![Officer honored for life-saving heroics 2 Lawrence Police Dept. officer Dustin VanTreese was honored by City Councilor Sherron Freeman as the Lawrence City Council passed a resolution March 7 commending him for his heroic actions saving a teen from a partially frozen pond Jan. 30. (Photo by Sam Elliott)](https://youarecurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CIG-COM-0322-VanTreese.jpg)
The Lawrence City Council passed a resolution March 7 commending Lawrence Police Dept. officer Dustin VanTreese as a hero and expressing its appreciation for the life-saving efforts he made while on duty Jan. 30.
A 14-year-old boy had fallen through the ice into the chilling water of a retention pond south of Harrison Community Park and just north of Bob Drive at approximately 4 p.m. that afternoon. Officer VanTreese raced to the scene, ran into the pond and recued the boy from the freezing water.
City councilor Sherron Freeman, who was doing a ride-along with officer VanTreese at the time, read from the resolution honoring him.