HJR543 Summary

• Commends Chief Deputy Tony Helms of the Geneva County Sheriff's Department as a nominee for the 2010 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement.

• Recognizes Helms for his actions on March 10, 2009, when he participated in a high-speed pursuit and exchange of gunfire with a gunman who committed the single deadliest crime in Alabama's recorded history, murdering 10 victims and injuring 6 others.

• Credits Helms and his comrades' courageous actions during the engagement with likely saving the lives of several additional victims, despite being unable to prevent the gunman's suicide.

• Directs that Helms receive a copy of the resolution as a token of legislative admiration and esteem for his dedicated law enforcement service.

• Adopted by the House on March 9, 2010, and the Senate on March 23, 2010.