HR335 Summary

• Recognizes Conservation Enforcement Officer Timothy Joe Lindsey, II, of Madison County as the recipient of the 2012 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement, Alabama's highest law enforcement award for extraordinary courage in the line of duty.

• In June 2011, while off-duty, Officer Lindsey entered a burning and potentially explosive aircraft wreckage and rescued a seven-year-old child, the sole survivor of the crash he witnessed.

• Officer Lindsey knowingly risked his life despite having full knowledge of the dangers from burning wreckage saturated with aviation fuel, and could have avoided involvement as he had his wife and eight-year-old son with him.

• Officer Lindsey left the scene without revealing his identity and received no recognition until television news coverage, demonstrating character and modesty consistent with a previous off-duty rescue of a victim trapped in a burning vehicle on Thanksgiving Day 2008.

• Directs that Officer Lindsey receive a copy of the resolution as evidence of the House's admiration and esteem.