https://thinbluenews.com Source-backed law enforcement news, police news, officer heroism, K9 stories, and first responder updates. en-US Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:25:00 GMT https://thinbluenews.com/fulton-county-hickman-bald-eagle-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/fulton-county-hickman-bald-eagle-rescue/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:25:00 GMT WPSD Local 6 reported that Fulton County Deputy Jay Black and City of Hickman Officer Matt Hayes helped rescue a bald eagle entangled in fishing line near Hickman Harbor. https://thinbluenews.com/police-officer-don-dj-keller-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/police-officer-don-dj-keller-end-of-watch-memorial/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:04:13 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Police Officer Don “DJ” Keller of the Greenwood Police Department, who died in the line of duty on May 11, 2026. https://thinbluenews.com/arkansas-troopers-rescue-children-overturned-vehicle-pursuit/ https://thinbluenews.com/arkansas-troopers-rescue-children-overturned-vehicle-pursuit/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:45:00 GMT Police1 reported, citing Arkansas State Police body-camera footage, that troopers rescued four children after a fleeing vehicle overturned near live electrical wires in Camden. https://thinbluenews.com/broward-off-duty-firefighter-hotel-pool-drowning-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/broward-off-duty-firefighter-hotel-pool-drowning-rescue/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:30:00 GMT TAPinto reported that off-duty Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedic Broderick Espinoza and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lt. Jesus Fuentes helped revive a 5-year-old pulled from a hotel pool. https://thinbluenews.com/game-warden-pilot-joshua-tibbetts-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/game-warden-pilot-joshua-tibbetts-end-of-watch-memorial/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:40:00 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Game Warden Pilot Joshua T. Tibbetts of the Maine Warden Service, who died in the line of duty in a Franklin County plane crash while en route to assist fish-stocking work. https://thinbluenews.com/police-officer-dylan-chase-owen-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/police-officer-dylan-chase-owen-end-of-watch-memorial/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:04:56 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Police Officer Dylan Chase Owen of the Citronelle Police Department, who died in the line of duty after an on-duty patrol vehicle crash in Alabama. https://thinbluenews.com/volusia-deputy-royce-james-ormond-house-fire-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/volusia-deputy-royce-james-ormond-house-fire-rescue/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Daytona Beach News-Journal reported that Volusia Deputy Royce James and Ormond Beach firefighters rescued an elderly couple from a Laurie Drive house fire. https://thinbluenews.com/oakland-airport-police-cpr-aed-save-driver/ https://thinbluenews.com/oakland-airport-police-cpr-aed-save-driver/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:45:00 GMT Alameda County Sheriff’s Office says airport police used CPR and an AED after finding driver Antonio Gilmore unresponsive and not breathing near the Oakland terminal. https://thinbluenews.com/madison-police-lifesaving-awards-community-outreach-2026/ https://thinbluenews.com/madison-police-lifesaving-awards-community-outreach-2026/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:15:00 GMT Madison Police recognized Sergeant Bartlomiej Glab, Patrolman T.J. Meder, Sergeant Julian Morales and Patrolman Andrew Marra with 2026 Life Saving Awards, according to TAPinto. https://thinbluenews.com/norcross-officer-gabriel-veras-top-cops-child-cpr/ https://thinbluenews.com/norcross-officer-gabriel-veras-top-cops-child-cpr/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:35:00 GMT Norcross Police Officer Gabriel Veras Jr. received a 2026 TOP COPS Honorable Mention after his CPR response helped save a 3-year-old child. https://thinbluenews.com/sergeant-joseph-apodaca-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/sergeant-joseph-apodaca-end-of-watch-memorial/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:03:39 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Sergeant Joseph Apodaca of the Taos County Sheriff's Office, who died in the line of duty in a motorcycle crash during a search for a reckless driver. https://thinbluenews.com/buckeye-police-rescue-2-month-old-hot-car/ https://thinbluenews.com/buckeye-police-rescue-2-month-old-hot-car/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:45:00 GMT A Buckeye police officer rescued a 2-month-old baby from a locked hot car after the child’s mother could not open the door, according to a Buckeye Police Department video published by azcentral. https://thinbluenews.com/virginia-state-trooper-i395-kitten-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/virginia-state-trooper-i395-kitten-rescue/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:30:47 GMT Virginia State Police said a trooper rescued a 4-week-old kitten spotted late Friday on I-395 near the King Street exit in Alexandria. https://thinbluenews.com/police-officer-gabriel-facio-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/police-officer-gabriel-facio-end-of-watch-memorial/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:40:00 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Police Officer Gabriel Facio of the Apache Junction Police Department on the first anniversary of his End of Watch. https://thinbluenews.com/corporal-barry-foust-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/corporal-barry-foust-end-of-watch-memorial/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:10:00 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Corporal Barry James Foust of the Arlington County Police Department, whose line-of-duty death followed 9/11-related cancer. https://thinbluenews.com/volusia-deputies-ocean-cpr-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/volusia-deputies-ocean-cpr-rescue/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Volusia deputies Gourley and Manhart performed CPR after a 68-year-old swimmer was pulled from the ocean, with bystanders helping flag down responders. https://thinbluenews.com/templeton-officer-caleb-matson-first-responder-of-year/ https://thinbluenews.com/templeton-officer-caleb-matson-first-responder-of-year/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:45:00 GMT Templeton Police Officer Caleb Matson was named First Responder of the Year by Central Mass EMS Corporation after emergency care at a late-night crash. https://thinbluenews.com/hillsborough-deputies-i4-cpr-aed-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/hillsborough-deputies-i4-cpr-aed-rescue/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:05:15 GMT Hillsborough County deputies performed CPR and used a defibrillator after finding a driver unconscious, pulseless and not breathing after an I-4 crash, WPEC reported. https://thinbluenews.com/camden-police-lifesaving-awards-overdose-response/ https://thinbluenews.com/camden-police-lifesaving-awards-overdose-response/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:20:00 GMT Camden Police Sgt. I. Rodgers and Cpl. F. Acerra received Life-Saving Awards after an overdose response where Narcan was administered before EMS arrived. https://thinbluenews.com/deputy-sheriff-logan-utt-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/deputy-sheriff-logan-utt-end-of-watch-memorial/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:05:00 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Deputy Sheriff Logan R. Utt of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office in Virginia, who was killed in the line of duty during a welfare-check response. https://thinbluenews.com/fbi-agent-randall-garver-wdny-hometown-hero/ https://thinbluenews.com/fbi-agent-randall-garver-wdny-hometown-hero/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:00:32 GMT FBI Special Agent Randall Garver was named the Western District of New York's 2026 Hometown Hero for service to vulnerable children and families. https://thinbluenews.com/barling-officer-cody-douglas-hometown-hero-arkansas-river-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/barling-officer-cody-douglas-hometown-hero-arkansas-river-rescue/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:54:00 GMT Barling Police Officer Cody Douglas received a DOJ Hometown Hero Award after officials said he entered the Arkansas River to help save a person from a sinking car. https://thinbluenews.com/top-5-good-police-stories-june-6-2026/ https://thinbluenews.com/top-5-good-police-stories-june-6-2026/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:05:16 GMT This week’s ThinBlueNews Top 5 highlights verified positive law-enforcement stories from Fort Worth, Kalamazoo, Broward County, Elyria and Key West. https://thinbluenews.com/sergeant-damon-gutzwiller-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/sergeant-damon-gutzwiller-end-of-watch-memorial/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:55:00 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Sergeant Damon Christopher Gutzwiller of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, whose End of Watch was June 6, 2020 after an ambush while investigating a suspicious vehicle. https://thinbluenews.com/animal-control-officer-darrian-young-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/animal-control-officer-darrian-young-end-of-watch-memorial/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:55:00 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Animal Control Officer Darrian May Young of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan, whose End of Watch was June 6, 2020 after a line-of-duty crash caused by an impaired driver. https://thinbluenews.com/park-ranger-thomas-booz-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/park-ranger-thomas-booz-end-of-watch-memorial/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:55:00 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Park Ranger Thomas E. Booz of the Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation in Pennsylvania, whose End of Watch was June 6, 2020 after a presumed on-duty COVID-19 exposure. https://thinbluenews.com/police-officer-kristen-yeager-end-of-watch-memorial/ https://thinbluenews.com/police-officer-kristen-yeager-end-of-watch-memorial/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:20:00 GMT ThinBlueNews remembers Police Officer Kristen Yeager of the Central Berks Regional Police Department, who died in the line of duty after a crash while responding to assist a neighboring agency. https://thinbluenews.com/fort-worth-officers-lift-suv-save-baby-bodycam-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/fort-worth-officers-lift-suv-save-baby-bodycam-rescue/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:11:47 GMT Fort Worth police bodycam video shows officers and bystanders lifting an overturned SUV to rescue a 1-year-old girl trapped underneath after an I-30 crash. https://thinbluenews.com/elyria-officer-ali-sabeiha-hometown-hero-hostage-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/elyria-officer-ali-sabeiha-hometown-hero-hostage-rescue/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:35:31 GMT The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio recognized Elyria Patrol Officer Ali Sabeiha as a Freedom 250 Hometown Hero after officials said he rushed into a hostage situation to save a mother and four children. https://thinbluenews.com/canandaigua-police-law-day-teen-officers-lifesaving-awards/ https://thinbluenews.com/canandaigua-police-law-day-teen-officers-lifesaving-awards/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:59:19 GMT Canandaigua Police recognized 16-year-old Tallulah Kruger and several officers during its annual Law Day Ceremony, including lifesaving awards for Officers Bran https://thinbluenews.com/new-hampshire-deputy-matthew-fleming-k9-niko-hometown-hero/ https://thinbluenews.com/new-hampshire-deputy-matthew-fleming-k9-niko-hometown-hero/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:51:52 GMT Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Matthew J. Fleming was named New Hampshire’s Hometown Hero by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, with colleagues and K9 Nik https://thinbluenews.com/broward-deputies-pompano-beach-canal-rescue-sinking-car/ https://thinbluenews.com/broward-deputies-pompano-beach-canal-rescue-sinking-car/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:43:45 GMT Broward Sheriff’s Office body-worn camera video shows deputies and an off-duty fire captain pulling an elderly woman from a sinking car in a Pompano Beach canal https://thinbluenews.com/cass-county-deputy-cooper-severson-life-saving-award-medical-emergency/ https://thinbluenews.com/cass-county-deputy-cooper-severson-life-saving-award-medical-emergency/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:09:30 GMT Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Cooper Severson received the sheriff’s office Life Saving Award after an April 5 medical emergency response where officials said he https://thinbluenews.com/mount-pleasant-police-pond-rescue-driver-submerged-vehicle/ https://thinbluenews.com/mount-pleasant-police-pond-rescue-driver-submerged-vehicle/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:37:27 GMT Mount Pleasant Police officers entered a pond and helped pull a trapped driver from a partially submerged vehicle after a crash on North Highway 17, according t https://thinbluenews.com/und-police-cpl-jose-solis-matthew-smith-life-saving-medals/ https://thinbluenews.com/und-police-cpl-jose-solis-matthew-smith-life-saving-medals/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:28:46 GMT The University of North Dakota says Cpl. Jose Solis and civilian Matthew Smith received Life Saving Medals after intervening during a July 2025 overpass crisis https://thinbluenews.com/fairbanks-lieutenant-dennis-benn-retirement-police-medal-service/ https://thinbluenews.com/fairbanks-lieutenant-dennis-benn-retirement-police-medal-service/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:23:17 GMT Fairbanks Police Lieutenant Dennis Benn retired after a 23-year law-enforcement career and received the Police Medal and Distinguished Service Medal during a retirem https://thinbluenews.com/mercer-island-officers-king-county-lifesaving-award-ice-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/mercer-island-officers-king-county-lifesaving-award-ice-rescue/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:16:38 GMT Mercer Island Police Officers Jordan Tranter and Shannon Johnson received King County Lifesaving Awards after a Fish Lake ice rescue involving the MIPD Marine Patrol https://thinbluenews.com/idaho-detective-korey-payne-doj-hometown-hero-child-protection/ https://thinbluenews.com/idaho-detective-korey-payne-doj-hometown-hero-child-protection/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:07:38 GMT The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho said Bonneville County Sheriff’s Detective Korey Payne received Idaho’s Hometown Hero Award for his work combati https://thinbluenews.com/broken-arrow-officer-zach-vick-pond-drowning-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/broken-arrow-officer-zach-vick-pond-drowning-rescue/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:58:55 GMT Broken Arrow Officer Zach Vick jumped into an Events Park pond to rescue a boy who was struggling in the water, according to KJRH. https://thinbluenews.com/nassau-county-deputies-burning-home-yulee-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/nassau-county-deputies-burning-home-yulee-rescue/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:07:00 GMT Nassau County deputies were on an unrelated call in Yulee when they entered a smoke-filled home, found the homeowner outside and helped bring the incident to a safe https://thinbluenews.com/marana-police-lifesaving-awards-2026-james-jolly/ https://thinbluenews.com/marana-police-lifesaving-awards-2026-james-jolly/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:48:45 GMT Marana Police said its 2026 awards ceremony recognized eight Lifesaving Award recipients, citizen lifesaver Taylor Hutchison and Officer of the Year James Jolly, alo https://thinbluenews.com/hendersonville-police-lifesaver-awards-strangulation-cpr/ https://thinbluenews.com/hendersonville-police-lifesaver-awards-strangulation-cpr/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:38:44 GMT Hendersonville Police Chief Jim Jones presented Lifesaver Awards to MPO Troy VanAmburg, Officer Jeremy Lanas and Officer Noah Hrobsky after responses involving a str https://thinbluenews.com/kalamazoo-officer-michael-arnett-catches-baby-burning-home/ https://thinbluenews.com/kalamazoo-officer-michael-arnett-catches-baby-burning-home/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:26:21 GMT FOX 17 reported that Kalamazoo Public Safety Officer Michael Arnett caught an infant lowered from an upstairs window during a house fire, then helped get the baby’s https://thinbluenews.com/corvallis-police-lifesaving-awards-cpr-911-dispatcher-officer/ https://thinbluenews.com/corvallis-police-lifesaving-awards-cpr-911-dispatcher-officer/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:17:30 GMT Corvallis Police say bystanders John Schneider and Megan Gregory-Goplen began CPR after an April crash, with 9-1-1 Telecommunicator Anna Schulz guiding them and Offi https://thinbluenews.com/auburn-officers-mbaye-hull-lifesaving-medal-cpr-response/ https://thinbluenews.com/auburn-officers-mbaye-hull-lifesaving-medal-cpr-response/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:10:26 GMT Auburn Police Officers Mbaye and Hull received the department’s Medal for Life Saving Recognition after a January CPR response at a 7-Eleven, according to Auburn Examiner and an Auburn Police Department post. https://thinbluenews.com/huntsville-officers-frigid-floodwater-rescue-life-saving-medals/ https://thinbluenews.com/huntsville-officers-frigid-floodwater-rescue-life-saving-medals/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:02:47 GMT Huntsville Police Sgt. William Cunningham, Officer Douglas Morris and Officer Kristin Miller were honored with Life-Saving Medals after officials said they entered waist-deep, near-freezing floodwater to carry a stranded man back to shore. https://thinbluenews.com/aurora-police-firefighters-rescue-driver-hidden-flood-hail/ https://thinbluenews.com/aurora-police-firefighters-rescue-driver-hidden-flood-hail/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:14:29 GMT Aurora police said officers and firefighters rescued a woman whose car became stuck after floodwater hidden under hail trapped her near East Sixth Avenue and Sable Boulevard. https://thinbluenews.com/arkansas-state-police-troopers-2025-trooper-of-year/ https://thinbluenews.com/arkansas-state-police-troopers-2025-trooper-of-year/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:55:34 GMT Arkansas State Police says Troopers Ethan Hiland, Brady Nuckels, and Jacob Price were jointly recognized for courageous actions during a 2025 encounter with an armed carjacking and kidnapping suspect. https://thinbluenews.com/marysville-police-bodycam-rescue-training/ https://thinbluenews.com/marysville-police-bodycam-rescue-training/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:45:36 GMT Marysville Police released body-worn camera and training video tied to a July 2025 rescue call in which officers entered a home to help a shooting victim, his wife, https://thinbluenews.com/robertson-county-deputies-ems-dispatch-house-fire-rescue/ https://thinbluenews.com/robertson-county-deputies-ems-dispatch-house-fire-rescue/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:33:04 GMT Robertson County first responders were recognized after a bedridden woman was rescued from a burning Green Road home, with deputies, dispatchers and EMS credited in a coordinated life-saving response.