Police officers and detectives honored for courage on duty
Rankin police Officer Latisha Cassidy-McClelland was patrolling the sprawling Hawkins Village housing complex in May when a heated argument between two men marred the otherwise quiet Saturday morning.
Instead of leaving, she drove around a corner and came back, pretending to write reports in her idling squad car as she listened to the men through an open window.
At the time, she couldn’t tell what triggered their fight. Now she believes her decision to stop likely spared one man’s life and kept another out of prison.
She recalled her work in Hawkins Village on Friday, after she was recognized during the Amen Corner’s annual Senator John Heinz Law Enforcement Awards, a prestigious marker for officers’ “courage and accomplishment” in protecting their Western Pennsylvania communities.
Officer McClelland said she recognized one of the arguing men as a former Westinghouse High School student; she also works for Pittsburgh Public Schools police. He ran over to her.
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20th Annual Cops ‘n’ Kids Event Continues to Grow
I got a kick out of the girl in the video who said the cops were “…super nice, not too mean.” LOL!
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Bay County kids got to see what it’s like to be a cop.
No, they’re not playing a game of cops and robbers; they are taking part in the 20th Annual Cops ‘n’ Kids.
Law enforcement agencies and military personnel are trying to prove to kids they aren’t the bad guys.
The Bay County Sheriff’s Department’s showed off its helicopters, the U.S. Coast Guard brought its rescue boat and Florida Highway Patrol set-up its rolling car simulator. It was all brought to Arnold High School’s parking lot for the kids.
5-year old Kalie’s Willoughby’s favorite part was the killer K-9 demonstrations put on by Tyndall Air Force Police.
“I saw the dogs attacking people,” Willoughby said.
For this LAPD officer, a different type of quick draw
Police are armed with handguns, batons and Tasers when they go on night patrol in South Los Angeles and in downtown’s fashion district.
Officer Daniel Calderon also has a sketch pad — and, for backup, brushes, black-and-white acrylic paints and blank canvases.
The 25-year LAPD veteran is an artist who for nearly two decades has created expressionistic paintings of the lawbreakers, neighborhood characters and street scenes he encounters during the 7 p.m.-to-7 a.m. shift he works out of the Newton Division station.
Now Calderon is focusing on his most challenging subjects ever: his fellow officers.
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