May 25, 2024 • 12 mins
In this episode, Tudor discusses the importance of honoring and supporting police officers. She shares the story of two officers who showed extraordinary courage and saved the lives of two children in a critical situation. Tudor emphasizes the bravery and selflessness of police officers and highlights the challenges they face. She encourages listeners to show appreciation for the work of law enforcement and to recognize them as the heroes they are. The Tudor Dixon Podcast is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network. For more visit TudorDixonPodcast.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. On this Memorial Day weekend,
we are excited about the time that we have to
spend with family, but we're also remembering those people who
have lost their loved ones in war, and we will
be honoring some of those families on Monday on Memorial Day.
But today I wanted to take a few minutes just
(00:21):
to talk about our police officers. We didn't talk much
during National Police Week, which was May twelfth through the eighteenth,
but I did have the chance this past Thursday to
actually give an award for Police Officer of the Year
here in the state of Michigan through the Police Officers
Association of Michigan. They had me come to their annual
(00:43):
meeting and we were able to give out some of
those awards to our wonderful police officers who protect us
every day. And I just felt like it was an
important thing for us to talk about here today, because
obviously this is a special weekend, but at this time,
I think think anybody who has had someone who serves
and I think that in any way we talk about
(01:05):
and has lost their life on active duty, it's important.
But even those things that those folks do every single
day are very important to us. And the story that
I had to read the two officers that I was
commending and able to give this award over to in
honor of the Police Officers Association in Michigan, their story
(01:30):
is so incredible. As a mom, it really resonated with me.
So there's two men. One is Albion Command Officers Association
Lieutenant Aaron Phipps. The other is Calhoun County Deputy Sheriff's
Association Deputy David Winder, and they were being honored for
their extraordinary courage and swift decision making. Because this is
(01:51):
just shocking to me. In June twenty twenty three, a
young child called nine to one one and reported a critication.
So you think you're already in a situation where a
little person, a young child is calling nine one one,
And I think it's something that most of us don't
think about all the time because we don't think about
our kids being put in this situation. But the worst
(02:13):
part was this child had been stabbed by his own mother,
and at that time the mother was endangering the life
of her two year old daughter and attempting to drown
her in the bathtub. Through the nine to one one call.
The child described that this little girl, this two year
old baby, not only was mom trying to drown her
(02:35):
in the bathtub, but she had also stabbed the baby
in the chest.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
So these two officers.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Show up, and you've got one arriving at the scene,
Lieutenant Phipps and Deputy Winder. They were met at the
scene by distrusted kids. I'm assuming this means kids in
the neighborhood or kids who had escaped the house. They
meet them there, they direct them to the residence. This
is where we need you. And just so you know,
think about this when you hear all this bologney about
(03:03):
we have to defund the police, and these communities want
to defund the police. A child called nine to one one,
knowing that when they were in danger from their own mom,
it was the police who were going to protect them.
And these kids met the police outside of the house
(03:23):
and said, this is where we need you. This is
where we need your help.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
So these these.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Two men and these two officers acting decisively. Deputy Winder,
he forces his way into the home and into the bathroom.
There he finds mom with the little baby in the
tub and a knife. He's wrestling the knife away from
the woman. So what I don't even know when I'm
(03:50):
talking about this at this award ceremony, is that those
these two guys, they didn't come together. They drive up
to the scene at the same time, and the one
guy looks at the other and thinks, thank goodness, I'm
walking into this with someone else again.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Put yourself in this position.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
These two cops have no idea what they're about to
walk into. He doesn't hesitate, he walks through the door.
He immediately is wrestling this knife away from mom. The
fact that he's doing that, that Deputy Winder is doing
that allows then Lieutenant Phipps to go and pull the
child out of the bathroom. Together, they secure the child
(04:28):
from harm, and Lieutenant Phipps starts performing crucial first aid
on this baby who was just in the tub. Who
I find out afterward the mom who is drowning her
in the water has also poured bleach into the water.
So imagine you're a dad. You come in, you find
this baby that is stabbed and it is being drowned
(04:51):
by mom.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
And there's bleach involved in this situation.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
He saves her life. This officer saved this little baby's life.
The mom was apprehended, taken into custody. And that's what
these guys do every day. They are demonstrating the police
officers core values every single day. Courage, determination, the will
to act swiftly in critical moments. And these two guys,
(05:17):
they ensured that these two young people were safe and
this is why they were awarded with the Police Officers
Association Police Officer of the Year award, and deservedly so.
But I think the most amazing part of this so
my experience, because I'm watching this from Afar. You know,
I have the honor of being able to give this award,
(05:38):
present this award, I should say, And these two gentlemen
come up and talk about it. And the first guy
comes up and talks about it, and that's when he said,
you know, when I saw Deputy Winder, I knew I
was going to be okay through this situation because I
had him there, no fear. They're running into the worst
possible situation children and have come to them and said,
(06:01):
we know you are the good guys, help us save us.
And they run in there together. Deputy Winder gets up
and he talks about this and he says, you know,
we just feel really blessed that we get to do
this every day. But their office, their precinct is down cops.
They don't have many. There's not that many out there's
some people that want to do this anymore. And that
(06:23):
was a recurring theme when I presented this award, and
there were several awards presented. A recurring theme with the
police officers who came up and think about this was Hey,
I don't want to talk about much about that day
because we get sued for anything we do. Every guy
who was given some sort of award or commended in
some way was like, yeah, but I don't really want
(06:44):
to talk about it because I don't want people to
think I'm the bad guy. No matter what, they did
great things. They protected the community from harm and they
were afraid. Deputy Winder said he went home that day
after this happened, so they apprehend mom, get the little girl.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
And the little boy to the hospital.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
He goes home and he said, and I had that
cry with my wife and daughter that you just kind
of have to have. It just admits that he goes
home and he just has to hold the people that
he loves.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
These are people.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
It's so real when you think about it in that moment.
These are people that go into these situations and that
those images that experience that lives with them forever. And
he goes home and he holds his baby and his
wife and his chief says, you know what, don't come
back to work today.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
We got this without you.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
And you know what he said, he said, I know
you're short staffed. I'll be back to work. I'm not
going to stay home.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I just needed to get this out.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I just needed to spend this time with my wife
and my daughter. But I'm coming back. I'm gonna be
I'm gonna finish out my shift today, like.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
These are the heroes, and the fact that there is.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
A single elected official out there that does not recognize
that these are our heroes. These are the everyday people
who have been given a gift. And for you out there,
if you are a first responder or a police officer,
if you are running into a burning home, you have
a gift that many of us don't have. And this
(08:12):
is what I said that day, and I will continue
to say it.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
People will say.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
To me, oh no, no, you could do that, and
you know what you think in the heat of the moment,
especially if it were my own child being injured, or
you're watching a child be injured. Yeah, I think I
could run into that situation and do what I could.
I'm not trained, but you probably have those instincts that
kick in.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
But that's not what this is.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
This is not a by chance situation.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
These police officers, they know every day.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Is going to be some encounter, some memory that won't
go away, some nightmare that's going to continue to recur
because they're going to see horrible things and they're going
to save people from them, going to be the hero.
And there's going to be sometimes when they're not going
to save people from them, and they're going to live
(09:05):
with those memories too, in those nightmares too.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
But they have a gift.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
I don't have this gift like you look at what
God does for people and the gifts God gives people.
The ability to say I'm going to look into danger's eyes,
that I'm going to see danger and I'm going to
run toward it. That is incredible. So I just wanted
to take a few minutes today on this weekend where
we get to go out and garden and it's the
(09:32):
beginning of summer and the pools are opening and we
are all picnicking and having fun and think about the
families will think about on Monday when we think about
our service members who die died in action, but also
talk about our other first responders this weekend, because right
now there's a bunch of cops on duty. They're not picnicking,
(09:54):
they're not with their friends. They're actually going to rush
into picnics where something tragic happens and they're going to
have memories that will last a lifetime of really hard things.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
And they're doing it because they're.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Gifted, because they love us, and because they understand that
the most important part of government is law and order
and that they are there to stand in the way
to keep us safe. So I wanted to take a
few moments just to say, you know what, we just
came off of National Police Seek. This weekend, we are
(10:28):
going to have things happen and these men and women
running into danger and we are so grateful for them.
And to Lieutenant Phipps and Deputy Wonder, thank you so
much for what you do for these children. And these
two little kids that are safe because of you, And
just so you know they are safe. They both lived
(10:49):
through this attack because these men didn't hesitate, and I
think that's key too. These guys don't hesitate, They just
run in there. So take a moment this weekend to
see someone who is serving, just go up and thank them,
say hey, we love what you do, because that's one
of the things when I was running for office that
(11:11):
the Police Officers Association Michigan would say all the time.
People don't appreciate us anymore. They don't come up to
us anymore. They don't tell us that they're happy with
what we're doing. They're so angry. No we're not. If
you're out there and you're listening in your cop thank you,
thank you, thank you. You should all be a police
Officer of the Year. And we are so grateful for
(11:31):
everything you do every day. And if you get a
chance this weekend, go out and have a picnic, enjoy
some time with your family.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
You deserve it.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
We love you, and thank you for listening to the
Tutor Dixson Podcast. On Monday, we will have another impactful
episode on Memorial Day with some families who have lost
their loved ones and yet they are able to come
out here and speak about their love for this country.
So thank you so much for tuning in as always,
check out Tutor Dickson podcast dot com or go to
(12:01):
the iHeartRadio, ap Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts,
and have a blessed weekend and join us next time.
H
Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. On this Memorial Day weekend,
we are excited about the time that we have to
spend with family, but we're also remembering those people who
have lost their loved ones in war, and we will
be honoring some of those families on Monday on Memorial Day.
But today I wanted to take a few minutes just
(00:21):
to talk about our police officers. We didn't talk much
during National Police Week, which was May twelfth through the eighteenth,
but I did have the chance this past Thursday to
actually give an award for Police Officer of the Year
here in the state of Michigan through the Police Officers
Association of Michigan. They had me come to their annual
(00:43):
meeting and we were able to give out some of
those awards to our wonderful police officers who protect us
every day. And I just felt like it was an
important thing for us to talk about here today, because
obviously this is a special weekend, but at this time,
I think think anybody who has had someone who serves
and I think that in any way we talk about
(01:05):
and has lost their life on active duty, it's important.
But even those things that those folks do every single
day are very important to us. And the story that
I had to read the two officers that I was
commending and able to give this award over to in
honor of the Police Officers Association in Michigan, their story
(01:30):
is so incredible. As a mom, it really resonated with me.
So there's two men. One is Albion Command Officers Association
Lieutenant Aaron Phipps. The other is Calhoun County Deputy Sheriff's
Association Deputy David Winder, and they were being honored for
their extraordinary courage and swift decision making. Because this is
(01:51):
just shocking to me. In June twenty twenty three, a
young child called nine to one one and reported a critication.
So you think you're already in a situation where a
little person, a young child is calling nine one one,
And I think it's something that most of us don't
think about all the time because we don't think about
our kids being put in this situation. But the worst
(02:13):
part was this child had been stabbed by his own mother,
and at that time the mother was endangering the life
of her two year old daughter and attempting to drown
her in the bathtub. Through the nine to one one call.
The child described that this little girl, this two year
old baby, not only was mom trying to drown her
(02:35):
in the bathtub, but she had also stabbed the baby
in the chest.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
So these two officers.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Show up, and you've got one arriving at the scene,
Lieutenant Phipps and Deputy Winder. They were met at the
scene by distrusted kids. I'm assuming this means kids in
the neighborhood or kids who had escaped the house. They
meet them there, they direct them to the residence. This
is where we need you. And just so you know,
think about this when you hear all this bologney about
(03:03):
we have to defund the police, and these communities want
to defund the police. A child called nine to one one,
knowing that when they were in danger from their own mom,
it was the police who were going to protect them.
And these kids met the police outside of the house
(03:23):
and said, this is where we need you. This is
where we need your help.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
So these these.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Two men and these two officers acting decisively. Deputy Winder,
he forces his way into the home and into the bathroom.
There he finds mom with the little baby in the
tub and a knife. He's wrestling the knife away from
the woman. So what I don't even know when I'm
(03:50):
talking about this at this award ceremony, is that those
these two guys, they didn't come together. They drive up
to the scene at the same time, and the one
guy looks at the other and thinks, thank goodness, I'm
walking into this with someone else again.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Put yourself in this position.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
These two cops have no idea what they're about to
walk into. He doesn't hesitate, he walks through the door.
He immediately is wrestling this knife away from mom. The
fact that he's doing that, that Deputy Winder is doing
that allows then Lieutenant Phipps to go and pull the
child out of the bathroom. Together, they secure the child
(04:28):
from harm, and Lieutenant Phipps starts performing crucial first aid
on this baby who was just in the tub. Who
I find out afterward the mom who is drowning her
in the water has also poured bleach into the water.
So imagine you're a dad. You come in, you find
this baby that is stabbed and it is being drowned
(04:51):
by mom.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
And there's bleach involved in this situation.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
He saves her life. This officer saved this little baby's life.
The mom was apprehended, taken into custody. And that's what
these guys do every day. They are demonstrating the police
officers core values every single day. Courage, determination, the will
to act swiftly in critical moments. And these two guys,
(05:17):
they ensured that these two young people were safe and
this is why they were awarded with the Police Officers
Association Police Officer of the Year award, and deservedly so.
But I think the most amazing part of this so
my experience, because I'm watching this from Afar. You know,
I have the honor of being able to give this award,
(05:38):
present this award, I should say, And these two gentlemen
come up and talk about it. And the first guy
comes up and talks about it, and that's when he said,
you know, when I saw Deputy Winder, I knew I
was going to be okay through this situation because I
had him there, no fear. They're running into the worst
possible situation children and have come to them and said,
(06:01):
we know you are the good guys, help us save us.
And they run in there together. Deputy Winder gets up
and he talks about this and he says, you know,
we just feel really blessed that we get to do
this every day. But their office, their precinct is down cops.
They don't have many. There's not that many out there's
some people that want to do this anymore. And that
(06:23):
was a recurring theme when I presented this award, and
there were several awards presented. A recurring theme with the
police officers who came up and think about this was Hey,
I don't want to talk about much about that day
because we get sued for anything we do. Every guy
who was given some sort of award or commended in
some way was like, yeah, but I don't really want
(06:44):
to talk about it because I don't want people to
think I'm the bad guy. No matter what, they did
great things. They protected the community from harm and they
were afraid. Deputy Winder said he went home that day
after this happened, so they apprehend mom, get the little girl.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
And the little boy to the hospital.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
He goes home and he said, and I had that
cry with my wife and daughter that you just kind
of have to have. It just admits that he goes
home and he just has to hold the people that
he loves.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
These are people.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
It's so real when you think about it in that moment.
These are people that go into these situations and that
those images that experience that lives with them forever. And
he goes home and he holds his baby and his
wife and his chief says, you know what, don't come
back to work today.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
We got this without you.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
And you know what he said, he said, I know
you're short staffed. I'll be back to work. I'm not
going to stay home.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I just needed to get this out.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I just needed to spend this time with my wife
and my daughter. But I'm coming back. I'm gonna be
I'm gonna finish out my shift today, like.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
These are the heroes, and the fact that there is.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
A single elected official out there that does not recognize
that these are our heroes. These are the everyday people
who have been given a gift. And for you out there,
if you are a first responder or a police officer,
if you are running into a burning home, you have
a gift that many of us don't have. And this
(08:12):
is what I said that day, and I will continue
to say it.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
People will say.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
To me, oh no, no, you could do that, and
you know what you think in the heat of the moment,
especially if it were my own child being injured, or
you're watching a child be injured. Yeah, I think I
could run into that situation and do what I could.
I'm not trained, but you probably have those instincts that
kick in.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
But that's not what this is.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
This is not a by chance situation.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
These police officers, they know every day.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Is going to be some encounter, some memory that won't
go away, some nightmare that's going to continue to recur
because they're going to see horrible things and they're going
to save people from them, going to be the hero.
And there's going to be sometimes when they're not going
to save people from them, and they're going to live
(09:05):
with those memories too, in those nightmares too.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
But they have a gift.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
I don't have this gift like you look at what
God does for people and the gifts God gives people.
The ability to say I'm going to look into danger's eyes,
that I'm going to see danger and I'm going to
run toward it. That is incredible. So I just wanted
to take a few minutes today on this weekend where
we get to go out and garden and it's the
(09:32):
beginning of summer and the pools are opening and we
are all picnicking and having fun and think about the
families will think about on Monday when we think about
our service members who die died in action, but also
talk about our other first responders this weekend, because right
now there's a bunch of cops on duty. They're not picnicking,
(09:54):
they're not with their friends. They're actually going to rush
into picnics where something tragic happens and they're going to
have memories that will last a lifetime of really hard things.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
And they're doing it because they're.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Gifted, because they love us, and because they understand that
the most important part of government is law and order
and that they are there to stand in the way
to keep us safe. So I wanted to take a
few moments just to say, you know what, we just
came off of National Police Seek. This weekend, we are
(10:28):
going to have things happen and these men and women
running into danger and we are so grateful for them.
And to Lieutenant Phipps and Deputy Wonder, thank you so
much for what you do for these children. And these
two little kids that are safe because of you, And
just so you know they are safe. They both lived
(10:49):
through this attack because these men didn't hesitate, and I
think that's key too. These guys don't hesitate, They just
run in there. So take a moment this weekend to
see someone who is serving, just go up and thank them,
say hey, we love what you do, because that's one
of the things when I was running for office that
(11:11):
the Police Officers Association Michigan would say all the time.
People don't appreciate us anymore. They don't come up to
us anymore. They don't tell us that they're happy with
what we're doing. They're so angry. No we're not. If
you're out there and you're listening in your cop thank you,
thank you, thank you. You should all be a police
Officer of the Year. And we are so grateful for
(11:31):
everything you do every day. And if you get a
chance this weekend, go out and have a picnic, enjoy
some time with your family.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
You deserve it.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
We love you, and thank you for listening to the
Tutor Dixson Podcast. On Monday, we will have another impactful
episode on Memorial Day with some families who have lost
their loved ones and yet they are able to come
out here and speak about their love for this country.
So thank you so much for tuning in as always,
check out Tutor Dickson podcast dot com or go to
(12:01):
the iHeartRadio, ap Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts,
and have a blessed weekend and join us next time.
H
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