HJR547 Summary

• Recognizes Headland Police Investigator Dexter Hammond as the posthumous recipient of the 2010 Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement, Alabama's highest law enforcement award for extraordinary courage in the line of duty.

• On April 24, 2009, Hammond was fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire with an assailant while responding to a distress call for fallen Deputy Ted Yost, who had been shot twice in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun in a remote area of Henry County.

• Honors Hammond for sacrificing his life in courageous defense of others and embodies the qualities of dedicated law enforcement personnel.

• Directs that Hammond's family receive a copy of the resolution as a token of the Legislature's admiration and esteem.

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