HJR313 Summary

• Recognizes and honors Sergeant Larry Toland and Officer Zackary Davis of the Mobile Police Department, Corporal Pat Sanders of the Mobile Police Department, and Officer Clarence Adams of the Prichard Police Department as nominees for the 2017 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement.

• Commends the four officers for their extraordinary courage during an undercover narcotics operation on April 1, 2016, when they attempted to apprehend a suspect known as "Rider" at a drug distribution compound in Mobile County.

• Details how the suspect fired a Glock pistol at the officers, striking Officer Davis in the abdomen, and then fired at the other three officers from less than five feet away while wearing body armor and a helmet.

• Credits Sergeant Toland, Officer Adams, and Corporal Sanders with returning fire to incapacitate the suspect and then securing him while transporting the gravely wounded Officer Davis to the hospital.

• Directs that each officer receive a copy of the resolution as evidence of legislative admiration and esteem; adopted by the House on April 20, 2017, and the Senate on April 27, 2017.