Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
As a retired Shaker Heights police officer, Bob Doles proudly wears several pins on a hat symbolizing his more than 30 years serving and protecting.'It's a brotherhood. Police officers are a brotherhood,' Doles said.With that in mind, Doles has a unique way of helping a brother or sister-in-blue who has been hurt on the job.On Monday, he met with North Canton police officer Patrick Lewis and presented him with a model of the officer's cruiser.
In an interview with News 5 in December, Lewis credited two Canton officers— who are on the SWAT team— for saving his life by putting tourniquets on his arm.'I was bleeding pretty bad and I don't know how long I would have been able to sit there,' Lewis said.Since 2017, Doles has made about 20 model police cruisers for officers injured in the line of duty, including those working for the Cleveland, Barberton, Sugarcreek and Canal Fulton police departments.
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