I'm a member of an emergency services family (not police) and I can honestly say I've never come in contact with any police officer that called themselves a hero. I've never seen any cops here call themselves that, either. Have they referred to officers shot or killed in the line of duty as such? Yes. But I, along with many other citizens, consider someone dying in the line of duty (whether a soldier, firefighter, police officer, doctor in a foreign country) a heroic act and therefore the title