Official "HELP THA POLICE" thread

[Ronin]

For those interested, this is a thread designed to share some anecdotal stories of the everyday lives of those folks who proactively help police officers, protect others and serve the greater good even in dynamic and dangerous situations at risk to their own safety.

I'll start with a personal favorite ~

Mysterious samurai saves Police in UK

Tyneside Cops Surprised by Sword-bearing Bystander Who Helped Stop Robbery, Save Officer

The anonymous man ran forward, wielding a samurai sword and shouting "Leave him alone, he's a police officer!" The mystery man then charged at the criminals, slashing his samurai sword wildly back and forth, and wounding at least one of the robbers.

The surprised and disoriented gang of robbers panicked and began to disperse. The police officers were able to arrest three thieves amidst the chaos, including one whom the mystery man had trivially wounded on the arm during the samurai sword attack. The mystery man and his samurai sword disappeared as soon as the gang started to break up.

Ha-SAH, biznitches!

[Demimonde]

[lisarea]

Is this some kind of super-classy, passive aggressive response to this case, in which some citizens helped a cop obstruct a mother who was trying to get her dying 11 year old daughter to the hospital?

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by lisarea

Is this some kind of super-classy, passive aggressive response to this case, in which some citizens helped a cop obstruct a mother who was trying to get her dying 11 year old daughter to the hospital?

No.

It is something I wanted to post.

My views are rather heartfelt and specific within the link you offered and I recommend others participate in freely expressing their views there as well.

Pregnant Woman Saves Cop from Teens

ALTON, Texas - A pregnant Texas woman is being called a hero by police after she came to the aide of an officer in need.

Angela Gutierrez, who is nine months pregnant, jumped into action when she arrived at her home to find a group of teens beating a police officer in the street.

Gutierrez, who jumped out of her car and jumped into the fray, said it was a gut reaction.

"All of a sudden all these guys started jumping him," Gutierrez said. "Nobody wants to be in that situation and I was like, someone's got to help … and I just told the guy to leave him alone. You know, just leave him alone. He's just doing his job. That's it'"

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Hey wait...you really think I'm super-classy?

[Ensign Steve]

What kind of pussy cop needs a pregnant woman to rescue him from kids?

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

What kind of pussy cop needs a pregnant woman to rescue him from kids?

Him, quite obviously.

But there's an even worse one in this story:

Angela Gutierrez got out of her car and told the teens to leave the officer alone while her husband called the police.

[Ronin]

Monk Saves Police Officer

A Texas monk is being hailed as a hero Wednesday after saving a female police officer's life during a struggle for control of her gun, according to a Local 6 News report.

"I realize now that if I would have hesitated even five seconds he would have had control of the gun and shot me and then her," Couglin said.

"He meant to shoot her, there's no doubt in my mind," Linden Police Chief Alton McWaters said. "If it wasn't for them, I don't know what would have happened. I don't think it would have turned out very well."

Another woman later jumped in and pinned the suspect on the ground until more officers could arrive.

Ommmm...ShakalakabaKOW!

[Ronin]

He's not Superman, but still a hero

Carbonell, 50, and his wife of 26 years, Fonda, were headed home from the hospital on the afternoon of Feb. 12. Mrs. Carbonell, who is recovering from breast cancer, had a doctor's appointment. They got tired of waiting for results and left early.

As they drove through east Tampa, the South Tampa residents saw an officer flip on his lights and pull over a car near 19th Avenue and 35th Street.

They passed by the police cruiser, but Mrs. Carbonell looked back and saw the driver get out of the car and take a swing at the officer.

Carbonell put the car in reverse, started honking the horn and parked next to the patrol car, he said.

He saw that the suspect had grabbed the officer's gun.

Carbonell, Metzler and the suspect struggled for control of the .9mm Glock. Finally, Carbonell pried the suspect's hand from the weapon, and wrestled him to the ground.

Metzler arrested the suspect, 26-year-old Arnaldo L. Hernandez, of 11908 Fern Blossom Drive, Gibsonton, charging him with battery on a law enforcement officer, grand theft of a firearm and nine related charges. He remains in jail without bail.

Once Hernandez was safely in custody, the officer's attention turned to Carbonell.

"He said, 'Thank you for saving my life - we could have both been shot,' " Carbonell recalled.

[Ronin]

Detroit police credit citizens with helping to catch rape suspects

Members of the community, outraged over the attack and other recent crimes, began patrolling the streets, with more than 300 participating the first night. Now, a new citizens group called Detroit 300 -- a heightened version of a traditional neighborhood watch -- has been formed.

And an effort is under way to create similar patrols in other areas of the city, group members said Monday.

"This is not the end, this is a beginning," Godbee said. "Together, we're a police force of 900,000 strong."

Nimrod Sherman, the woman's grandson, said the support was nice to see, "in the face of something so horrific, something so depraved."

The elderly woman is recuperating. In a recording played during the news conference, held in the woman's neighborhood, the woman said: "I'd like to thank my friends and neighbors for their support ... and my family."

[Ronin]

Caring teen helps police dog get protection

But there has never been room in the budget at the financially strapped MBTA for a bullet- and knife-proof vest for Marco, so his name wound up on a list maintained by Vested Interest in K-9s Inc., a nonprofit that provides bulletproof vests to Massachusetts police dogs.

Meanwhile, Barowsky, who is about to start ninth grade at Framingham High School, began raising the money more than a year ago, as a community service project for her bat mitzvah.

She sold dog-themed items and lemonade and left collection cans at pet-friendly businesses near her home.

After she raised the money, Vested Interest connected her in May with Marco.

Yesterday, Marco got his vest, and Barowsky got a certificate of appreciation. Each looked taken aback by the media crowd that gathered because of their presence at the monthly commendation ceremony of the Transit Police, normally a quiet affair.

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: Marco, a 4-year-old German shepherd, models his new bullet-proof vest with his partner, K-9 officer Sean McCarthy, thanks to Framingham eighth-grader Madeleine Barowsky.

[Ronin]

Charges filed in Taylor cop death
Dearborn man faces 2nd-degree murder in hit-and-run case

Lt. Dan Kromer, 54, had stopped along I-94 at Pelham in Taylor to help a couple who was lost when he was hit by a car.

"He was, in this case, the quintessential Good Samaritan," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said at a news conference Saturday. "In that moment of time, he became their hero ... and they became witness to his horrific death."

Delpiano was arrested Thursday and is being held at the Taylor Police Department. Authorities credited a single tip for leading investigators to Delpiano.

[lisarea]

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Summary: A guy on a civilian observer ride-along helps a police officer by alerting an officer that a man who was just released after a traffic stop is reaching for something. So the cop shoots the unarmed man twice in the chest, killing him.

[Adam]

Perhaps we could all HELP THA POLICE by wearing Kevlar armor whenever we leave our homes, for those times when the poor easily confused creatures are startled and, squidlike, their natural defense mechanisms are involuntarily activated?

[erimir]

You could also help the police by not reaching for anything in your pocket ever, especially if the police have said something to you. Because naturally the only thing you would ever reach for would be a gun if you're in the presence of police officers.

[Stephen Maturin]

How fucking many pounds of flesh do you people want? The deputy is on ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, for Christ's sake. I betcha he'll remain on administrative leave until the investigation formally uncovers the "victim's" aggravated and egregious contributory negligence in failing to wear Kevlar and/or having the temerity to ... um ... to move.

[Ronin]

Victim Helps Police Track Down Her Alleged Attacker
Kayla Floyd Calls Stolen Cell Phone To Help Investigators

After contacting police, the victim became the hunter. Floyd called her stolen cell phone.

"And he answered," she said. "He started taunting me about how I should have laid there and our cell phones wouldn't have been taken."

Floyd said the man used their stolen phones to text and call their friends.

But police were already closing in on Kashaun McMorris, 31. Omaha police said physical evidence linked him to a sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl at an apartment complex near 132nd and B streets in Omaha.

Kashaun McMorris

[Ronin]

Computer Scientists Help Police Apprehend Internet Child Pornographers

Thanks to powerful new software developed by University of Massachusetts Amherst computer scientists Brian Levine and Marc Liberatore, state law enforcement officers across the country including the Massachusetts State Police now have an extraordinarily effective tool for collecting evidence against people who possess and share illegal images and produce child pornography for the Internet.

It's currently used in 58 out of 61 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces around the nation in more than 45 states. Liberatore is presenting a paper describing the project and its results today to the 2010 Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference in Portland, Ore. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice released its national strategy for preventing child exploitation. It provides the first comprehensive threat assessment of the dangers to children from child pornography, online enticement, child sex tourism and other threats.

Levine says that in the last six months, 995 search warrants have been issued as a result of his and Liberatore's work, with 2,762 cases open or completed, bringing police investigators closer to apprehension of contact offenders, that is, people who sexually exploit children to create and distribute pornographic images.

[Dingfod]

Two U.S. Marines chase down hit-and-run suspect and kindly ask him to wait with them for police officers to arrive to straighten out the situation.

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by Dingfod

Two U.S. Marines chase down hit-and-run suspect and kindly ask him to wait with them for police officers to arrive to straighten out the situation.

Cox had an outstanding felony warrant for attempting to elude in a vehicle. He faces additional accusations of driving under the influence of intoxicants, felony hit-and-run with injury, fourth-degree assault and recklessly endangering another person.

Tulsa Bar Owner Helps Police Nab Serial Robbery Suspect

Kim owns Keel's bar on East Pine in Tulsa. She'd gotten a description of the robbers from her beer vendor and gave it to her bartender. When the men came in Wednesday night, the bartender called Kim and she came to work. The men had already left, but one of them returned near closing time.

"The bartender came to the end of the bar and nodded and I acted like a customer and went to the bathroom and called 911 and about 6 policemen walked in within three minutes," she said.

Damn...that's just Robert Redford and Paul Newman cool.