Retired officer presented two overdue awards

While visiting Sour Lake on Sept. 15, retired Sour Lake Police Officer William “Bill” McKeon was presented with two long overdue awards by Police Chief Aaron Burleson.

One was a Life Saving Award in which McKeon was dispatched to a residence for an infant not breathing. After arrival, he immediately began performing infant CPR on the infant until the infant began to breathe on its own. The infant made a full recovery.

The second award presented was the Law Enforcement Purple Heart. McKeon was brutally attacked at a local convenience store in May 2019. The subject knocked McKeon unconscious and severely beat him.

The injuries he sustained from the brutal attack forced McKeon to retire from law enforcement.