Life Saving Incident
01/08/2011
California
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
On January 8, 2011, Deputy Quoia Griffin, assigned to the Century Regional Detention Facility, was alerted to an inmate who appeared to be in great distress and was having difficulty breathing. Recognizing the inmate was choking, Deputy Griffin immediately began to perform the Heimlich maneuver until the inmate was able to breathe normally. The inmate later remarked that without Deputy Griffin’s intervention, she surely would not have survived.
The history of law enforcement in the United States is a long and wonderful history of bravery. This website is dedicated to documenting the heroic deeds of law enforcement officers throughout the United States who have either given or risked their lives to save others. There are many stories of bravery and heroism for many who are considered first responders. However, it is those in law enforcement who are most likely to be the first to arrive upon a location requiring life saving acts engaging dangerous hostage takers, running into burning buildings/vehicles, providing first aid to seriously injured victims, saving near drowning victims and much more are what the women and men of law enforcement do routinely and at many times, great peril to their own safety.
It is our mission to document the history of lives saved by those dedicated women and men in law enforcement. To share with others the dramatic deeds of those individuals who are the first, first responders. It is so important for our citizens to understand that law "enforcement" is not always about enforcing the law but rather being there when our citizens need us.
It is to this end we are dedicated to promoting documentation regarding the history of law enforcement and the lives they have saved.
