I was just watching CNN, and they are still talking about the car bomb that was found in Times Square, New York yesterday. At the bottom I saw that they had "Mayor having dinner with hero cop". I immediately turned to Laura and said, "double you tee eff? how is that cop a hero?".
Sure, he is a basic hero for what he does, in general, but then aren't all cops? Therefore, "hero cop" would be redundant. That means that a cop just does "heroic" things, and is not a hero according to the media.

However, having a pedestrian come up to you and tell you that something is wrong, and then you pick up the phone and tell the higher-ups about the bomb is hardly worthy of being given the title of "hero". If anything, shouldn't the citizen receive all the attention, if praise is truly warranted?

Do you consider him a hero? I don't feel he went above and beyond the call of duty. All he did was assess the situation and call for help.

http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories....cId=439130

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/01/new...stigation/