North Charleston officer to receive 'Lifesaving Award' for helping person during mental health incident

North Charleston officer to receive 'Lifesaving Award' for helping person during mental health incident

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – An officer with the North Charleston Police Department will receive special recognition Monday morning. Sgt. Diego Lizarazo, who saved a man last month on the Ashley Phosphate Road/I-26 overpass, will be honored with the department’s Lifesaving Award. Dash camera footage from the agency showed Sgt. Lizarazo responding to a mental health emergency on the overpass. "This reminded me that listening without judgment, …