In 1999, Stephanie Ameiss was a police cadet in Arizona.
One evening, she stopped to help a motorist on a bridge. When a police officer warned her of an oncoming vehicle, she jumped out of traffic into what she thought was the protected center of the highway.
In fact, Stephanie landed in a four foot gap in the freeway, and fell 60 feet onto the dry river bottom below.
The police officer assumed she was dead.
Stephanie Ameiss survived the fall, and her courageous and powerful story of healing, faith, and returning to the police force is truly amazing.
Local Arizona media recently covered her retirement and recounted her incredible story.
See the KTAR News (Arizona) story HERE. See the Fox News Phoenix coverage HERE.
Listen to this week’s Understanding the Threat Radio show with Stephanie telling her story HERE.
Today, Stephanie Ameiss is the Lead Investigator for Understanding the Threat. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and, while working with Gilbert Police Department in Arizona, worked undercover, gang investigations, and eventually worked her way to becoming a Terrorism Liaison Officer (TLO).
Stephanie brings plenty of experience to the UTT team. However, the team is well-aware it is miracle she is still in this world at all.
Her indomitable spirit and deep faith is an example for all who know her.
John Guandolo has years of unique experience helping local, state, and federal leaders identify and deal with real threats. Primarily, he trains citizens, local leaders, and police how to fortify their counties.
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Please don’t stop doing what you do. It is very important work. Glad Ms. Ameiss is o.k.
OPINION:
The two vastly different halves comprising the mandated spectrum of PD field operations (referred to, more often than not, as “the uniformed force” or “initial responders”) seem to consistently unfold as an olio of either sheer boredom or sudden unexpected ad hoc demands threaded to the protection of life, property and personal survival. Since 1999, when (then) Arizona police cadet Stephanie Ameiss sustained life-threatening injuries in pursuit of said protection of others, and thus came face-to-face with said “personal survival”, what she has been able to accomplish with the support of friends, and an obviously superb team of medical specialists, in quest of her spectacular & heartwarming come-back, confirms the belief of erstwhile Aviatrix, Amelia Earhart: I.e., “Courage is the price life exacts for granting peace”.
Furthermore, with Stephanie Ameiss as UTT’s lead investigator, given her admirable set of contextual investigatory skills, my sense is that a valuable uptick of credence & participation among America’s women & mothers with respect to “Understanding the Threat” (and spreading the word as well) will occur.
God bless you.
Thank you Ruth. We need all the prayers we can get. JG
What happened to “To read online click here” for UTT’s Truth Rolls Over Hamas? The above article is what came up instead.
This is the correct link, Marlene > https://www.understandingthethreat.com/utts-rolls-over-cair/
Blessings,
Bob
RSVP: one possible two for Tuesday 27Feb2018 “Understanding the Jihadi Threat to America” at Quality inn (1900-2100).
V/R
David D. Ceiga