Thursday, January 13, 2000
Police chiefs honor citizen, two officers
BY JANE PRENDERGAST
The Cincinnati Enquirer
An Independence man and two Northern Kentucky police officers will be honored Saturday for jumping into dangerous situations to help people.
John Ross was chosen for the Northern Kentucky Police Chiefs Association's 1999 outstanding citizen award. He dived into the freezing waters of an Independence pond on Feb. 24, 1999, and saved a driver from a rapidly sinking car. He was nominated for the annual award by the chiefs of both the Independence and Taylor Mill police departments.
“The chiefs feel like anytime a citizen goes out and does something like this, let's acknowledge that,” said Chuck Melville, chief of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport Police and president of the chiefs association.
Also honored on Saturday will be Taylor Mill Officer Tim Bailey and Fort Wright Officer Michael Knight. They both ran through dark back yards and wooded areas in Latonia on Thanksgiving night 1998 to find a woman neighbors heard screaming. They ended up catching a man raping a 16-year-old girl. Kenton Commonwealth Attorney Don Buring nominated them.
That rescue showed officers are always willing to help out in other cities, Chief Melville said.
“Sometimes, an officer will only be (honored) within their own agency,” he said. “The chiefs wanted to show that these things deserve credit throughout the community.”
The awards are named for the late Robert Shields, former Southgate police chief.
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