Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 4024 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: APRIL 2016 A ny law enforce- ment officer who’s been around a while knows a painful truth. Try as they might, cops are not going to be able to save everyone. But even when an effort to save a human life fails, there are still some people that can see past their own loss and appreciate the efforts of law enforcement. In Ship Bottom, New Jer- sey, Brian Amento and his family got “the call.” Lori Pelosi, Amento’s sis- ter, was killed when her PT Cruiser was struck by a Ford F-350 at an intersection. Ship Bottom Police Sgt. Michael Nash was one of the first on the scene. “I screamed at them, ‘Is she breathing!’ They told me she wasn’t. Then I went and checked her pulse, and there was no pulse. She wasn’t breathing,” Nash said. Sgt. Nash pulled Lori Pe- losi out of the vehicle and started CPR. He got hopeful when he thought he felt a faint pulse. “She took a few breaths and then I just lost her,” he said. Ordinarily the next of kin are too overwhelmed with grief to appreciate the efforts of first responders, which is entirely understandable. But Brian Amento went to the Ship Bottom Police Department the next day just to thank Sgt. Nash and his colleagues for the efforts to save his sister and the compassion they showed the family. “I need to post this be- cause our police officers are only in the public eye when it’s negative. I met a human being this morning in a uniform,” Amento wrote on Facebook. “Please, the next encoun- ter you have with a police officer just in passing . . . give them a smile. “Thank you also to Lt. Kevin Mahon and officer Sean Ferguson, for being with both my parents and escorting them back and forth. The hugs you gave my dad won’t go unnoticed.” F or a lot of us, staying healthy is a serious chal- lenge. But it’s hard to eat right when you’re busy and on the go. It’s also hard to drink right when the person mak- ing the coffee run likes Starbucks. Refined sugar is not our friend. In addition to other problems, too much sugar makes us overweight, prone to “sugar crashes,” and increases stress levels. So for those that love their extra-tall-extra-sweet caramel machiattos, bear in mind that many confec- tionary coffee items contain as much as 25 tea- spoons of sugar. That’s “per serving” as opposed to the whole drink. For scale, that’s three times the amount of sugar in one can of coke. So if you can’t seem to focus and you desperately need a nap, try getting off some of the sweeter Star- bucks stuff. After all, 25 teaspoons of sugar is 100 grams, and that’s a pretty impressive pile. Close to a quarter of a pound of sugar is seems like a bit much Kindness didn’t go unnoticed Sometimes being a hero is as simple as showing compassion to folks that really need it.