Positive Police Stories - Page 1

The thread about the marine being gunned down has become so negative.  Let's post some positive stories about the police who protect us.  Here's one to get us started:

http://www.policeone.com/police-heroes/articles/3801991-Calif-police-officers-honored-for-bravery/

Police officers get top fire service bravery award

18 May 2011

Two police officers from South Yorkshire Police who saved a man from falling 100 foot down a cliff have been awarded the fire service’s highest honour.

The man had already fallen 20 foot down the cliff onto a bush, where PC David Mason and PC Lee Corker managed to safely reach and stabilise the man until fire crews arrived with specialist rescue equipment.
http://www.syfire.gov.uk/1467.asp

May 23, 2011

Officer jumps into river to rescue man

LAWRENCE — A police officer jumped in the Merrimack River and rescued a troubled man who threw himself off the Central bridge yesterday evening.

http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x370468039/Officer-jumps-into-river-to-rescue-man

Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:52 PM

Updated Sunday, Jun 12 at 10:56 AM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers helped rescue an elderly couple from carbon monoxide exposure.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Police-rescue-elderly-couple-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-123694814.html

Sunday, June 5, 2011
MONSON — A puppy has been rescued from beneath the wreckage of a Monson home demolished by last week’s tornado.

The 25-pound, six-month-old Sharpei-Chow mix named Shadow was rescued Saturday, three days after the tornadoes struck western Massachusetts.

Police say trooper Brian Pearl crawled under a pile of splintered wood and broken glass and pulled Shadow from the rubble.

Police rescue record number of children from online paedophiles

Specialist CEOP unit arrests more than 500 suspects in most successful year since its creation in 2006

Matthew Taylor

The Guardian, Tuesday 31 May 2011

A record number of children have been rescued from immediate danger by a specialist police unit that targets online paedophile rings, it has emerged.

More than 1,000 children have been safeguarded or protected, including 414 in the last 12 months, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (CEOP) said as it published its annual review.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/31/police-ceop-online-paedophiles

Phoenix police rescue man kidnapped at gunpoint in Tucson

05/20/2011

By: Katrina Schaefer

PHOENIX - Two men have been arrested after allegedly running a man off a road in Tucson, kidnapping him at gunpoint, and bringing him to Phoenix while demanding ransom from his family Thursday.

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/phoenix-police-rescue-man-kidnapped-at-gunpoint-in-tucson

Police Rescue Swimmer ‘On Mission From God’ In New York Harbor

June 6, 2011
Park police rescued a swimmer after he dove into New York Harbor between a New Jersey park and Liberty Island.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/06/06/police-rescue-swimmer-on-mission-from-god-in-new-york-harbor/

Police arrest man suspected of shaking, beating child to death.
Autopsy shows the 2 month old girl died of skull fractures.
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2011-06-14/story/jacksonville-man-charged-killing-2-month-old-daughter

Man admits shaking child after "she wouldn't stop crying".
http://www.news4jax.com/news/28232138/detail.html

Thanks mudwick.  Here's one about an off duty sheriff's deputy and a securtiy technician stopping a bank robber:  http://www2.wspa.com/news/2011/jun/14/sheriffs-deputy-security-technician-honored-detain-ar-1970025/