Officer Adam Brunclick is being heralded as a hero after he saved a helpless infant who was traveling down a Wisconsin road in a runaway shopping cart. The policeman, who saw the baby darting out of a Dollar General parking lot, took decisive action to stop traffic, as the child was headed straight toward fast-moving vehicles.
According to the officer’s account, the baby’s mother was loading groceries and tending to another child when the cart took off. The shocking events were captured on camera, as the young child in a bright yellow coat can be seen zooming along the roadway.
In subsequent media appearances, the cop said that he knew there was no chance he could stop the cart. Instead, he went for the more viable option: Stopping traffic to prevent any vehicles from colliding with it. In the end, by using his emergency lights, he saved the baby.
“I believe I did the same thing any citizen or police officer would do,” Brunclick said of the actions he took to prevent calamity. “I…was in the right place.”
Watch Brunclick describe the story — and see the infant’s adventure, below:
The incident, which is just making headlines now, unfolded on Nov. 11. Here’s additional footage of the event:
(H/T: Mediaite)
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clinker
Dec. 24, 2012 at 7:30amquote – Long gone are the days when it was noble or respectable to be a police officer. – unquote.
And whose fault is THAT?
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politicaljules
Dec. 24, 2012 at 1:38amClearly shopping carts are a threat to innocent children. Ban all shopping carts and fine major stores for putting children in danger.
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aZjimbo
Dec. 23, 2012 at 1:11pmHow does a mother let this happen?
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HipJipC
Dec. 23, 2012 at 4:56pmBecause God forgot to give her more than 2 hands, 2 eyes and 2 feet and gave her mostly worthless boyfriends and husbands.
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El Paso Girl
Dec. 23, 2012 at 2:42amWOW!! Thanks God he was there.
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The_Pointy_End
Dec. 23, 2012 at 12:11amBaby in cart, “wwwweeeeeeee.”
All joking aside, having a young one myself, it scared me watching this, just knowing what that mother must have been going through as she was running after her child, knowing he was heading directly for a busy road. Thankfully, baby is alright.
Always put baby in car BEFORE groceries/bags.
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banjarmon
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:40pmJob Well Done. Sir!!!
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Rashomon
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:33pmWheels on Fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode.
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sasquatch08
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:57pmAwesome, finally a story where a cop actually protects life rather than showing up to gather evidence after the fact.
Kudos to you Officer Brunclick, we need more like you.
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Back To Reality
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:54pmSo he saw a kid rolling away in a stroller and drove his car into traffic?
Courageous.
#everyonegetsatrophy
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subic
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:04pmbig deal, looks like to me its part of hs job description.
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Nicholson William R
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:20pmIs this about to be revealed as another hoax ; like the one where a eagle picks up a baby ? This is a great act of a true hero if true however I’d not be surprised if it was another hoax widely publicized by a media that will not show the public the real carnage brought upon us by our dictatorial government. I hope this officer acknowledges his true hero status as I do not believe most of the feminized males would have done anything except ask their wife or girlfriend ” Honey , You Who ! should I , like maybe do something about the baby going into traffic Or do you want the opprtunity , All for yourself ? “
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jungle J
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:45pmdo you ever listen to yourself? You tored up!
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Laymen
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:20pmWay to go officer, in light of recent events we all could use a happy ending.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:37pmAbsolutely.
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RepubliCorp
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:47pmThe rest of the story: He gave the kid a ticket for driving without a license and no insurance. But it was dropped when they found out the kid was a illegal…..
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DadRocked
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:11pmThose evil and useless cops… Each and everyone of them… USELESS, non-caring humans…
Never to protect and to serve…
And some still call them pigs…
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Shasta
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:20pmI agree. The cop did a great job. At least that is what I think you were trying to say.
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Nicholson William R
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:21pmDad ! I never thought they were all useless ! I’ve often thought I’d be well protected If I owned a donut shop !
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DadRocked
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:43pmTongue in cheek… Wore the badge and sidearm for 17+ years…
I hear anti-cop comments and chuckle. I ALWAYS believed in the Protect and Serve concept not the Gestapo mindset of some that write here.
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Back To Reality
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:05pmOne incident does not a point make.
We can find a new story every day of cops doing things that are not only pretty bad, they are things that you and I would go to prison for, and they essentially face no consequences in most cases.
The reason an incident like this or the one where a cop bought a pair of boots for a guy become viral stories is because we no longer expect stuff like that from most cops…although the shopping-cart story is an anomaly; most anyone who saw a runaway cart containing a child would’ve parked their car to stop traffic.
145 cops in Minnesota were also found to have used NCIC to do a background check over 500 times on a woman who was a competitive bodybuilder. Creepy, unethical, and illegal.
But lets pretend they are not predisposed to abusing their power just because one of them drove into traffic to do what anyone would’ve done.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:38pmRight place, right time.
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DadRocked
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:11pmBack To Reality – Most of us do not fall under your scenario… Some of us enjoy being on top of things in a non-power role, Some fall into the power trip game…
Some of us truly believe in the Christian values, Some don’t and want to rule…
Some of us serve and protect our communities, Some abuse the trust given to us by our communities….
Some of us believe in the rules and laws of our land, Some take advantage of them…
Some of us are residents of said communities, Some could give a damn about the community but work there…
Some of us will be proud of the uniform and role, both civic and professionally, Some will only look at it as a job…
Some of us don’t give a second thought of putting ourselves in harm’s way, Some would rather be cowardly…
Some of us don’t care about what we’re paid, Some will think, “I’m doing this for $x.xx’s?”
Some of us will believe that are ‘halo’s” are tarnished, Some will believe that we are untarnished…Just like your business.
But ALL of us will have encounters of weapons, belittled, have a wife call for a husband beating her then her beat us for taking him off to lockup, we will be forced to be robotic and perform still perform flawlessly…
Most of us are like are just regular people, doing our job the best we can as individuals…. Just like yourselves with a few tweeks…
BUT when someone needs us, they are are glad to see us… These are just a few things to consider when you encounter
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DadRocked
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:19pm- cont’d –
These are just a few things to consider when you encounter the next ‘pig’.
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Back To Reality
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:03pmPoint number one; I never called anyone a pig or used derogatory language. It’s routine for cops to misrepresent the people who challenge them, but you won’t get away with it here.
Now to address your beatitudes; I never defined all cops as power-tripping atheistic bullies. What I was addressing was your original post which attempted to use this one incident as some kind of evidence that cops are routinely characterized as “evil and useless” & that they are not deserving of being called names. One incident. I took about 60 seconds to point out that while you will attempt to display cops as ‘victims’ by this story, there are hundreds of examples of cops doing things that deserve the titles you lament.
Of course there are good cops, but I spent six years working the streets as a paramedic & one thing I learned is that cops are more often inclined to be bullies, extortionists, narcissists, & often criminals themselves. The stories I could tell you would fill a book; cops stealing from dead patients, threatening to arrest EMS crews who were trying to create a safe highway environment to work on injured patients, calling my boss and trying to get me fired because I said something that hurt their feelings, entire departments fabricating drug interdiction activities to pad their budget…chapters of stories like this. And the “good cops” will stand by and let it happen.
And therein I reveal the real point; your attempts to dilute the insidious disease that is mo
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Back To Reality
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:07pmmodern law enforcement by comparing and contrasting “good cop, bad cop.” The point is that the “good cops” will ignore & even cover for the “bad cops” while enthusiastically demanding that the average citizen walk morally & upright when in the sacred presence of law enforcement.
After I got out of the military, I first majored in criminal justice, & I quickly learned that being a cop has long ceased to be a noble & respectable profession in America.
Every time I encounter a police officer, I always anticipate that while a woman is being raped on the southside, a child is being abducted along a rural street, a business is being robbed downtown, that cop is going to be looking for an opportunity to post some revenue-generating citation or humiliate one of those despicable ‘civilians’ that they refer to with disdain on their breath. Everyone else is always the problem, but for some reason we never hear of a cop admitting that there isn’t something horribly wrong with the modern institution of LEO.
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DadRocked
Dec. 23, 2012 at 8:52amBack To Reality –
1) For starters – Posts here often will speak ill of a cop, not by the regulars but the hit/skips. My original post was, as stated above, tongue in cheek to those hit/skips. I was not responding in the original comment for it was my own.
2) My second post clarified it as it also states, in past tense, “Wore” the badge and sidearm for 17+ years.
3) Your response began with, “One incident does not a point make.” Then followed up with your stance and experience.
4) My response was “Back To Reality – Most of us do not fall under your scenario…”
5) Although not specifically directed to you but to all readers, I capsulated a generalization of cops.
6) For you to take this personal is of little concern of mine as stated in point 5.
7) Lastly, demographically, YOU chose the wrong town to work out of… I DID NOT…
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DadRocked
Dec. 23, 2012 at 9:37amAfterthought and maybe this is directed to yourself, BackToReality…
The reality is when a guy that is a cop does wrong… Justifiably the public should be outraged…
The reality is when a guy that is a cop does RIGHT… a reply like “Back To Reality Posted on December 22, 2012 at 8:05pm One incident does not a point make.”
MY POINT IS HENCE MADE…
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Back To Reality
Dec. 23, 2012 at 2:27pmI suspect most people are reading your post and wondering WTF you are talking about.
I didn’t take anything personal; I specifically discussed the topics. You, in fact, injected the personal tones with your cracks about where I chose to work (which has been all across the US), and admonition about how I should ‘think’ the next time I encounter a “pig,” (your term, not mine).
The point is that when a cop does wrong, none of his fellow officers ever seem to express outrage, and that is why very few cops can claim the “good cop” card, so the reality is that MOST of you are not removed from those scenarios, even though you may have not been beating the suspect yourself, or doing the stealing, or fabricating a police report. The problem is these police officers themselves haven’t been exhibiting the outrage that you claim is essential among civilians. But those officers will, as has been reflected here, attempt to suggest that the criticisms and expressions about how fed up people are with how the police behave are somehow unwarranted. Read your original post in this exchange and try & suggest otherwise. Your post was specifically what I was responding to. Trying to make it about something else is probably why your “point” lacked substance.
Next time you can find where a cop stopped another cop or cops (or arrested another cop) for needlessly beating, kicking, abusing, or lying about a suspect, then you might have a point. Until then, the respectability of mode
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DadRocked
Dec. 23, 2012 at 9:43pmOnce again, I suppose that it is demographics and period of time…
Sucks to be working in a jurisdiction and region of the country that had given you the bad experiences…
I would rather had quit and moved elsewhere but fortunately I didn’t have to…
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Back To Reality
Dec. 23, 2012 at 10:43pmNo, your excuses don’t work. The news of police impropriety is not regional. I don’t base my observations on my own experiences alone (which were not in just one region or over a limited time frame).
The reality is that while good people are losing faith in LEO, you are making lame excuses like those above instead of admitting there is a problem…let alone considering the idea of being a change agent.
Long gone are the days when it was noble or respectable to be a police officer.
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DadRocked
Dec. 25, 2012 at 2:12pmLastly… SUCKS TO BE YOU
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Back To Reality
Jan. 17, 2013 at 4:14pmMy life is awesome; I carry no guilt and never have to post a defense of what I do for a living.
And there are no videos of any of my coworkers committing egregious crimes of hypocrisy, and then having to rely on anecdotal moments like this to seek exoneration.
That life must be shameful.
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