OFFICER's Favorite Heroic Police Stories of 2025: Daring Rescues, Caring Help and a Tale of Survival
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Every Friday, The Lineup podcast rounds up the week's most intriguing law enforcement news and goes behind the headlines. Editorial Director Frank Borelli and Assistant Editor Joe Vince will look at the stories that have people talking, and they'll give their own takes on the topics, from discussing a police department's latest recruiting and retention efforts to putting a spotlight on a daring arrest.
Episode 138: Our Favorite Heroic Police Stories of 2025
The end of the year is a perfect time for reflection, and News Editor Joe Vince and retired Lt. Frank Borelli using the change in the calendar to look back at our favorite stories of law enforcement valor in 2025.
Those examples of heroism that they are spotlighting include the following:
- A dramatic hostage rescue by Florida deputies, who saved a boy who was being choked by a knife-wielding man in a helmet.
- An Arizona police officer who fought past flames to rescue a firefighter's daughter from a burning car.
- This time, it's bystanders doing the rescuing when citizens rushed to help a Tesxas deputy hanging from an overpass following a crash.
- A quick-thinking New Mexico State Police trooper found a creative way to use a ladder and a backhoe to save a family after fast-moving flood waters flipped their car.
- A Georgia deputy and police officer provided a compassionate rescue of sorts by helping a homeless couple and their dogs ahead of bad weather.
- A Missouri police officer was shot four times while trying to detain a domestic violence suspect, and he recalls his survival and road to recovery.
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About the Author
Lt. Frank Borelli (ret), Editorial DirectorLt. Frank Borelli (ret), Editorial Director
Editorial Director
Lt. Frank Borelli is the Editorial Director for the Officer Media Group. Frank brings 25+ years of writing and editing experience in addition to 40 years of law enforcement operations, administration and training experience to the team.
Frank has had numerous books published which are available on Amazon.com and other major retail outlets.
If you have any comments or questions, you can contact him via email at [email protected].
Joe Vince