Author Archives: RJ Beam

Remember to shovel off Fire Hydrants after a snow

An acquaintance of mine, Tiger Schmittendorf, was on the morning news talking about the importance of shoveling off fire hydrants after the snow. Here is some great behind the scenes footage he posted to Facebook showing a TV reporter shoveling a hydrant in full fire gear.

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Just Slow down… powerful video

The Winnipeg Police Service released this powerful video a few days ago. It has been making the rounds on many Fire and EMS sites. It is very powerful, you need to watch it all the way to the end. I wish more citizens would see this as it is a message they need to realize about crash scenes.

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Silence is Deafening – part 2

Dallas police

Last week I did a post about multiple police killed in a two-day time. The lack of any statement from our leadership over that issues was sad. The lack of coverage in mainstream media was almost as sad.

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Chase and arrest of Bank Robbery Suspect

Often times it seems folks say cop are trigger happy. Here is an example of officers showing restraint. It is also an example of a suspect taking responsibility for his actions. He complies with arrest orders and is taken into custody without incident. The suspect was wanting in a series of bank robberies. He had made comments about getting into ...

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The Silence is deafening… does anyone care?

Yesterday, (February 10, 2016) we had four Law Enforcement Officers killed in the United States. However unless you view police related web pages it seems these deaths never happened. The top headlines on local news outlets deal with the Oregon standoff surrender and New Hampshire voters.

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