The United States has had more than 120 mass shootings in 2024 alone, and we are only four months into the year.
While there is no concise definition of "mass shooting," the commonality among definitions is that multiple people are killed or injured in one violent event. The FBI definition means that four or more people were killed with a gun.
KENS5 reported that mass shootings so far this year, have left more than 150 dead and 475 people injured.
With media-fueled hate, a society that accepts mental health issues as "normal," villainized police, and many other factors, many fear that this situation will only get worse.
Law enforcement personnel are often, if not always, first on scene to these horrific tragedies. In Wilson County, Texas, law enforcement agencies are receiving new kits to aid in their response to these calls.
Created by Back the Badge U.S.A., trauma kits with things like tourniquets and bandages will be in 97 police vehicles for immediate use when seconds count. Items that they would normally have to wait for paramedics to utilize.
Back the Badge U.S.A. has a mission “to provide meaningful support to our communities’ first-responders and their families as our expression of appreciation for their protection and service.” With these trauma bags, they are doing just that.
Wilson County Judge Henry Whitman and Sheriff Jim Stewart have been working for some time to get these trauma bags to Wilson County law enforcement agencies.
“We have the equipment now to start delivering that first aid,” Judge Whitman said in an interview. “These kits are going to give them that opportunity to save lives before the paramedics can get to them,” Sheriff Stewart added.
Wilson County is paying it forward. They have raised the funds to get these trauma kits to another county’s law enforcement officers, and the hope is that the next county will also pay it forward and down the line.
The trauma kits will help officers save even more lives in our communities. Being able to provide life-saving measures before paramedics even arrive will allow the officers to act more effectively when seconds count.
While there is no concise definition of "mass shooting," the commonality among definitions is that multiple people are killed or injured in one violent event. The FBI definition means that four or more people were killed with a gun.
KENS5 reported that mass shootings so far this year, have left more than 150 dead and 475 people injured.
With media-fueled hate, a society that accepts mental health issues as "normal," villainized police, and many other factors, many fear that this situation will only get worse.
Law enforcement personnel are often, if not always, first on scene to these horrific tragedies. In Wilson County, Texas, law enforcement agencies are receiving new kits to aid in their response to these calls.
Created by Back the Badge U.S.A., trauma kits with things like tourniquets and bandages will be in 97 police vehicles for immediate use when seconds count. Items that they would normally have to wait for paramedics to utilize.
Back the Badge U.S.A. has a mission “to provide meaningful support to our communities’ first-responders and their families as our expression of appreciation for their protection and service.” With these trauma bags, they are doing just that.
Wilson County Judge Henry Whitman and Sheriff Jim Stewart have been working for some time to get these trauma bags to Wilson County law enforcement agencies.
“We have the equipment now to start delivering that first aid,” Judge Whitman said in an interview. “These kits are going to give them that opportunity to save lives before the paramedics can get to them,” Sheriff Stewart added.
Wilson County is paying it forward. They have raised the funds to get these trauma kits to another county’s law enforcement officers, and the hope is that the next county will also pay it forward and down the line.
The trauma kits will help officers save even more lives in our communities. Being able to provide life-saving measures before paramedics even arrive will allow the officers to act more effectively when seconds count.
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Comments
2024-05-03T10:44-0400 | Comment by: Tim
I call BS on the opening line of this article. If there have been over 120 "Mass Shootings" this year in the USA, that is about 1 mass shooting per day. Now I believe that over 120 people have been killed by gunfire this year but look at Chicago, DC, LA and those gangs killings should not be listed as Mass Shootings.