RICHMOND, Va. — On May 12, 2004, Hanover Sheriff Major Judson Flagg was off duty when he responded to a 911 call for an erratic man threatening neighbors with what appeared to be a shotgun.
The suspect, who was experiencing schizophrenia, was found with two steel pipes. Then-Sgt. Flagg confronted the man who threw one of the pipes at his head.
“I mean, it hurt, but it really didn’t phase me. So, I went forward and decided to take him into custody. At that point, he had a knife in his left hand, so I was able to disarm him with my baton,” Maj. Flagg said…