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Podcast: Officer Roll Call
Episode: OFFICER's Favorite Heroic Police Stories of 2025: Daring Rescues, Compassionate Help and a Tale of Survival
Description: 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 w...