THIS is what a cop looks like!!
Homestead, Florida officer Carston Addison pulls up, a 12 year old boy with autism is struggling in a pond, and he rips off his gear and goes straight in.
Watch how fast he strips that gear. He has already decided he is going in before he gets to the water. Nobody had to tell him.
And a water rescue is no joke. His chief said it himself: people in a panic grab onto whatever they can, and rescuers get pulled down too. He knew that and went anyway.
CBS Miami says he has been on the job less than a year. He also didn't want to talk on camera about it. That tells you everything about the man.
As a dad of two little boys, water is the thing that scares me most. Kids don't splash and scream like in the movies. It happens quiet and fast. If there's a pond or a pool anywhere near your house, fence it, lock it, and never assume.
We spend a lot of time on here watching cops get it wrong. When one gets it this right, he deserves the same spotlight.
Give that man a lifesaving award.