
FULL STORY: Watch: Men film themselves pointing guns at cop sitting in patrol car
“On top of grieving your best friend … I now have to fight for everything that I think he deserves.”
— Katie Slifko
FULL STORY: Officer’s widow, lawmakers hope to change suicide LODD rules
"During roll call, please inspect our members and remind them the thin blue line is prohibited!”
— Capt. Carolyn Birch
FULL STORY: Milwaukee PD told to ‘inspect’ officers for thin blue line imagery