HJR 275 Summary

• Recognizes Officer Calvin Crow of the Birmingham Police Department as a nominee for the 2013 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement.

• Officer Crow is a 15-year veteran who responded to an active shooter incident at St. Vincent's Hospital on December 15, 2012, where an armed suspect took a security guard hostage.

• Officer Crow and four other officers from the South Precinct confronted the suspect on the 5th floor, resulting in gunfire that wounded two hospital employees and one officer, but prevented further casualties.

• The officers' quick actions and personal sacrifice averted a potential tragedy comparable to mass shooting incidents occurring at the same time nationally.

• Directs that Officer Crow receive a copy of this resolution as evidence of the legislature's admiration and esteem.