After receiving a disturbance call about an armed individual wielding a machete, Sergeant Chris Lapre's SWAT team arrived at the scene. No contact could be made with the suspect, so Lapre ordered an officer to go to find position at the back of the house, hopeful to get eyes on the situation. That's when the sniper saw a man inside a bedroom window holding a sign that read, "HELP ME". Another sign followed: "I'm not the bad guy. Please don't shoot me." They motioned for him to crawl out of the window while they provided cover. But he couldn't. The hostage was confined to a wheelchair, handicapped, and the man with the machete was moments away from revealing himself. Chris Lapre was born and raised in Massachusetts. Even after his parents and brother, also an Officer, moved to Arizona, Chris had no plans to leave. That was until a particularly interesting day of directing traffic in 4 feet of snow. He ultimately joined his family, and, after witnessing the work his brother was doing with violent crime, Lapre decided to make the move permanent. "This is the type of police work I want to do."