good evening on march 5th 2013 officers edward and thomas lee and more and more were assigned to the bay area team member finds housing hamil team are responsible for the residents who resides in the housing authority in the bayview police district in souksz p.m. they were on the block of the third street this area is claimed by the no tars gang office actually son what the driver of the vehicle and meier the right rear argue that and others officers as the officers drove west they

observed a silver sedan parked on the street and recognized the vehicle matched the make and model of a vehicle stolen the previous evening quote/unquote hijacked by a gunman by a man held at gun point the victim handed over the keys it was thought to be the work of the shotgun abandon indicts officers performed a u-turn to investigate the car as he did so a suspect failed to stop officer actually son activated his vehicles with the sirens and the suspected supreme courts continued to flee he broadcasted meaning an officer has an emergency and calmly relied they

were attempting to stop a hijacked vehicle the subject with no regard for others failed to stop at the stop signs officer actually son was undeferred and pursued the vehicle while the officers updated his location the subjects turned into george court the driver with likely band the vehicle but the driver had another plan he disruptly stopped his vehicle forcing the officers in a collision he rammed the right door the patrol car undeferred officer lee xitsd the vehicle to take a tactical position and ordered the spublthd out of the the vehicle he placed it's vehicle in

reserve and malicious officer lee rolled off the suspect vehicle suspect driver struck a second patrol car and accelerated forward having lost sight of the partner and fearing the suspect vehicle was about to run over him the two officers discharged their firearms to stop serious injury or death to officer lee the suspect was taken into custody by the four officers the investors searched the vehicle and got a shotgun it was linked to a robbery the previous evening for their extraordinary braver in the face of extreme braver those four officers are

awarded the medal of valor congratulati

congratulations (clapping) thank you. can i have captain simon silverman commanding of the richards station captain silverman will read the citation for officer actually son. >> on the night of february 3rd officer patrick was returningto >> on the night of february 3rd officer patrick was returning to a station after working a long shift after working a baseball

crowd he came upon a home in flames he met two frantic women that said a 69-year-old man was inside thick blooil smoke was coming out of the house the officer released he needed to act quickly he had no breath apparatus once inside i encountered smoke so dense to follow the wall while calling out the man's name i went outside to clear hits lungs he tried to get the women to tell him where the man was to focus but in their his material state they see repeated he was inside the house officers brady shoitdz

for the man and pressed on through the smoke and glance to lock the man who was subconscious and not able to walk he pulled him to safety there by saving his life officer brady and others pd officers evacuated the home the fire was stred e spreading thaksz to the effort of officer brady and his follow offers no another injuries he noticed the officers if look himself quite understandable given the heat and smoke he battled, however, officer brady insisted on completing his paperwork patrick is a key officer on

richard i had the honor of working with him everyday this was typical of his dedication to duty and preservation if not nor officer bradyi didn't see resolute courageous the citizen would have perished and others maybe his heroic action on february 23rd, 2014, he awarded the brouj medal of val

valor. (clapping.) (laughter) (clapping). >> thank you. can i have captain james miller the captain officer of the major crimes division (clapping) and may i have officer dwauth and sergeant matt mason.

(clapping.) >> good evening this is for officer ryan arthur dong at 1022 on july 30th, 2013, officer dwraukt was assigned to the reduction team it is a streetcar units for the parts of san francisco on this day app at 10:00 p.m. officer drauth received a tip that a member with a gun was in the tenderloin streets as the brt officers drove they received on update within a block of the intersection the tip was conformed and gunshots coming from the intersection at this point officer dwauth and the reduction team officers 0 one take cover and wait for the shooting to stop or two drive in

the middle of a shooting incident and stop it so they choose two they choose the opposite to put their lives in danger to protect the public i'm sure you're aware of officers train for all shooters all the time but when it's real it takes encourage to act out the training so seconds over the gunshots the officers reached the intersection and saw are more than one shooter and they've drooiveng into a gun battle officer draukt was seat in the fronted passenger seat he saw shooter one and officer dwauth saw shooter one firing into a group of people as the mr. star came a screeching halt officer dwauth knew he had to

draw his gun and fired at suspect one at this time none of the officers knew the victims were shot and nevertheless, the action of officer dwauth broke up a gunfight shooter one realize he was out manned and ran east open ferry overlook street the was not over the officers needs to catch the suspect they put public safety first and they chased suspect one as they chased him down ferry rally street within a block the shooter throwing threw his gun to the gun ground as back up units arrived they find

two gunshot victims from shooter one and one the critically wounded suspect was booked for the murder of 20/20 victims because officer dwaut showed great encourage and put his life on the line he's awarded the bronze medal of valor.

>> (clapping) sergeant matt mason for the bronze metal in the month of february a series of 8 robbers with a group of spublts robbed and threatened victims demanding phones and wallets a black cadillac was seen in the area it was assigned to a major crimes unit and criminal investigations unit the next week they followed one information from a similar black cadillac was parked in an open area sergeant mason conducted savors of black cadillac on november 4th, 2013,

while montana it they identified officer mason it was the area the previous robberies sergeant mason was not on duty while the other c i u were returning to the cars the sergeant got in his car as sergeant a mason arrived saw the cadillac sergeant mason began it's surveillance and quickly located the spuktsd in the cadillac suspect number one standing on the sidewalk in front of another person suspect nng right arm was expended and pointed to the head of the victim she looked extremely frighten from emphasis advantage point couldn't see if it was a

gun but from the previous robberies and his training he quickly decided the standpoint was pointing out to a head he knew the victim was in danger and the robber was not satisfied so putting his own life in dangerous sergeant mason approached the armed suspect and attempted to divert the attention away from the female he yelled and suspect the suspect ran south on fulsome street he didn't see the silver gun in the supreme courts hand the suspect ran several blocks and sergeant mason lost sight

but watch side block and watched the suspect and the chase was on again suspect one ran onto the street but on that block mason noticed the cadillac sergeant mason now had a second threat to deal with as back up units arrived sergeant mason directed the officers to lock down the block and search for the suspect suspect number one was hiding under a car and taken into custody saeth mason went and found the silver gun and sergeant mason had both suspect in custody the victim told him

suspect one pointed out the gun at his face and demanded money she pulled back antes and the victim tried to yell for help the suspect number one put his hand over here mouth she thought she was going to be killed the robber was a change of course and sergeant mason's expertise in and his courageous do a tack on a armed robbery prevented this because of the actions of sergeant mason he's awarded the bronze medal of valor also

(clapping.) so doing the duty twice i'd like to call captain robert o'sullivan thank you, captain again. >> captain o'sullivan will read the citations for the two

officers (clapping.) april 17, 2013, officer airbnb and tommy fong at 9:45 p.m. the officers were detached to a call of a stacey on the block dpaefr informed the officers the man recorded he stabbed a first name member with a machete that a male was heard in the back of the call please help i'm bleeding upon arrived they existed their mr. pacheco and approached the residence and observed a man leaving the residence bleeding he was the stabbing victim and requested

medical assistance the officer returned aid and a suspect charged with a knife above his head the officer warned his partner of the imminent staring and forced with the treat officer co-widow e wig discharged his firearm the blade was 17 inches long officer cow wig is awarded the bronze medal of valor

(clapping) on august 24th, 2012, officer these were assigned to the bayview task force at approximately 6:30 p.m. the above officers were dressed in full uniforms and respond to a call with a man with a gun this area is part of the zoo gang territory and shots are common making this area particularly dangerous upon arrival arrival in the area the officers were saw a suspect matching the description walking and an attempt to investigate

the incident officers williams and norman exited the vehicle immediately, the suspect began to flee on foot between the building officer williams and norman gave chase with the danger of pursuing it they broadcast they were in pursuit allowing officers to visit officer williams and norman chased the suspect up increment stairs eventually to missouri street throughout the pursuit officers shouted stop police upon reaching the top of the stair officer turned the corner when we turned the corner with his firearm drawn he saw the suspect began to turn around and

doing so officer william saw a firearm and pointed at him officer williams recognized that his life and the life of his partner and friend john norman was in immediate dangerous officer williams discharged his weapon his extraordinary effort and bravery officer williams is awarded the medal of valor.

(clapping.) thank you. please call deputy chief chairing will i under the special operations police chief will read the citation for officer cunningham and late us and sam (clapping). >> good evening on tuesday, june 11, 2013, as 4:56 p.m.

sergeant cunningham and gregory late us and david sanchez were working on a plain clothing robbery where they received information from death penalty a woman with a knife has assaulted two other women dispatch advised them they awarded the coach line and head downtown sector cunningham and his team of plain clothing located the bus at 14th and mission the suspect ways observed with a knife in her hand and this information as relied to officer cunningham the spublth u suspect was stacey the mirror of the muni bus and the officers had to respond

sergeant cunningham thinking of others put himself in harm's way by putting himself in the path and identifying himself a officer the victim slashed anothers sergeant thank you for the opportunity u cunningham's chest barely missing the chest attempting that the subtract was trying to cut officer cunningham and protecting the people in the area they put themselves by encycling the subtract to block her from the public officer late us ways stabbed in the hand and the other officer even though those officers could have used force they knew the subtract

what endangerous the public 33 those officers refused to retreat even though two of them were stabbed and sergeant was cut in the chest they knew that was their job to protect the public with the encourage of officer cunningham and late us and sands the scombukt was handcuffed and in custody the officers received the help and the subtract was booked on 9 felony charges the 3 officers will receive the metal of broumg

for their heroic actions (clapping) thank you. i'll call captain daniel the commanding officer of the mission station to the

podium please (clapping.) captain prayer will read the citations for the officers (clapping). >> good evening on sunday april 7, 2013, at approximately 2:00 a.m. two concerned citizens approach appendicitis officer in the parking lot of the station they told officer berry natural they saw 8 to 10 anyone amino in a alteration they also told the officer they saw one of the indoctrinates pop back the slide of a semiautomatic they broadcte