PIERRE (KCCR) — Three Hughes County Sheriff Deputies have been honored for their role in bringing a standoff with an armed man near Spring Creek in 2023 to a safe conclusion. Hughes County Sheriff Patrick Callahan says three of his deputies were awarded the Medal of Honor by the South Dakota Sheriff’s Association and Chief of Police Associations…
The honors were handed down on Wednesday April 17th…
The deputies were on one of two tactical teams that became engaged in a shootout with the suspect…
While Callahan’s deputies are being recognized, he says every officer on the scene that night should get the Medal of Honor too…
Henry Jacobson is serving a 25 years in prison on two counts of Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer and Aggravated Assault Domestic Violence for his role in the standoff.
