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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 4, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: RECOGNITION OF THREE HEROES <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No G ~ Q <br />-------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br />DEPARTMENT County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: _YES NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): NO INFORMATION CONTACT <br />County Commissioners <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />PURPOSE: To recognize three individuals for their courage in pursuing <br />a suspect in an assault at the Orange County Courthouse. <br />BACKGROUND: On Monday, September 16, a woman was attacked in a <br />restroom at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough. Harvey Clark, <br />courthouse custodian, and Arthur Yancey, assistant district attorney, <br />pursued the suspect as he fled the courthouse. They were soon joined <br />by Chapel Hill Officer Scott Taylor, and the suspect was apprehended <br />after a chase through downtown Hillsborough. Because of the heroic <br />efforts of these three individuals to save another citizen from harm or <br />death, the Board of County Commissioners recommended on October 6, <br />that they should receive the Orange County Hero Award. <br />RECOIrT~~NDATION: Present to each of the recipients a certificate of <br />appreciation. <br />