HJR383 Summary

• Recognizes Officer A.S. Wright of the Montgomery Police Department as a nominee for the 2014 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement.

• Officer Wright and three other officers responded to a suicide attempt call on August 12, 2013, where a man had barricaded himself in an attic with a cable cord around his neck.

• Officers gained entry through a side window, located the subject standing on a dresser with the cord attached to a brace, and engaged him through a critical period as he alternated between removing and replacing the cord.

• The officers successfully freed the subject from the cord and saved his life through quick thinking, diligence, and determination while putting themselves in harm's way.

• The Legislature directs that Officer Wright receive a copy of this resolution as evidence of the state's admiration and esteem.