Colin Bruley should have been honored for courage, instead he was fired!

Meet real genuine hero Colin Bruley. Bruley is 24 years old and worked and lived as a leasing agent at an apartment complex in Jacksonville, FL. When Bruley was faced with a decision requiring immediate action that most people will never have to face in their lifetime, he acted. His heroic actions saved a young woman’s life.

At approximately 2 a.m. Bruley was awakened by screams from a neighbor that said she had been shot. So, not knowing the current situation, whether the shooter was still there or if he may come out of an apartment door at any moment, Burley grabbed his shotgun and went outside to help the woman.

Arriving on the scene Bruley found Tonetta Lee covered in blood and bleeding heavily from her right leg. Bruley hands the shotgun to a neighbor and begins administering first aid. He tied a tourniquet to her leg and then waiting for the police and ambulance to show up.
What a great story and act of heroic measures, why I bet Colin Bruley was honored for his actions to save this woman’s life…not so much…

The Oaks at Mill Creek apartment complex calls him in to find out what happened. A few hours later, they call him back in…to deliver this message:

You’re fired!!! That’s right, no thank you, no praise, no recognition of bravery, none of that.
According to the owner of the apartments, the Village Green Companies, “Colin demonstrated extremely poor judgment in responding to this situation.” It seems he also violated the rules in the employee handbook. Oh my, that must be one hell of a handbook to deal with situations like this. What part did he violate? Well, the know weapons in the workplace part of course.
Colin Bruley acted courageously and saved a woman’s life. He should have been given a medal and a parade, but instead he is given the boot.

Now, let’s take a look at what very likely would have happened had Colin Bruley not acted and just stayed in his room minding his own business.

Depending on how bad the wound was, a wound needing a tourniquet can cause you to lose massive amounts of blood in a short period of time unless a tourniquet is applied. The young woman would have no doubt bled to death before the police or ambulance would have showed up, but Colin Bruley would still have a job.

A lot of people would suggest that Colin Bruley shouldn’t have had the Shotgun since it was in the handbook. Others will say he shouldn’t have acted at all and just minded his own business; after all, this is a police matter. Bruley took the law into his own hands. This mindset is showing up more frequently throughout society. Thank God for Tonetta Lee’s sake that Colin Bruley thought differently.

Colin Bruley, you can be my neighbor any day…oh and bring your shotgun.

They Care...isn't that lovely.

The Village Green company is the company that owns the Oaks at Mills Creek apartment complex where Colin Bruley use to work.

Well on their website, nice cozy website by the way, they have a little motto that says: We Care.

Awww...isn't that so nice of them. They care folks... It seems the President of the Company also released a press release about the Colin Bruley firing. You can read the whole thing here.

There are a couple areas I want to focus on this part of the release:

When he (Bruley) left his apartment armed, he had no indication a gun was in play at the scene. He did not follow procedures and contact 911 at any time that night.

O.K. did Colin Bruley make a mistake by not dialing 911 before leaving his apartment? Yes, but once he arrives to a heavily bleeding victim what is he to do? Run back and dial 911 and take the chance that she bleeds to death, or apply life saving first aid? How do we know he had no indication of a gun being in play? Obviously, something was in play, we have a female victim bleeding bad enough to need a tourniquet...There is no doubt mistakes where probably made. Look folks, this is a situation most will never have to face, and if we did have to face it, we would more than likely make kistakes as well.

When he left his apartment armed, he had no indication a gun was in play at the scene. He did not follow procedures and contact 911 at any time that night.

We do not condone residents or associates jeopardizing their safety or the safety of others by intervening in police matters. Our policy does not permit weapons of any kind at the workplace for the safety of all.

Yeppers, you don't want to ever interfere in a police matter. No matter what situation you are in you should just always wait for the police to show up and take care of it. I don't know about where you live, but you ever notice the police show up well after the fact?

I bet the residents just feel so safe, with none of the workers allowed to own a firearm. I wonder if the residents are allowed to own a firearm. I doubt it; in fact I am willing to bet that it is a gun free zone just like Virginia Tech was.

We care, but we don't care enough to allow our customers adequate protection. I mean that is a police matter.

I wonder what Tonetta Lee thinks about their "We Care" motto. There is a good chance she would have bled to death without the tourniquet applied by Bruley.