WATCH: Off-duty Correctional Officer catches a bridge jumper
Police officers are always on duty. Even in their downtime when the uniform is hung up after the shift, they don t let their guard down. This was certainly the case for today s #BlueFriday honoree, Corrections Officer Faustino Saucedo.
It was a Sunday afternoon and Officer Saucedo had left his home to drive to pick up his wife. His situational awareness in high gear always, he noticed a man on the side of a bridge. Acting immediately, he pulled over, parked and approached the scene. The officer s decision was the difference between life and death.