The Texas Attorney General’s Office recently announced that Captain Wes Hensley of the Law Enforcement Division has earned an award for valor from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
Hensley, who serves in the Law Enforcement Division’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit, was honored at the TCLE Law Enforcement Achievement Awards Ceremony this month at the state Capitol. He has worked for 15 years in the Attorney General’s Office.
Last December, Hensley was critically wounded while executing a felony arrest warrant at the home of a violent criminal in Houston. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s announcement says that Hensley “exhibited exceptional courage while risking his own life to protect others” even after suffering multiple wounds to his body that left him unable to use his arms.
“There is no more important duty of the commissioned peace officers in my Law Enforcement Division than to protect Texans from harm, and Captain Hensley bravely put public safety before his own safety when he confronted pure evil,” Paxton said in a statement.
“Captain Hensley is deeply deserving of this award, along with the gratitude of all Texans for the courage and dedication that he and other officers like him show in protecting us from the dangerous human predators in our midst.”