A Lake Dallas police sergeant crossed active lanes of Interstate 35 East to physically pull a man away from an overpass ledge before he could jump, and more than two years later, the department has formally honored him for it. Sergeant Brandon Weir received a Life Saving Award from Chief Daniel Robb at a city council meeting this week for his response to a January 2024 welfare call near mile marker 459.
According to the Lake Dallas Police Department, officers responded on January 28, 2024, to a welfare concern involving an individual sitting on the ledge of an overpass along I-35 southbound at mile marker 459, a stretch of highway that cuts through Lake Dallas near Swisher Road and Lake Dallas Drive. Officers observed the individual rocking back and forth on the ledge and believed he was preparing to jump, the department said. Complicating the response, officers also believed the individual may have been holding a small child at the time.
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