valor, and it's so complicated that i will read from the original presentation. wednesday, may 9, 200012, two police detectives responded to 861 post street san francisco, they were in search of homicide suspect, dennis hughes, wanted for the murder of his mother that happened days prior. they met with hughes's girlfriend at the front door and said he was inside, and they called for teams to assist. officers roberta, hines and laprit responded to the scene. responding back to apartment 12. officer roberta was the first to enter the apartment with the

remaining officers behind him. as they entered, they identified themselves as officers and advised hughes they wanted to talk to him. officer roberta took a few steps to his left in the hallway and heard the sound of gunfire coming from inside of the apartment. he identified that hughes was firing at them out of view. and they took up positions of concealment on both sides of the front door. a call for additional officers were made and the officers before you responded to assist the officers on scene. officers hines and huey were relieved of their positions and went across to the apartment of the rear side that hughes resided. setting up assault rifles, and

officer huey continued to broadcast clear and concise and calm. a short time after the initial response of additional officers, hughes released a chemical in the hallways. having been shot at, the officers on scene are having difficulty breathing. as they continued unfazed to keep the suspect lock downed. and planned for an eventual encounter with the suspect. at some point of his volleys of gunshot, hughes had thick, black smoke filling the apartment and making it difficult for the officers to see and breathe. but they held their position. hughes crawled around in the walls and ceiling for those who

would try to approach. no way to fight of fire that hughes started. it was rapidly filling with smoke and concern of the fire spreading to adjacent buildings. the fire department could not get on neighboring roof tops. and as a result the adjacent buildings were undertaken and it appeared that the fire would spread. due to the circumstance and the casualty of the event an order was presented to aim and fire at a known target. and likely because of the smoke, hughes went on a unit and in view of hines and huey. unable to get a shot off, officers maintain position. they knew that through their

training and experience that the chances of hughes to come back to the same window were good. and officer hines waited for another opportunity. and moments later hughes again stuck his head out the window. officer huey knew if he didn't end his life that others would be in jeopardy. he fired one shot hitting hughes in the front of the head. it was pronounced that a shot was delivered and the suspect was down. the teams went to the apartment though the smoke and heat made the task extremely difficult. they extinguished some small fires but as they penetrated through the apartment the worse it became.

and on an interior door heavy smoke came rushing out. unable to complete their mission due to the fire and smoke, officers responded to the first floor with breathing aptratus and then determined that hughes was neutralize and no longer a threat. and the fire department was able to extinguish all remaining fires. this suspect led the officers to face grave danger for over an hour. these officers endured everything that dennis hughes forced their way. and the fact that these officers refused to be deterred to restrain this violent individual

shows their exceptional duty. officer hines for his patience, and because of their acts on that evening all officers are awarded medals of valor. [applause] >> thank you. just run up here and i will give it to you -- no, i will call four or five of you at a time. please can i have officer marvin kaptino. officer rex kulenan. officer luis dejesus. officer jay dollkey.

and officer douglas farmer. [applause] officer aaron fultz. officer david goff. officer patrick griffin. officer steve hampton. [applause]

may i have sergeant victor huey. sergeant marty lalord. officer nathan magnal. sergeant andrew mahan. and my academy mate, captain michael moran. may i please have officer brendan o'connor. sergeant matthew o'leary. officer mike palata.

and officer adrian pane. may i have now officer jason robertson. sergeant sean ryan. sergeant kelvin sanders. sergeant jason sawyer. [applause]

can i have officer pete sable. officer thomas smith. officer michael wolf. officer ronald laberto. >> mike wolf decided to be with his wife, having a baby and missed our ceremony. see if he ever gets anything again. >> and the silver medal awarded for the first officer on that night sergeant roberto. and although captain told the story as well could be told. i was there that night. and the story pales by

comparison if you saw what these officers encountered. and the fact of the smoke and the rounds going through floors and ceiling and fire and all the buildings attached. i can assure that the shot taken that night by officer hines saved lives as well as all of these officers. [applause] and one person that is not mentioned in the report is captain jason turnis, i don't know if he's here. but he's the captain on scene that had the courage and experience to call for the green lights. and green lights are less common than gold medals. because it takes that much thought and puts the commanding officer out there. and for jason to make that call merits appreciation as well. [applause] thank you, and one round of

applause for the recipients please. [applause] our next recipient is officer constantine saros and pat griffin, and read by officer moser. >> one more closing note and the he is here, lieutenant glenn marr that led tactical company that night and for whatever reason it's all about his guys. great job, glenn. [applause]

>> at approximately 0730 hours on saturday, april 22, 2006, officers john constantine zachos and sergeant griffin, along with other officers responded on a report of a shooting in process that may have been related to domestic violence. headquarters advised that the neighbors could still hear loud noises coming from the unit. upon arrival the officers observed a three-story security gate, and officers led up the stairs. and upon reaching the unit, the officers noticed that the door was open and the suspect stuck his head out. the officers were on the stairway and with reported

shooti shooting, they ordered him to come out and no response and officer opened the door with a semi gunpointing. raising the gun and pointing to officers zachos and fired at suspect and the suspect retreated into another room. calling repeatedly for the suspect to drop his weapon, officer griffin covered position to cover officer zachos as he changed his magazine. and officer griffin fired at suspect once. with officer zachos reloaded and ordering him to surrender, the suspect came out with hands up. officer zachos and griffin reported on a shooting, and knowing fully the dangers

involved and went in to fire and at the officers that responded to the scene. as officer zachos changed magazine and officer griffin covered and only as officer zachos reloaded did the suspect surrender. both officers displayed outstanding bravery and for their actions they are awarded the silver medal of valor. [applause]

>> officers griffin and constantine zachos. [applause] thank you now.

now can i have captain mike redmond and officer simmons. captain redmond will read the citation. >> good evening, it's my honor to speak to you in regards to the arrest in which mike simmons receive this silver medal of valor tonight. on tuesday, february 1, 2011, at 3 p.m., officer simmons was working an assignment at the bank of america at 1525 market street. mike was there to work a security assignment at the bank. as well as monitor a protest that was going on outside. where there was over 50

participants in the protest. a career criminal by the name of joseph hike, chose this day to commit a robbery. mr. hike has been arrested 21 sometime -- 21 times in the city of san francisco. mr. hike produced a handgun to a teller face and ordered her to put all the money in the paper bag as he held a gun to her face. officer simmons was inside the bank at which time he observed there was a robbery in process inside of the bank. officer simmons immediately notified communications and called for back-up.

knowing that he was inside of the bank, officer simmons turned off his radio not to alert the suspect and knowing that dispatch acknowledged that he needed emergency assistance. officer simmons then developed a plan on how he would get closer to the suspect who was committing the robbery. officer simmons took up several different positions of concealment as he crept closer and closer to the bank robbery suspect. while doing this, mr. hike still had the gun out and pointing it at the teller's face. officer simmons noticed that hike start to shake erratically with the gun in his hand. and was concerned of his safety and the safety of the approximately 50 people in the bank. officer simmons drew his firearm

but reholsterred because he was in fear of hurting someone in the bank or creating a hostage situation. after holsterring his firearm he got as close to the suspect to take action. he observed mr. hike turn his focus to the money being placed in the bag. at that point officer simmons knowing that he couldn't wait for back-up and not wanting to make the situation worse pounced on mr. hike very quickly. with total disregard for his own safety, he engaged in a violent struggle with an armed suspect. until he was finally taken in custody and the gun went sliding across the bank. officer simmons displayed

outstanding bravery in the face of danger and finally his back-up arrived. his quick actions foiled a robbery that could result in the loss of his life and those inside and out of the bank. being alone did not deter officer simmons of his duty to protect the public. he did so with his own risk of personal safety and his actions displayed courage. ladies and gentlemen, officer simmons is awarded the silver medal of valor. [applause]

>> officer michael simmons. [applause] captain mcfadden, please. and may i have sergeant dominco defida.

>> on october 25, 2012, at approximately 1:30 in the morning. sergeant domenico was working as an investigator with the major crimes investigation unit. while conducting a robbery investigation, sergeant noticed a gray buick pass by him. he again noticed the vehicle as he surveilled areas around for possible robberies. as he drove the area, sergeant noticed that the same buick was traveling behind him and following closely. sergeant made several attempts to elude the vehicle behind him. though it continued to follow closely as he made multiple

turns. and sergeant decided to make a u-turn to see if the vehicle would follow him and it followed closely behind. at silver avenue, the vehicle pulled up to sergeant's vehicle and fired shots and tristrikinge vehicle as he duck for cover. the suspects sped away north on bay shore towards industrial way. without hesitation or due regard for his own safety, sergeant pursued the armed suspects. he immediately notified dispatch and continued to pursue the vehicle northbound on the 101 freeway. the vehicle exited at caesar chavez and patrillo with the

sergeant close behind as he gave out vehicle descriptions. the occupants fired at sergeant several more time as he followed undeterred in his actions to apprehend them. the suspect vehicle stopped on the 2500 block of bryant street. where the occupants jumped out and fled towards 23rd. sergeant exited his vehicle and took the driver of the suspect vehicle in custody by himself while he radioed the location of the other two fleeing suspects. sergeant continued for corresponding units for the apprehension of other two. he later observed two bullet holes in his vehicle that led to the apprehension of the other two suspects and two firearms.

sergeant desenza continued apprehension of two criminals and his quick actions led to the arrest of the three suspects that otherwise will be a constant threat to the citizens of san francisco, i think that the best compliment you could give to victor is that you have family members in risk, you want him to follow up. sergeant dasenza is awarded the silver medal of valor. [applause]

>> sergeant dacenza. his award was the last one for the evening and the chief will give closing comments and after that i will make an announcement. >> so we are almost home, you can tell from the tales you heard, that the phrase that comes from mind from that same

"three musketeers" movie is magnificent valor. [applause] so they have made the mistake of allowing us into this beautiful hall. so we should keep control of it as long as we can. please, family, friends, everyone, let's celebrate these people that give no greater credence to the phrase, sf's finest than those accounts you heard. we will mill around and take pictures. i would ask that the group that received awards are since we didn't have room, if you would stay in your seats or the front row, we can get a picture of everyone, that would be a great keep sake before adjourning to the place for refreshments. with that, i will give it back to sergeant monroe, and thank

you mayor and the commissioners and the captains, and for reading those, though captain mcfadden you cannot wound a car -- i will straighten that out with them later. again thank you again for coming. >> so can we please rise for the retrieval of the colors, please.