Senate Resolution 93

A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE COMMENDATION AND THANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE TO DESOTO COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF BRIAN BROCK OF SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, FOR HIS SPLIT-SECOND DECISION TO PULL INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING VEHICLE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON INTERSTATE 269 TO PREVENT A COLLISION WITH OTHER MOTORISTS.

WHEREAS, a DeSoto County Deputy Sheriff was hospitalized on March 4, 2025, after being intentionally struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 269. Authorities have identified the DeSoto County Deputy Sheriff as 35-year-old Brian Brock of Southaven, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Brock, knowing the car was coming his way, positioned himself on the shoulder of the road in the path of the oncoming vehicle. When he saw the lights approaching from the wrong direction, Deputy Brock said, "I made a choice that very certainly could have been my last. I tugged on my seatbelt twice and said, This is it for me, but I'm going to do it." Then Deputy Brock drove his vehicle into the path of the oncoming car. He took the impact head on, and he saved the man behind him, who was a doctor who said, "That Deputy was an angel. My life flashed in front of me, and I closed my eyes. When I opened them, I saw that deputy car"; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Brock has been labeled a hero. "The hardest choices require the strongest will, and that's exactly what our Deputy did last night," DeSoto County Sheriff Thomas Tuggle said; and

WHEREAS, we can never repay Officer Brock and other first responders for their action in the line of duty. We should not pause and remember to thank police officers and first responders only in the wake of possible tragedy, we should do it every day:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby extend the commendation and thanks of the Mississippi Senate to DeSoto County Deputy Sheriff Brian Brock of Southaven, Mississippi, for his split-second decision to pull into the path of an oncoming vehicle driving at a high rate of speed in the wrong direction on Interstate 269 to prevent a collision with other motorists.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to DeSoto County Deputy Sheriff Brian Brock, forwarded to DeSoto County Sheriff Thomas Tuggle, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.