East Brunswick officers lauded for stopping suicidal man from jumping off overpass
East Brunswick officers lauded for stopping suicidal man from jumping off overpass
EAST BRUNSWICK – Police Chief Frank LoSacco nominated two police officers for the N.J. State Association of Chiefs of Police’s prestigious Valor Award for preventing a distraught man from attempting suicide.
LoSacco credited Officers Robert Thuring and Ryan Hensperger with stopping a 28-year-old man from jumping off a Route 18 overpass onto the busy New Jersey Turnpike on June 21, 2020.
Thuring and Hensperger are among 33 nominees from nine police departments in line for this year’s Valor Award to be presented at the 109th NJSACOP’s Annual Conference & Police Security Expo Aug. 23–26 in Atlantic City, according to information provided by Jaffe Communications.