AL HJR381

Recognizes and honors Sergeant S.R. Hudson of the Montgomery Police Department as a nominee for the 2014 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement, the state's highest law enforcement award for extraordinary courage in the line of duty.

On August 12, 2013, Sergeant Hudson and three other officers responded to a suicide attempt call where a man had barricaded himself in an attic with a cable cord around his neck attached to a brace.

Officers gained entry through a side window, located a large knife, and found the subject standing on a dresser with the cord around his neck; he alternated between removing and replacing the cord and at one point stepped off the dresser and swung by his neck.

Through quick thinking and determination, the officers successfully freed the subject from the cord and saved his life despite the subject's actions and the dangerous situation.

Directs that Sergeant Hudson receive a copy of this resolution as evidence of the legislature's admiration and esteem.