Friday, Carol and I attended a luncheon presented by the City of Pinecrest that honored our friend, Jack Dewhurst, who joined the police department there about 18 months ago. Jack is 59 years old, and police work is a third career for him, but is something he has always wanted to do. Getting such an honor after only 18 months is very unusual.
Among other things during his brief tenure, he assisted in the apprehension of a car thief who had led several police departments in a chase that began in Broward County and ended in Dade County when the thief was forced off the road by pursuing police cars. The thief had been shooting at policeman along the way, but through God's grace had not hit any of them. Despite knowing that, Jack, who was at an intersection towards which the thief was driving at a high speed, was the first officer to approach the thief's car, which had plowed into a telephone pole. As several officers attempted to get the thief out of the car, not knowing whether he still had his gun and preparing to shoot the thief, Jack "tazed" the subject and brought the struggle to a halt. It turned out that the force of the impact that sent the thief's car into the telephone pole had knocked the gun out of his hand, onto the street. But no one knew that at the time.
There are numerous other remarkable circumstances in which Jack has been involved during this new career, and he has demonstrated remarkable maturity and good judgment in all of them.
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