The Brief
- During a severe storm in White Settlement, Texas, police officers successfully rescued a mother and her three children using a pair of jumper cables as an improvised lifeline.
- Sergeant John Banner secured the children in his patrol vehicle before instructing the mother to wrap the cables around her chest so officers could anchor her against the rushing floodwaters.
- The dramatic rescue has prompted Police Chief Christopher Cook to mandate that all patrol units carry professional water rescue throw bags moving forward.
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas – Viral bodycam footage captured the moment North Texas police officers used a pair of jumper cables as a makeshift lifeline to rescue a mother and her three children from rising floodwaters Saturday night.
What we know:
The incident began around 11:12 p.m. in the 8100 block of Western Hills Boulevard. A White Settlement patrol supervisor witnessed a sedan become stranded and “high-centered” on a curb as a nearby drainage channel began to overflow. The front of the vehicle was quickly engulfed by fast-moving water heading toward a nearby creek.…