DOZENS OF OFFICERS PRAISED FIVE GET MEDALS OF VALOR, CITY'S TOP HONOR.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - The Police Department honored more than 300 police personnel at an appreciation luncheon Thursday, recognizing them for heroic acts during a sniper See sniping software. shooting and the slaying of a Burbank Police officer. Five Glendale Police officers received the Medal of Valor For other medals of the same name, see . The Medal of Valor (O't Ha'gvora, Hebrew: עיטור הגבורה) is the highest Israeli Military decoration. - the department's highest honor - for heroic action taken last May 29, when a sniper began firing from his Paula Avenue apartment at motorists on the nearby Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. . Investigator Keith Sobeleski, Agents Mark Stocks and Pat Richardson, Sgt. Tom Kuh and Officer Jason Laase were recognized for their ``acts of extraordinary bravery, far and above the call of duty, which placed their lives at great risk in order to save others.'' ``It's a team effort, but these officers were either pinned down or taking immediate, heavy fire,'' said Lt. Donald Meredith, chairman of the Glendale Citizens for Law and Order, the committee that hosted the event. Officers Scott Byrne Scott Byrne (June 3 1961 - July 3 2005) was an American drummer in the rock duo Instant Death, which was formed in 1991. Along with Jack Petruzzelli, he was a member of the band The Works before Byrne and Dave Dreiwitz formed Instant Death. and Toby Darby and Agent Art Frank received the Gold Medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize of Heroism Heroism See also Bravery. Achilles Greek hero without whom Troy could not have been taken. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Aeneas Trojan hero; legendary founder of Roman race. [Rom. Lit. also for heroic action during the sniper shooting - the largest gunbattle in the Police Department's history, with more than 650 rounds shot at officers and civilians. An additional 163 officers and personnel were also recognized for their assistance in helping to bring to an end the sniper incident. The department also recognized 154 officers for assisting the Burbank Police Department The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California. Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell. after rookie Matthew Pavelka was gunned down Nov. 15. The committee decided to give ``campaign ribbons'' for the first time to the hundreds of officers involved in both the Paula shooting and the Burbank incident. ``Because these two events were so significant and required such personal sacrifice on behalf of everybody ... we decided to utilize the military philosophy of rewarding them for their dedicated efforts while either directly or indirectly under fire,'' Meredith said. Investigator Darrell McEntarffer was named Officer of the Year; Jennifer Diaz, Civilian of the Year; Officer William Torley, Reserve Officer of the Year; and Peter Haley, Volunteer of the Year. Unrelated to the two major incidents, 10 officers were recognized for excellent work, including arresting bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. suspects and recovering $91,000, and rescuing a woman trapped under a car. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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