HJR266 Summary

• Nominates Officer Christopher Martin of the Birmingham Police Department for the 2013 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement, the state's highest law enforcement award for extraordinary courage.

• Commends Officer Martin and four fellow officers who responded to an active shooter incident at St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham on December 15, 2012, where an armed suspect took a security guard hostage.

• Officers engaged the suspect on the 5th floor, resulting in two hospital employees and one officer being wounded, but officers stopped the threat without additional casualties.

• Recognizes the officers' decision to immediately engage despite knowing the high risk of personal injury, preventing potential loss of innocent lives.

• House adopted the resolution on April 11, 2013, and the Senate adopted it on April 18, 2013.