Good evening, everyone, welcome to the medal of valor ceremony. I ask you that remain standing by the San Francisco color guard and the singing of the National Anthem by officer kyle church. O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave thank you, and please be seated. Thank you for attending tonights medal of valor ceremony. Im essentialisergeant rachael. Im pleased to recognize those on page and acknowledge those who helped make this medal of valor ceremony possible. Sorry. First thank you to the San FranciscoScottish Rite Masonic Center for their continued generosity in allowing us the continued use of their facility. Next id like to thank the members who are instrumental in organizing this ceremony. Miss reesa thom, sergeant ray padmore and officer jones. Thank you to officer church for singing the National Anthem. And thank you to the sfpd color guard. They all deserve a round of applause. [applause] now id like to introduce your San FranciscoPolice Commission, Commission PresidentJulius Thurman, commissioner joe marshall, commissioner dejesus. Commissi commissioner sonia malers, commissioner robert hirsch. Two commissioners couldnt be here tonight buzz send their congratulations to all of the honorees. Now ill introduce your command staff starting with chief of Police William scott, scott from the chief of staff bureau, hector signas. From the airport bureau, Deputy Denise schmidt. From the Field Operations burro, deputy chief michael redmond. Deputy chief robert mosier. And from the professional standards and principle policing Bureau Deputy chief michael connelly. Now for your commanders from the Field Operations bureau, golden gate division, commander ann manic. From the administration bureau, commander rob osullivan. From the Field Operations bureau, investigates Division Commander greg mcgreckr, Community Engagement division, chander david. From the Field Operations bureau, metro division, canneder daniel parea from the chief of staff bureau pete walsh. From commander gregory ye and from the special Operations BureauTraffic Enforcement commander theresa ewing. Were here tonight to honor a select group of officers from the Police Department to engage in exceptional act of bravery and displayed courage that far exceeded what was required of them. Their Commanding Officers will describe the extraordinary and selfless acts these officers took that will explain why theyre being honored here tonight. Before we hear about their acts of valor, Julius Thurman would like to say a few words. The members of the San FranciscoPolice Department, to the command staff, the captains and all the personnel. I want to start by first saying thank you. Thank you for the support. Thank you for the resources. Thank you for the strength that you alone to these men, these women, these people who will receive our honors tonight. Thank you. Second, i want to say as Commission President , im proud to be a san franciscan. I live in San Francisco. I worked in San Francisco. I exist, i worship, i pray in San Francisco. And each day, there are dangers and threats around this city and around this world. But each day, i rest just a bit more safer. Each night i rest just a little bit more restful, and each day, i feel secure, and i owe that in large measure to the men and women and people of the San FranciscoPolice Department. And the extra measure that we offer today is to those who have gone just above and beyond. It is on behalf of the San FranciscoPolice Commission that i stand here as its president grateful for everything you do each and every day. Are the men and women tonight we honor heroes . Certainly. So is every other member of this department. Every other member of this department. So if you have made an error, a mistake, or had an issue with your career, you are still worthy to be called a member of this department and still worthy in the eyes of the San FranciscoPolice Commission. It has been my honor it serve. As my days as Commission President and as a member of this commission draw to a close, i want to say to all of you the families who have supported their members in this department, thank you. Thank you for keeping that strong will, that guiding hand, that loving heart to allow these men, these women, these people, to do their jobs. Thank you for giving the trust in this department to do what it must do and to cheer it on as it takes the powerful steps of reform and meeting the challenge of 21st century policing. Im sad to say that before i came to the commission, i didnt know one Police Officer. And now im blessed to walk down the streets or into a Grocery Store or just to sit on my stoop and have officers step by and say hello. Im able to recognize and shake their hands for all the good work they do. As san franciscans, i hope everyone gets to enjoy that privilege. Thank you for everything you do. Thank you to the entire department. I celebrate those who we honor tonight. Thank you. [applause] thank you, president thurman. Now well hear from chief william scott. Good evening. To commissioner president thurman, marshall, hearst, de jesus, to the command staff of the San FranciscoPolice Department, to the captains, to the awardees and their families and all the members of the San FranciscoPolice Department, id like to say good evening and thank you for being here. Valor is defined as great courage in the face of danger. Tonight, youll hear the stories of 18 members of the San FranciscoPolice Department who exemplify valor in every sense of that definition. Although the brave men and women of our department go about their jobs every day with no expectation of recognition, there are times that our officers, because of their commitment to Public Safety face dangerous situations that go well beyond the normal call of duty. Many of which were here tonight. They call for honors of our highest regard. These situations are splitsecond situations that if the officer hesitates or makes a bad decision, the officer or the public can suffer Great Bodily Injury or even death. If that might on fight or flight syndrome we all learned about in the second when training. We were told just revert to your training. Have courage and honor, and everything will be all right. Our 18 medal of valor recipients tonight, they followed their training. They acted with courage, and they acted with honor. And im humbled to stand here to award them the medal of valor award tonight, because they exemplify what the San FranciscoPolice Department is all about. Committed to training, committed to courage, and committed to honor. Thank you for all you do. And thank you for exemplifying what the finest Police Department in this country is all about. Im proud to be a part of it. Thank you. [applause] thank you, chief scott. And now the Commanding Officers will read the citations for each of the officers. First we have captain carl fradbury, Commanding Officer tenderloin station and officer ying. On april 16, at approximately 8 42 a. M. , officers ying, star number 1117. Harper, number 1205. Responded to a possible hot prowl burgary. When they arrived at the location, they were unable to gain access. Officer harper went to the back of building and officer lowe secured the front of the building. And officer ying was able to gain entry through an open above access door and started to systematically search the building from the top down. Officers harper and lowe gained access to the building as an unknown victim ran outside and yelled that the suspect was inside with the gun. Officer ying heard noises from below and went to investigate this is when officer ying and came facetoface with the suspect and had a gun and pointed it at officer ying. He quickly moved to cover and notified dispatch of his location and chased the suspect. Officer lowe and harper started to move towards officer yings location. Officer ying chased the respect out of the building on to west pacific avenue. Officer santana joined in the foot chase and chased the suspect into 1380 pacific street. The suspect ran to the rooftop and started to jump from roof to roof with officer ying and santana not far behind. Several other officers responded and started to secure the perimeter. Officer santana, keeping visual contact with the suspect, saw him drop the gun as he jumped and climbed on to another officer. On to another roof. Officer santana told officer ying that the help dropped the gun and was on another roof. Officer ying climbed on to another roof to see the officer the suspect jump from the roof. He attempt to jump into a tree. He fell on to a parked car and then on to the sidewalk. The suspect was taken into custody without further incident. Officer ying exhibited duty above and beyond. He unquestionably risked his life while pursuing the suspect and had time to evaluate the risks. These officers were working as a team accomplished their objective to apprehend an armed, dangerous burglary suspect who posed a clear danger to the citizens of San Francisco. Due to their valiant officers, theres one less dangerous criminal on the streets of San Francisco. Based on his actions, officer anthony ying has been awarded the bronze medal of valor. [applause] next captain alexa obrien, Commanding Officer richmond station and officers lee and ing. Good evening. I have the honor and privilege to be part of officer warren ing and officer gordon lee receiving the bronze medal of valor tonight. Let me explain to you why were here today and why theyre receiving such an honor. Officer ing and other than assigned to the richmond station on april 7, 2017. It was a rainy night, but the wind were Strong Enough that they caught the smell of fire. They looked around and saw smoke in the area of gary boulevard and 23rd avenue. As they drove toward the smoke, they saw several residents outside of 451 23rd avenue and noticed flames and smoke coming from the third floor of that roof and immediately notified dispatch to get the San FranciscoFire Department to respond. Faced with uncertainty, if there was anyone else in the home, they immediately without hesitation and full knowledge of the dangers that awaited them inside the burning building, they entered the home and began to tell the residents of the fire of the burning home that there was fire and escorted them to safety. As they checked each floor of the home, the smoke became increasingly thicker. Officer ing and lee noticed there was a detached back residents and saw several people in the process offette evacuating. They saw two more people in the dematched building and one was a male with limited mobility whose primarily language was cantonese. They were evacuating the residents to safety when the fire was then declared a 3alarm fire. As they approached the tradesmans entrance where they were going to escape to safety, they noticed it was obstructed by molten tar and flaming embers which was fully engusted in flames. Officer lee asked one of the resident if there was another residents would be through the building which was already on her fire. Officer ing decided to climbed the adjacent fence. He got a ladder, propped it up against the adjacent fence and then officer lee spoke cantonese to the male that they had to evacuate now. They were able to safely evacuate those two males to save. As you can tell from this incident, they both acted without any hesitation to protect life. This clearly demonstrates the officers bravery. Their actions actually saved lives. Thats why were here tonight to honor these two officers and acknowledge their bravery and also say thank you to your dedication and heroism. Theyre receiving the bronze medal of valor. [applause] [applause] next captain john j moreno, and officers mcbride, palarico and zerga. Our incident starts on may 5, 2016. Theres a suspect wanted for two violent incidents. In the first one, he accosted a transgendered female in the common area of a bathroom of a hotel and dragged her into her room and robbed her at gunpoint. The same respect returned to the same hotel. His brother happened to live there, got into an argument with his brother and then shot his brothers dog. Officer mcbride here was very familiar with the suspect, knew that he often carried a handgun, that he often fought the police, and before he had been involved in a Critical Incident as a barricaded suspect. On the 25th, these three officers teamed up to go look for our suspect and patrolled the area where is the suspect normally hung out and saw a car speeding through the neighborhood. Saw an individual get out of the car. They came up with a plan, where two officers got out of the car and chase them on foot while officer mcbride cut off a vital escape route. They chased the suspect through the fillmore mall which is full of people and chased the suspect into an ice cream chop. It was may and hot. This ice cream shop was full of adults and children. They saw the suspect crouch down behind a cabinet. They knew they could have another hostage situation going on or another barricaded. They entered the ice cream shop. Our suspect is athletic, 6 feet tall. And decided to charge at the officers. Now all three officers were there. He tried to run through them. They tackled the suspect. The fight was on. A pretty good fight. Every time the officers grabbed the suspects hands and put them behind his back to handcuff them, he would slip away and reach for his waistband and kept going for the waistband repeatedly. One time he did get to his waistband, he pulled out a loaded handgun. Let me re3450i7bd you this is an ice cream shop full of people. These officers continued to wrestle with him and at some point were able to rip it out of his hand and watched it slide under a cabinet where it was semisafe. They were able to take him into custody. Good evening, everyone, welcome to the medal of valor ceremony. I ask you that remain standing by the San Francisco color guard and the singing of the National Anthem by officer kyle church. O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights [applause] [applause] next captain steve ford Commanding Officer bayview station and Sergeant Davis and cavanaugh and fatino. On june 24, 2016, a violent incident occurred in the bayview district. On this date and time, a 32yearold male with a history of Mental Illness board aid muni bus. The suspect passenger requested of the bus driver to take him to a particular location, outside his normal route which the bus driver declined to do. The passenger became irate and brandi brandished a firearm. The bus driver continued on his route a short distance fully stopping where the suspect and other passengers exited the bus. As the bus driver sped away, the suspect fired several rounds in the area. Eventually officers arrived on scene where they triangulated around the officer. As officers gave chase, sergeant ca cavanau cavanaugh held on to the shoulder straps that caused the suspects firearm to fall on to the ground. Sergeant davis, officer baca and fatino were closing in on foot. Officer propelled himself through the air tackling himself to the ground. After a brief and violent fight, the suspect was taken into custody and a loaded firearm was recovered. Its for these acts of dedication and service i present sergeant khavanov, officer davis, officer bac achlt and officer fatina the bronze medal of honor. Congratulations. Its well deserved. [applause] next captain greg mceccern Investigations Division and sergeant batchelder, griffin. What did i say . We were classmates. Sorry about that. Theres always one messup. Right, chief . Commander greg mceccerns. Sergeants batchelder, griffin, mcguire, mason, and officer daw dawes. [applause] good evening. Id like to introduce the members of the I