While your police officers do important work for our community every day, last month that work included three life-saving events in four days involving a near-drowning a stabbing, and a shooting.

On July 9, Marysville officers were credited with saving a gunshot victim’s life by quickly applying a tourniquet after the man was shot through his right arm. The man was shot after he apparently overstayed his welcome at a woman’s home and refused to leave, according to the written report. An emergency room doctor at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett later confirmed that without that tourniquet, the man who was shot likely would have lost his life.

On July 11, patrol officers were called to a Marysville home where they found a man in his 60s, stabbed multiple times, bleeding heavily and losing consciousness. Again, an officer applied a tourniquet to the stabbing victim’s arm, preventing more blood loss and ultimately saving that person’s life. The suspect ran from the scene, and Lynnwood Police K-9 and Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office K-9 teamed up to search and successfully took the suspect into custody.

On July 12, Marysville Police officers teamed up with the Marysville Fire District, Everett Fire Department, and Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office to save a swimmer who nearly drowned. Fire District rescue swimmers started their search in Ebey Slough, pulling a man to safety with the help of the other agencies at the scene. The near-drowning victim, brought to shore and treated by medics, was not seriously hurt.

In each of these emergencies, the outcome could have taken a tragic turn had it not been for the quick-thinking officers, deputies, firefighters and rescue swimmers who responded and took action.