We are proud to announce that the Pearl Police Department Officer of the Month in February is Officer Brad Chisholm. Officer Chisholm graduated from Clinton High School in 2001 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2002. He received basic EMT Training in 2003 at Holmes Community College and then later graduated from Holmes with an Associates Degree. He went on to Mississippi College where he received Bachelors of Science Degree and then afterwards obtained a Masters Degree in Administration of Justice. While in the Marines he completed numerous courses and received many awards such as the Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal and Combat Action Ribbon. He joined the Mississippi Air National Guard in 2013 and continues to serve as Staff Sergeant. He also completed many courses with the National Guard and received the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon. During his military career he has been deployed twice to Iraq. Officer Chisolm came to work for the Pearl Police Department in March 2014. During a traffic stop another vehicle pulled up and two occupants stepped out of the vehicle; a female driver and a male that was bleeding badly from his arm. During the process of skinning a deer, the rope broke and caused the knife to be impelled into his forearm cutting an artery. Officer Herrin radioed dispatch and requested an ambulance and fire personnel for first aid. Officer Chisolm arrived on the scene and immediately grabbed the bleeding man’s arm and put pressure on the brachial artery to slow the bleeding until the ambulance could get there. Pafford Ambulance arrived and transported the gentleman to the hospital. He received numerous stitches to his arm and was told by the E.R. Physician that if Officer Chisholm had not acted quickly to slow the bleeding that he could have easily died from major blood loss. The Pearl Chamber of Commerce presented Officer Chisholm with a framed certificate, a $100 Bass Pro Gift Card and a Cracker Barrel Gift Basket along with a meal for two. Moss Creek Fish House donated a $25 Gift card; Buckley Security donated a $25 gift card to Kroger; Reliant Physical Therapy donated a $25 Subway Gift Card; the Pearl Federal Credit Union donated a $25 Visa Gift Card; McAlister’s Deli donated a certificate for a dinner for two; Melissa Wade with Southern Society Real Estate donated a $10 I-Tunes Gift Card; Signmark donated a soft sided cooler and Fowler Chiropractic donated 8 deep tissue laser treatments valued at $320.
