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On Nov. 15, 2007, the  Alabama Retail Association presented Alabama State Trooper Darrell Linder with the 2007 “Law Enforcement Officer of the Year,” or LEO Award. A panel of law enforcement officers, former LEO winners and retailers chose Linder from a group of 20 fellow law enforcement officers nominated from throughout the state. Linder, who routinely investigates deaths, helped save two lives. He arrived first at a Jackson home day care, where two boys had fallen into a backyard pool. He immediately began CPR on one boy who already had been pulled from the pool. Once that child was taking slow breaths, he moved to assist a Jackson police officer who had begun CPR on the second child. The trooper continued chest compressions while ambulance personnel used breathing bags to breathe for the second child. Both children survived. 

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ARA Chairman Ken Hubbard, right, congratulates Trooper Darrell Linder on his award.
With Linder is his wife, Nikki, and his nominator, Cpl. Roy B. Napp.