{"id":30510,"date":"2022-04-07T22:55:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=30510"},"modified":"2022-04-07T22:55:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T22:55:02","slug":"good-news-matters-pottsville-officer-honored-by-justice-department-after-saving-infants-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/07\/good-news-matters-pottsville-officer-honored-by-justice-department-after-saving-infants-life\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD NEWS MATTERS: Pottsville officer honored by Justice Department after saving infant\u2019s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>POTTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013 A Pottsville police officer has received a top honor from federal officials for his heroic efforts that saved a young life.<\/p>\n<p>United States Attorney General Merrick Garland awarded Officer Cody Hubbard with the <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ag\/class-2020-2021\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ag\/class-2020-2021\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Distinguished Service in Community Policing Award<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, the rookie officer was called out to a baby that was choking. As a father himself, he prayed on the way to the call that he could help.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?w=900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1077316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=1752,986 1752w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/www.kark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/vlcsnap-2022-04-07-17h22m21s056.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>His quick actions saved Baby Grady\u2019s life, leaving the infant\u2019s family forever grateful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kark.com\/news\/local-news\/he-saved-my-babys-life-pottsville-officer-saves-newborn-from-choking\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\u2018He saved my baby\u2019s life;\u2019 Pottsville officer saves newborn from choking\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hubbard said the lord was on his side in helping save the child\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m speechless. This is a lot to take in for a small-town kid from Atkins,\u201d he said after getting the recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Pottsville Police Department Chief Joseph Paterak said the honor was big for the area, and US Attorney Jonathan Ross noted it was clear that Hubbard had called for special backup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt stands out to me that en route to the scene you knew you needed additional help. You prayed and asked God to help you,\u201d Ross said. \u201cFrom watching your body cam footage, you didn\u2019t present as stressed. You presented as calm amongst the storm. You brought these live-saving measures and saved Baby Grady.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard was one of 18 officers across the country to receive the prestigious award.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kark.com\/good-news-matters\/good-news-matters-pottsville-officer-honored-by-justice-department-after-saving-infants-life\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] POTTSVILLE, Ark. \u2013 A Pottsville police officer has received a top honor from federal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cj-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30512,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30510\/revisions\/30512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}