HJR298 Summary

• Recognizes and honors Deputy Hayden Clements, Deputy Tyler Cline, and Lieutenant Andy Reed of the Etowah County Sheriff's Office as recipients of the 2018 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement.

• On May 26, 2017, the three deputies responded to a fire set by Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in Unit 3 of the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama.

• Despite being outnumbered three to one in a smoke-filled, maximum security unit housing dangerous violent offenders, the deputies repeatedly entered the unit and evacuated all 22 persons to safety while suffering from smoke inhalation and exhaustion.

• The resolution commends the deputies' bravery, heroic actions, and devotion to duty, noting their willingness to place their own lives in harm's way to defend freedom.

• Adopted by the House on March 13, 2018 and by the Senate on March 15, 2018.