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.
Corporal Menesini
| Corporal Mark Menesini, of the Benicia, California Police Department, responded to a traffic collision in which a vehicle veered off a highway and came to rest in a residential swimming pool. The first emergency responder to arrive, Corporal Menesini found the vehicle mostly submerged with a female trapped inside. The woman was completely underwater and appeared deceased. Immediately, Corporal Menesini entered the frigid water and worked frantically to free the lifeless victim. At this time, the fire department arrived and helped Corporal Menesini to remove the woman and carry her to the side of the pool where paramedics revived her. The victim regained consciousness before being transported to a local hospital.
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Deputy Wall
| The Scott County, Iowa Sheriff’s Office received a report of smoke in an apartment building. Deputy Josh Wall was first on the scene. Despite heavy smoke coming from inside, he entered and climbed the stairs where he made contact with the occupant of an upstairs apartment who was unaware of the danger. Deputy Wall then tried to locate additional victims in a lower-level apartment but could not get a response. Deputy Wall tried to force open the door but was unsuccessful. He then went to the rear of the structure and yelled inside but still did not make contact. Then, he went to the front of the building and knocked on the bedroom windows with his baton; finally, the occupant, who was asleep, awakened. Deputy Wall reentered the structure, met the victim at his door, and helped him through the heavy smoke to safety.
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