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.

Sergeant David Kinzer of the Fayetteville, West Virginia, Police Department and U.S. Park Ranger Randy Fisher of the National Park Service responded to a report of a man contemplating suicide on a tall bridge. While state troopers closed the bridge to traffic, Ranger Fisher and Sergeant Kinzer calmly negotiated with the individual who would not allow them to approach him. After approximately 20 minutes, they persuaded the man to speak with his girlfriend on a cellular phone that Ranger Fisher had placed on the pavement. When the individual tried to retrieve the phone, Sergeant Kinzer and Ranger Fisher quickly apprehended and subdued him before he could reach the guardrail. The despondent man had thrown himself out of his girlfriend's car after an argument and walked to the bridge to kill himself.

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Early one morning, Lieutenant Kevin O'Keeffe of the Beaverton, Oregon, Police Department was off duty in his home and smelled smoke. After walking outside, he noticed the glow of flames blocks away. Quickly, he drove to the source of the glow and saw that the rear of a residence was engulfed in flames. Banging on the door, he woke a woman who said that her wheelchair-bound husband was stranded in bed at the rear of the house. Together with a neighbor, Lieutenant O'Keeffe entered the burning residence and rescued the disabled man.

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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.