Missouri State Troopers Awarded Medals for Rescuing 27 People from Flash Flooding in Northwest Missouri Last Year

Missouri State Highway Patrol. mshp.dps.missouri.gov

(MISSOURINET) – Two Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers have been awarded medals today for rescuing 27 people during flash flooding last year in northwest Missouri.

Missouri Public Safety Department Director Sandy Karsten says Sergeant Kurt Schmutzler (smutz-ler) and Corporal Bradley Maudlin (mawd-lin) rescued the victims in June 2021 in DeKalb and Andrew Counties…

Maudlin and Schmutzler have been awarded the Medal of Valor – the state’s highest public safety award for showing extraordinary acts of courage.