In this situation, i believe the courage and fortitude the Sergeant Manning displayed here not only save his life, the lead of his partners, and the life of the threemonth old child on the bed, and for that he is being awarded the bronze medal of valor. [applause] sergeant orkes will read the citation. Good evening. Please allow me to introduce three members of the San Francisco Police Department that i am proud to call heroes. Sgt josh espinoza, officer ha, and officer solorzano. December 31, this batch had a call that a vehicle was on fire at 1645 folsom street and indicated they did not indicate if anyone was in the car or not. Sgt espinoza was the first unit on the scene. He arrived on the scene, did a quick survey and then notified dispatch of what was going on. While surveying the scene, he realized an individual was trapped in the drivers seat in the car was engulfed in flames. Fully knowing the danger that was in front of him, he did not hesitate. He immediately ran to the car
I would like to call up a captain stephen tacchini, and officers jones and tapang. Good evening. I would like to introduce officer brian jones, and eric tapang. On saturday, september 17, 2011 what working uniform patrol in the broadway corridor of columbus and broadway, officers were summoned. Did the to and ask for their assistance in obtaining a subject that appeared to be acting suspicious, and was possibly wanted for criminal act. Officers approached the subject. As they did so, they noticed he was rolling a marijuana cigarette in his hand. Officer tapang remove the cigarette from the mans hand. His Immediate Response was to flee from officers. Saturday night on broadway is pure chaos at 2 00 in the morning. Hundreds of people leaving the nightclubs. These officers are chasing this person down the crowded street. As the chase went on for a few yards, but the suspect reached underneath his jacket. He withdrew a tech 9 automatic pistol. He was running down broadway and took the weap
Capt. Eric vintero and officers heppler and carrasco. Good evening. I would like to introduce officer Troy Carrasco and william elppler, october 3, 2011, Police Dispatch put out a call of the stabbing that had just occurred. Several richmond units began responding to the scene. Officer robert long are right first in salt a suspect standing in front of 16th avenue. He saw he was holding his right hand in was dripping with blood. He also observed there was blood all of the sidewalk in front of the victims house. He rendered first aid and so stayed with the victim. Officers chased of fillmore, kevin i sent and Sergeant Mary gray responded to the scene as back of units. Elderly male victim told responded officers that his son had stabbed him, and that he was somewhere inside of the house at 636 funston avenue. He said his son was suffering from mental issues. Officers quickly determined there were other family members inside the house with the suspect. Officers knew there could be for thei
Call that a vehicle was on fire at 1645 folsom street and indicated they did not indicate if anyone was in the car or not. Sgt espinoza was the first unit on the scene. He arrived on the scene, did a quick survey and then notified dispatch of what was going on. While surveying the scene, he realized an individual was trapped in the drivers seat in the car was engulfed in flames. Fully knowing the danger that was in front of him, he did not hesitate. He immediately ran to the car and began to attempt to remove the individual from the burning vehicle. Once he reached the vehicle, he realized the person was unconscious and still strapped in his car. At this point the flames began to blow over the windshield. The Fire Department was still not on scene. Even though the heat was intense and possibility of the gas tank could explode at any time, Sergeant Espinoza did not retreat. At this time, officer ha and solorzana arrived on scene. They were amazed at what they saw. They saw him trying to
Solomon, ryan, lieu and reyes. Good evening. As Commanding Officer of park station i was looking forward to sharing with you the Outstanding Office actions of these officer. However, i will stand down for officer solomon. I would be remiss if i did not mention and acknowledge that this is the last medal of valor Award Ceremony that mark will attend as an active member of the standards as the Police Department. Mark is retiring next friday after a 32year career. At present mark solomon. [applause] please, it is not about me. It is about them. Thank you. Thank you. It is my distinct honor to stand before you and speak on behalf of these fine officers, Sergeant Scott ryan, a albertalbert lieu and reyes. Tuesday, june 7, 2011, the fbi contacted the San Francisco Police Department robbery Abatement Team providing them with specific information about two incidents that occurred in irvine, california. An armed white male suspects driving a gray bmw had committed to armed bank robberies. The s