The Bulletin Notes.

Law enforcement officers are challenged daily in the performance of their duties; they face each challenge freely and unselfishly while answering the call to duty. In certain instances, their actions warrant special attention from their respective departments. The Bulletin also wants to recognize those situations that transcend the normal rigors of the law enforcement profession.

Early one morning, Officer Daren Kullman of the Syracuse, New York, Police Department came upon an apartment fire. Officer Kullman notified dispatch and as Officer George Hack arrived on the scene, the two officers ascended a front stairwell in search of occupants. As the officers reached the second floor where two apartments existed, they encountered extreme heat and heavy smoke. After unsuccessfully trying to force open the door to one apartment, Officer Hack smashed the window in the door to determine if anyone was inside. They did not hear a response, so they turned their attention to the other apartment. Within seconds, two victims, one male and one female, approached the door of the first apartment. The officers pulled both people through the window opening and carried them outside, where Officer Kullman observed that the male victim was not breathing. He immediately began CPR and resuscitated the victim. Fire department personnel arrived and rescued two more victims from the burning building--one adult male, who later died from his injuries, and a 1-year-old child, who survived. If not for the observations of Officer Kullman and the quick, yet decisive, actions of both officers, this incident most likely would have ended even more tragically with additional loss of life.

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Late one evening, Deputy Stephen McGuire of the Ingham County, Michigan, Sheriff's Office witnessed a vehicle weaving between lanes and driving along the center line of the highway. Deputy McGuire made contact with the driver and had him pull to the side of road. After talking with and observing the individual, Deputy McGuire determined that the driver was intoxicated. As Deputy McGuire was about to place him under arrest, the man reached into a surgical wound in his stomach and eviscerated himself. Deputy McGuire, a registered paramedic, immediately called for an ambulance and started to medically treat the individual. Shortly after arriving, the ambulance rushed the driver to the local hospital. Deputy McGuire's immediate response, calm demeanor, and medical background thwarted the attempted suicide, helped remove a dangerous driver from the road, and saved the man's life.

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Nominations for the Bulletin Notes should be based on either the rescue of one or more citizens or arrest(s) made at unusual risk to an officer's safety. Submissions should include a short write-up (maximum of 250 words), a separate photograph of each nominee, and a letter from the department's ranking officer endorsing the nomination. Submissions should be sent to the Editor, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, FBI Academy, Madison Building, Room 209, Quantico, VA 22135.