{"id":892,"date":"2016-10-19T16:15:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T16:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=892"},"modified":"2016-10-19T20:56:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T20:56:35","slug":"tstc-in-waco-police-officers-honored-by-lacy-lakeview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=892","title":{"rendered":"TSTC in Waco Police Officers Honored By Lacy Lakeview"},"content":{"rendered":"

(WACO) \u2013 Two Texas State Technical College in Waco police officers were honored Tuesday night by the Lacy Lakeview City Council for their work in helping to de-escalate a situation last summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

TSTC\u2019s Sgt. Roman Proctor and Patrolman Marcus Woods were recognized with lifesaving pins to wear on their uniforms for helping to keep a woman from jumping off the Meyers Lane overpass bridge on Interstate 35 in August.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident area is long familiar to the TSTC officers \u2013 they grew up in Waco, with Proctor graduating in 2001 from A.J. Moore Academy and Woods graduating in 2010 from Connally High School. Both are criminal justice graduates of McLennan Community College.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to serve with Sergeant Proctor and Officer Woods,\u201d TSTC Police Chief Brian Davis said. \u201cTheir courageous and lifesaving actions were certainly worthy of recognition. This exemplifies the service they provide to our community on a daily basis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lacy Lakeview Police Chief John Truehitt said Proctor and Woods responded first to the situation early on a rainy morning in August.<\/span><\/p>\n

Proctor said the officers had to assess the situation quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was sitting on the side of the bridge and had some blood coming from her arm,\u201d Woods said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The woman, whose relatives quickly arrived at the scene, became distracted and began to crawl over the railing. That is when Officer Casey Lander of the Lacy Lakeview Police Department helped Proctor and Woods pull the woman to safety. An ambulance was on standby near the scene to transport the woman to a local hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth of the matter is, it\u2019s what we are in the business for,\u201d Truehitt said. \u201cWe take \u2018protect and serve\u2019 very seriously.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lander, who worked for TSTC from 2010 to 2014, was also recognized with a lifesaving pin.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to go out and do the job every day,\u201d Lander said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The TSTC and Lacy Lakeview police departments typically back up each other on service calls and 911 dispatches. Truehitt said Lacy Lakeview\u2019s policy is to have two officers respond to particular scenes, like those of domestic violence, which can deplete manpower as other incidents happen in the city of more than 6,500.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on the city of Lacy Lakeview, go to lacylakeview.org.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on TSTC, go to tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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