Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tanner White received the Public Safety Officer of the Year recognition and the Valor Award at the county’s Nov. 12 Public Safety Appreciation Dinner and Awards. The honors recognized his role in two incidents involving a hostage and two abducted children.
A nomination letter submitted by Bulloch County Sheriff Noel Brown described the incidents as occurring within about 24 hours on Aug. 18. In the first, three armed individuals reportedly came to Bulloch County to attack a resident. After a 911 call, deputies intercepted a vehicle carrying the hostage takers. A pursuit ended in a crash in Register.
White took control and arrested one suspect. The hostage was freed without major injuries, according to the account in Brown’s letter.
Later that evening, deputies learned that two juvenile girls reportedly abducted in North Carolina had been taken across state lines. White helped locate the suspect’s vehicle using a statewide lookout and the Flock camera system. The suspect was arrested at a traffic stop; the girls were recovered safely and reunited with their parents.
By News Now Georgia
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
