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Pulaski County sheriff presents life‑saving awards, names deputy of the year
Summary
Sheriff Bobby Jones presented life‑saving awards to deputies who responded to an August 2024 structure fire and to Deputy Dylan West for applying a tourniquet to a gunshot victim; Deputy Grant Bryant was named 2024 deputy of the year.
Sheriff Bobby Jones presented life‑saving awards and other recognitions to Pulaski County deputies during the Fiscal Court meeting.
Jones described a response in August 2024 in which deputies and firefighters entered a burning structure where a male subject was armed with two large kitchen knives. Deputies deployed a taser, detained the subject, and three deputies and one firefighter were transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation or minor head injury. Jones asked Lieutenant Richard Smith, Sergeant Alex Wesley, Deputy Evan Whiteus, Deputy Noah Wesley and Deputy Dylan West to come forward for recognition.
Jones also described a December 2023 incident near Pulaski County Firegrounds where Deputy Dylan West arrived at the scene of a gunshot victim and applied a tourniquet to stop arterial bleeding, likely preventing the victim from bleeding to death; Jones said West would receive an award and related insignia.
The sheriff recognized Deputy Grant Bryant as Pulaski County's 2024 deputy of the year, praising his work ethic and community service. The record shows Bryant was selected through the department's internal voting process; Jones said residents had called with congratulations.
The awards were presented by the sheriff during the court meeting; no formal county action or vote on the awards is recorded in the meeting transcript.
