Trooper First Class Joshua Kim

Washington, DC—The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has announced the selection of Trooper First Class Joshua Kim, of the Maryland State Police, as the recipient of its Officer of the Month Award for March 2015.

On Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 6:23pm, Trooper Kim was patrolling the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge, 90 feet above the Susquehanna River on I-95 in Hartford County, Maryland, when he noticed something was amiss. He spotted a man walking along the side of the busy bridge away from a nearby parked car. Trooper Kim immediately made a U-turn and went back to check on the man.

As soon as Trooper Kim pulled up behind the man, he turned and waved at Trooper Kim, and then began climbing over the three foot barrier to jump off the bridge. With no regard for his own safety, Trooper Kim darted from his vehicle and grabbed the man around his waist to prevent him from climbing over the concrete barrier. Relying on his past experience as a football player, Trooper Kim lowered his body as he grabbed the man so that he would not be pulled over the barricade with him. Trooper Kim handcuffed the man to prevent him from harming himself by running into traffic, before taking him to an area hospital for evaluation. Trooper Kim’s heroic rescue was caught on film by his vehicle’s dashboard camera.

Trooper Kim has been a Maryland State Trooper for approximately two and a half years and is assigned to the JFK Memorial Highway Barracks in Perryville, Maryland.

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