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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 professions.

Sergeant John Hollwedel and Officers Charles Clanton and Patrick McCormick of the Old Brookville, New York, Police Department responded to a call to check on the welfare of a family. The police department was unable to contact the family by telephone, and the officers received no answer when they knocked on several doors. Relatives assured them that the family was home. Sergeant Hollwedel and Officer Clanton forced entry into the residence. They discovered that the male resident had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. They found him in the driver's seat of a vehicle parked in the attached garage. The deadly gas had filtered into the rest of the home, leaving the wife deceased and the 5-year-old daughter unconscious. Officer Clanton removed the girl from the home and performed CPR that ultimately proved unsuccessful. Although aware of their exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide, Sergeant Hollwedel and Officer McCormick repeatedly searched the house. They found the couple's two other daughters, ages 2 and 8, unconscious inside the home. After removing them from the dangerous conditions and returning to the home, they located an unconscious female maid and removed her to safety. Although this tragedy claimed three lives, the quick decisive actions of Sergeant Hollwedel and Officers Clanton and McCormick saved three innocent people from certain death.

Officer Dennis McDaniel of the Morris, Alabama, Police Department responded to a report of a possible fire at an apartment. Upon arrival at the scene and prior to the arrival of the fire department, Officer McDaniel heard the smoke alarm sounding and smelled smoke emitting from the residence. Gathering from neighbors that the resident still was inside, Officer McDaniel forced entry into the building and found the female resident unconscious from smoke inhalation. Officer McDaniel checked for other occupants, found none, and removed the victim to safety. The professionalism and humanitarianism of Officer McDaniel, along with his willingness to put his own life at risk, saved the victim's life.