OFFICER Magazine spoke to three agencies about the roles of their tactical medics and how that growing position in SWAT units bridges law enforcement and EMS. Gaston County, North Carolina, tactical ...
• Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy Kirstie Gentry, 27, became the agency’s first woman to join its SWAT team after completing intensive training and serving as the team’s medic. • A former EMT, Gentry ...
FARGO — Wearing the camouflage fatigues and black boots of a SWAT team member, Ted Werre walked into the building looking to help someone. Werre spotted a man who had been shot in the leg writhing in ...
In the emergency room, he's Dr. Chris Ward, an approachable physician with a white coat and stethoscope who saves lives night after night. Out here on the firing range, he's just 'Doc,' a reserve ...
A Thomasville man, and apparent SWAT Team medic, was arrested by state law enforcement officers after a shooting in a restaurant parking lot. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Lucas ...
TOLEDO, Ohio — You wouldn't typically find a medic kicking down the door with the SWAT team. But Toledo police chief Michael Troendle says that's all in a day's work for the department's tactical ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Dr. Leon Kwei is an emergency room physician with a passion for protecting law enforcement and, in part, thanks to him, a new law takes effect Wednesday. “It allows ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Sunday was quite a busy day for ...
Editor’s note: The last names of the SWAT medics quoted are not included in this story at the request of Enid Fire Department for safety reasons. ENID, Okla. — Enid Fire Department has begun a new ...