by jack | Nov 17, 2021 | Citizen Heroes, Police Officers
Shortly after midnight last July, Officer Mark Conklin was on a routine call in Jamestown NY when a man ran up to his car, yelling that there was a fire and pointing to a plume of smoke. Conklin ran through yards, jumped a fence, and came upon a house engulfed in...
by jack | Sep 23, 2021 | 911, Police Officers
Known throughout his community as a mentor and leader, Ramon Suarez volunteered as a track coach at St. Matthias Middle School, where his daughter, nine-year-old Jillian Suarez was a student. Officer Suarez and his partner were stationed at the Delancey Street F-train...
by jack | Sep 20, 2021 | 911, Police Officers
Officer Moira Smith’s first assignment with the NYPD was to patrol the subways. Early one morning in August, 1991, she was just getting off an 8 hour shift when she heard the crash and groan of twisting metal in the subway below. She ran through Union Square...
by jack | May 10, 2021 | Police Officers
He memorized over 20,000 names of students during his career as school resource officer in Plano, Texas. He made balloon animals for kids, played the harmonica, rapped about the dangers of drugs, and danced joyously in front of the high school as he directed traffic...
by jack | Mar 28, 2021 | Police Officers
Eric Talley was respected by fellow officers and the community in Boulder, Colorado. They knew him as a man who loved his job and his family, and would do whatever it took to protect the community he was sworn to serve. He looked out for his little sister when they...
