Search and Rescue
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The officer took the girl in his arms and performed back thrusts to clear her airway, eventually removing the obstruction
The trooper delivered the cat to the Toledo Humane Society, where the cat was given the name “Trooper” and eventually adopted
Bodycam footage shows police locating the vehicle and providing the lethargic girl with a cold compress and water to help cool her down
The officer hurriedly threw the leash over a fence into the canal and pulled the man out of the water
A GoFundMe page for the family has raised nearly $220K after the officer and her daughter died from their injuries
The immediate CPR response from bystanders was vital to the man’s survival, the deputy said
Officer Brandon Griffith founded “Griffith Blue Heart” to help police have the capability to administer lifesaving techniques before firefighters or EMTs arrive
The man had traveled away from his disabled UTV and was clinging to life when the troopers located him by following footprints in the snow
“CHP investigators worked throughout the night interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence from the scene,” police said
The women encountered the suspect after giving her a ride, not realizing until the person began acting erratically that something was amiss
The individuals were on a tour bus heading to Washington, D.C., when the vehicle diverged from the road and got wedged into a snow bank
With driving so difficult, deputies turned to snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles for their rescues
After the driver of a stolen car jumped from the moving vehicle, the car struck the cyclist and wedged him underneath
The woman was pushing the 3-year-old in a stroller when a driver backed out of a parking spot and ran them over
Officers were on scene of a fatal crash when a vehicle didn’t notice the closed road; the driver narrowly missed striking the officers and rolled down an embankment into frigid waters
Officer Kwesi Johnson jumped into the dark water and busted out the driver’s side window to rescue the woman
About three hours later, the sheriff’s office determined the rescue was complete
The rescue happened more than seven hours after the man “split from another hunter he had been with” and vanished into the swamp
When the St. Louis County firefighter, driver and truck went underwater, Officers Don Shultz and Victoria Sarver got in the water to help with the rescue
A suspect challenged the validity of the underlying arrest warrants, but the court held the officers had a good faith basis to rely on the information about the warrants
After pulling the man from the water, the deputy left that scene to respond to a rollover, where he put out a small fire in one of the vehicles
While the officers were removing the driver, they saw multiple firearms and ammunition inside the fully engulfed vehicle
Bodycam shows the upside-down car’s windows were underwater as the officer and driver worked on opposite sides to get people out
Employees in costumes based on the children’s show fended off an attacker who was allegedly choking a woman in the middle of the restaurant
While attempting to elude police, the suspect’s SUV struck another vehicle, flipped and crashed into a creek before catching fire
The daring 17-hour rescue of a Boy Scout troop in the Gila National Forest was captured on video
According to the department, the horse was “very thankful” to its rescuers and was returned to its owners, who say she is doing well
The driver’s legs caught fire during the incident, but officers were able to pat the fire out and get him to safety
The deputy was on patrol when he discovered the kitten, placing her inside his vehicle as weather conditions began to deteriorate
“Once the water got high on the sliding glass doors and she reported that it was at her belly button, then I knew it was go time”
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