The
Brunswick
Police Department
Honors
Officer Melvin E. Collins
Officer Collins, who had recently graduated from the police
academy, was working an off-duty job when two subjects entered a local business
with the intention of robbing it.
Officer Collins, with little regard for his own safety, identified
himself as a police officer and attempted to take control of the volatile
situation in order to protect others.
Even after being shot by one of the suspects, Officer Collins was able
to return fire, wounding one of the suspects before apprehending him outside of
the store. Officer Collins died as a
result of his gunshot wound later that evening.
The subject who shot Officer Collins was later captured after an
extensive manhunt.