Florida officer who cannot swim heroically saves baby from drowning in pond.

[DadSmith]

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On Tuesday, Florida law enforcement released bodycam footage of an officer heroically and without hesitation jumping into a retention pond to rescue a drowning baby, even though she did not know how to swim, Fox News Digital reported.Officer Me'Atia Sanderson with the Jacksonville Sheriff's...

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Good job officer Sanderson.

 

[jerrob]

Write another bonus check Gov. DeSantis, Officer Sanderson is bad ass and earned it.

 

[patience0830]

Write another bonus check Gov. DeSantis, Officer Sanderson is bad ass and earned it.

And send her for swimming lessons.


Might prove useful.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

And send her for swimming lessons.


Might prove useful.

Looks like she did ok without them.

 

[actaeon277]

Looks like she did ok without them.

Yes, but when I taught lifesaving, I would show articles of the rescuer dying.
It happens all to frequently
I would do it to try to scare people a bit, to hopefully get them to listen.

Worked on my when I was a 60 pound kid having to 'rescue' the instructor that was probably 250 pounds.
I didn't 'stop and evaluate at 2 body lengths', and the instructor climbed up and held me down for a bit.


She did good.
She did GREAT. Good for her.
But, better to increase your chances if it happens again.

Always had AARs after drills and incidents on the reactor in the navy. There was always room to improve, even if you were successful.

 

[oze]

What a hero that officer is! I forget who the OP was in the ACAB thread was, but maybe they could amend the thread title acronym to maybe SCAB?

But the *bystanders* pointed out where in the pond the baby was? Nobody thought to try to save him? Are you ******** me?

 

[actaeon277]

What a hero that officer is! I forget who the OP was in the ACAB thread was, but maybe they could amend the thread title acronym to maybe SCAB?

But the *bystanders* pointed out where in the pond the baby was? Nobody thought to try to save him? Are you ******** me?

Bystander Effect

 

[Twangbanger]

Too much feel good about the save.

Not enough "Where was Mom?"

Again, props to the officer. But 8 to 5 the kid grows up to be "the problem."

 

[patience0830]

Looks like she did ok without them.

Yup. Ironic, ain't it?

Act made the point with more words.

 

[actaeon277]

Yup. Ironic, ain't it?

Act made the point with more words.

I'm not as verbal as Jamil. But I try.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Yes, but when I taught lifesaving, I would show articles of the rescuer dying.
It happens all to frequently
I would do it to try to scare people a bit, to hopefully get them to listen.

Worked on my when I was a 60 pound kid having to 'rescue' the instructor that was probably 250 pounds.
I didn't 'stop and evaluate at 2 body lengths', and the instructor climbed up and held me down for a bit.


She did good.
She did GREAT. Good for her.
But, better to increase your chances if it happens again.

Always had AARs after drills and incidents on the reactor in the navy. There was always room to improve, even if you were successful.

Funny thing is, most cops aren't taught water lifesaving techniques. They should be, but they aren't.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Yup. Ironic, ain't it?

Act made the point with more words.

He is good like that.

 

[actaeon277]

Funny thing is, most cops aren't taught water lifesaving techniques. They should be, but they aren't.

I don't know if they 'should be'.

But, when I was teaching scouts, I told myself...
The type of person that's gonna risk their life to save another, will do it if they are trained... or not.
So, it was my job to try to give them the info and the training, to increase the odds of their survival.
Because, if I didn't, then they'd still do it, with worse odds.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Funny thing is, most cops aren't taught water lifesaving techniques. They should be, but they aren't.

I saved the **** out of that traffic cone in the deep end during the Academy. Do the recruits still get that experience?

 

[actaeon277]

Traffic cone. What the heck. I didn't have any fancy stuff like that for my courses (not police related)
I just had bricks and lead weights.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Traffic cone. What the heck. I didn't have any fancy stuff like that for my courses (not police related)
I just had bricks and lead weights.

They toss a traffic cone in the deep end of the pool for you to "save".

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I don't know if they 'should be'.

But, when I was teaching scouts, I told myself...
The type of person that's gonna risk their life to save another, will do it if they are trained... or not.
So, it was my job to try to give them the info and the training, to increase the odds of their survival.
Because, if I didn't, then they'd still do it, with worse odds.

And some people who are trained aren't going to act. Once again, something that should be seen as a good thing devolves into a pissing contest because the officer didn't know how to swim. Most departments don't require it. I appreciate you teaching scouts the skills to survive if they are ever faced with a water rescue situation.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I saved the **** out of that traffic cone in the deep end during the Academy. Do the recruits still get that experience?

I can't remember if we had to do that. I don't know if the recruits even have a pool day these days.