By Police1 Staff
Who would have thought that being a cop also means being a therapist, a firefighter, and often a parent figure? Duty calls in all kinds of ways – often police are tasked with mending wounds and delivering babies! So if you’re not up on your tactical EMS skills, here are five reasons you should be:
 | Md. cop revives 9-day-old baby on side of road Officer Ben Crumlin was flagged down by a couple whose newborn baby stopped breathing; he used CPR to revive him. |
 | Ind. state trooper revives diabetic driver of doughnut truck Trooper Korey Mauck noticed the delivery truck partially parked on the median and administered a tube of glucose to the unresponsive driver. |
 | Conn. officers honored for saving strangled baby Sgt. David Parratt and Officer James Duda were honored with Lifesaving medals for their actions in saving a baby boy. |
 | Mass. cop saves man with cruiser’s defibrillator Police responded to reports of a man not breathing in a store and went to work administering CPR. |
 | Calif. officer delivers baby at gas station A Simi Valley officer and his student ride-along aided a woman when they were the first on the scene and she went into labor. |