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. One afternoon, Officers Cornis Adkins and Michael Webster Webster, town (1990 pop. 16,196), Worcester co., S Mass., near the Conn. line; settled c.1713, set off from Dudley and Oxford and inc. 1832. The chief manufactures are footwear, fabrics, and textiles. of the Aberdeen, Maryland Aberdeen is a city in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 13,842 at the 2000 census. As with all Aberdeens outside Scotland, it was named after the original Aberdeen City by Scots emigrating from home. Nearest City: Baltimore, Maryland (36. , Police Department responded to a call involving a woman trapped in a third-floor apartment in a burning building. Upon arrival, Officer Adkins saw the victim standing in her window and screaming for help. Immediately, he located an extension ladder from a maintenance shed, extended it to her window, and attempted to calm her. Officer Webster also climbed the ladder and steadied Officer Adkins. After determining that there were two young children in the apartment, which was completely filled with smoke and flames, Officer Adkins grabbed each of them and passed them to Officer Webster, who lowered them to the ground. Then, Officer Adkins pulled the woman outside and helped her down the ladder. The three victims then received medical treatment. The quick, heroic he·ro·ic adj. Relating to a risky medical procedure that may endanger the patient but also has a possibility of being successful, whereas lesser action would result in failure. actions of these officers saved this mother and her two children from a fire that completely destroyed their residential complex and two adjacent buildings. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Early one morning, Officer Shayne Sesoko of the Honolulu, Hawaii For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. “Honolulu” redirects here. For other uses, see Honolulu (disambiguation). Honolulu is the capital as well as the most populous community of the State of Hawaii, United States. , Police Department responded to a report of a resident hearing a loud splash and barking dogs
v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. box spring for the boy to hold onto, but it sank into the murky water. Seeing that the boy was slipping under water for longer periods of time, Officer Sesoko removed his shirt, shoes, equipment belt, and bullet-resistant vest and entered the canal. Struggling to keep the boy above water, Officer Sesoko's feet kept getting stuck in the muck at the bottom. He was beginning to tire and was unsure of how to get out of the water. When he saw that his partner, Officer Timothy Tenney, now was at the scene, he submerged himself beneath the boy and pushed him to his fellow officer. Because of the bravery Bravery See also Heroism. Achilles foremost Greek hero of Trojan War; brave and formidable warrior. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 12] Adrastus courageous Indian prince; Rinaldo’s enemy. [Ital. Lit. and self-sacrifice of Officer Sesoko and the assistance of Officer Tenney, the boy escaped unharmed. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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