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SAN FRANCISCO POLICEMAN - Page 14 February 1981MEDALThe Awards Committee met in Room 551, Hall ofJustice, on Friday, 21 November 1980, at 0930 hours, inregular session.Silver MedalSERGEANT TIMOTHY J. .HETJ3RICH, ASSISTANTINSPECTOR HENRY C. HUNTER, POLICE OF -FICERS CHARLES J. KEOHANE, JEREMIAH W.MORGAN, ROBERT J. PUTS, EDWARD L.tST. AN-DRE AND STEVEN R. SILVERSFor services rendered on Thursday, August 14, 1980,at 7:50 a.m., when they responded to the unit block ofManchester Street and were advised that there was abarricaded suspect inside of 78 Manchester Street whowas firing sporadically at the police and randomlyabout the vicinity. After several hours of negotiations inan attempt to get the suspect to surrender, the oficersentered the building under the suspects heavy gunfire.When the suspect was located, the oficers still attemptedto talk him into giving up his weapons and surrenderingbut he unleased another volley of gunfire,leaving the officers no recourse but to return the fire,fatally wounding the suspect.SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING POLICE OFFICERSALAN F. HOM AND HARVEY IOSUAFor services rendered on Sunday, September 14,1980, when at approximately 2:44 p.m., while respondingto an assignment at 1120 Columbus Avenue, theywere informed by a plainclothes officer to "get theVan" The Van was a silver and multi blue colored vehiclecontaining three suspects who had just robbed, atgun point, the assistant manager . of Tower Rocords of$21,776. A lengthy hot chase began through the Central,Northern, the Presidio and finally into the RichmondDistrict. During the course of the pursuit thesuspects fired numerous rounds from a shotgun and arifle at the officers. The suspects' van struck a debrisbox at Pacific and Laurel Streets and the three fled ontoot. They were subsequently captured in the backyards -of homes located in the 3500 block of Pacific Street andthe entire amount of money taken in the robbery wasrecovered.Note: Police Officers Steven L. Hutzler andJames T. Deely received Bronze Medals of Valor fortheir efforts in this incident.Bronze MedalPOLICE OFFICERS JOHN S. COLLA, HENRYPARRA, JR., DAVID R. AMBROSE ANDMICHAEL K. GARNERFor services rendered on Tuesday, August 12, 1980,at 12:57 a.m., when they were advised by a hystericalcitizen who lived at 1411 Stockton Street, that a man atthat address had fired a shotgun through his door andinto his room.. The oficers responded to 1411 StocktonStreet, the Holland Hotel, and lcoated the suspect inRoom 124. The officers,'noting that the suspect had indeedfired numerous shots through the walls and door,identified themselves and ordered the suspect to openthe door. The suspect did not answer them but fired ashot from the shotgun that sounded as though it wasright next to the door. The door then slightly openedand the officers quickly rushed inside. They wrestledthe suspect to the floor and took him into custody.There were approximately 12 to 15 shotgun holes in theapartment walls.POLICE OFFICER WALTER K. KLIEGELFor services rendered on Wednesday, Jauly 30, 1980,at 3:35 p.m., when he and other officers responded to acommunications broadcast of a possible insane personat 405 Valencia Street and observed a man preparing tojump from a 3rd floor window. Officer Kliegel,responded to the subject's room and tried to urge himto come down from his perch. While talking to the subjectand edging closer and closer, he noticed that thesubject had greased down the upper portion of his bodyto make it difficult for anyone attempting to grab himand pull him from the window. Hoever, as the officerdrew near, the subject tumbled backwards out of thewindow and at this time the officer managed to grab hisankles. With the assistance of other responding officerhe was able to pull the subject to safety.NOTE:Sergeant Willis G. Garriott, Police Officers Patria L.Correa, Francisco Mendez, James E. Balovich andKelvin R. Lai, received Police Comthission Commendationsfor their efforts in saving this person's life.POLICE OFFICER THOMAS P. WALSH ANDDANIEL A. MC DONAGHFor services rendered on Sunday, July 6, 1980, at2:10 a.m., when they responded to 997 Sanchez Streetwhere the occupant of a fourth story penthouse apartmentleaned out of the window and announced that heintended to kill himself. The oficers approached towithin several feet of the subject's precarious perch inthe window and tried to dissuade him from taking hislife. Officer Walsh travelled five feet along an eighteeninch wide ledge and narrowly escaped death when thesubject suddenly lunged from the window almostplunging the officer and subject 4 stories down to thestreet below. Officer McDOnagh then fearlessly dove forthe subject and was able to grip the upper part of thesubject's body as it descended out of the window. Withassistance of other responding officers the subject was,pulled to safety. -SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING OFFICERS JOSEPHH. LONG AND JOHN E. BAINFor services rendered on Saturday, April 19, 1980, at8:43 p.m., after just completing an assignment at Sutterand Broderick Streets, heard several shots in thearea and responded to Sutter and Baker Streets, wherethey observed a suspect walking westerly on SutterStreet with a gun in his hand. The suspect then stuckthe gun in his waistband under his coat. The officersapproached him and ordered him to halt and raise hishands. The suspect complied but then he suddenlyreached inside his waistband, pulled the gun andholding it in both hands took a firing position stance.The officers, with their weapons drawn, repeatedlyordered him to drop it. Realizing he had no chance ofsurvival in a shoot-out the suspect complied and wastaken into custody.POLICE OFFICER DANIEL 0. INOCENCIO, SANFRANCISCO HOUSING POLICE OFFICERS ED-WARD E. SHELLEY AND ALAN F. HOMFor services rendered on Tuesday, April 15, 1980, at8:00 a.m., when they responded to an armed robbery inprogress at the Wells Fargo Bank at 5048 Third Street,covered the rear exit and apprehended one of two armedsuspects as he attempted to make his escape. The arrest. of the other suspect was made inside by otherresponding officers.NOTE: Police Officers Michael C.Coffey and Kenneth B. Hartman, on August 15, 1980,were awarded Silver Medals of Valor for their efforts inthis incident.INSPECTOR J. PETER OTTEN AND SERGEANTGEORGE F. KOWALSKIFor services rendered on Friday, July 25, 1980, whenthey apprehended a robbery suspect at Pine and GoughStreets who had robbed the Citizens Savings and Loan,at 700 Market Street, commandeered a Veterans TaxiCab and attempted to escape. The officers, hearing thedescription and means of escape via police radio,observed the cab and approached with guns drawn.The suspect, failing to comply with the officers ordersto raise his hands, was rushed by the officers, physicallysubdued and removed from the rear seat of the cab. Alarge quality of currency ($514.00) and an eight inch.357 Magnum revolver fully loaded with six (6) hollowpoint loads was taken from the suspect's person.POLICE OFFICERS ROBERT T. MC MILLAN ANDRONALD M. DINSLAGEFor services rendered on Tuesday, July 8, 1980, at10:15 p.m., while on patrol in the vicinity of the ValenciaGardens Housing Project, 15th and ValenciaStreets, recognized a wanted felon who's photo appearedon SFPD Wanted Poster #80-39, for threecounts of attempted murder, three counts of feloniousassault and jumping bail. The officers confronted thesuspect who pulled an automatic weapon, chambered around and pointed the weapon in the oficers direction.Both officers took cover and ordered the suspect to surrender.The suspect dropped the weapon and was takeninto custody. The suspect's wife, also the subject of awanted bulletin, was taken into custody with theassistance of backup units.MeritoriousConductAwardINSPECTORS J. PETER OTTEN, KEVIN J. O'CON-NOR AND CHRISTOPHER B. SULLIVAN, POLICEOFFICERS LLOYD A. RUTrER, MICHAEL L.KELLY, BRIAN P. RABBITT AND MICHAEL P.PUCCINELLIFor services rendered on Friday, June 6, 1980, havingbeen assigned on June 3, 1980, to investigate one of themost outrageous crimes ever committed in San Francisco,perpetrated at 2164 Sutter Street - The KeysGuest House. Four subjects gained entry to thepremises, and armed with a chrome revolver, proceededto systematically pistol whip eleven tenants and ransackthe premises. One victim, 68 years of age andblind, in addition to being beaten, was raped. These officersconducted a thorough, diligent, and painstakinginvestigation. They clearly and correctly evaluated allclues and circumstances at their disposal, culminating.in the arrest of all responsible parties in less thanseventy-two (72) hours after the occurrence of thisheinous crime.NOTE: Lieutenant David P.Christensen, Inspectors Rita M. Grove and Martin P.Bastiani, Sergeant Gary L. Epperly, Police OfficersJames F. Hunt, William J. McGee, Daniel B. Boden,Richard L. Baker, Kevin M. Gotchet, Michael D. Lee,William W. Murphy, Daniel J. Hance, John A. Sterlingand District Attorney Investigator Debra A. Jackson,District Attorney's Office, received Police CommissionCommendations for their work in this incident.MC DONALD'S -RESTAURANT441 PINE STREETSAN FRANCISCO 421-7033Gene Gonzales wishes theS.F. Polite & Families a Very Happy New YearFREDERICKA. CONEATTORNEYAT LAWSUITE 500582 MARKET STREETSAN FRANCISCO 94104TELEPHONE (415) 982-0390
VALO.RSAN FRANCISCO POLICEMAN - Page 15 February 1981Police CommissionCommendationPOLICE OFFICERS ROBERT D. PUCETTI ANDJOSEPH A. FITZPATRICKFor services rendered on Thursday, July 31, 1980, ataproximately 1:30 p.m., when they apprehended fourrobbery suspects who had just robbed the UnitedFederal Bank at 37th Avenue and Balboa Street.Follow-up investigation revealed that these suspectswere also responsible for at least five other robberies inthe same general area.POLICE OFFICER JOSEPH L. DUTFO, JR.For services rendered on Friday, July 25, 1980, at approximately4:00 p.m., while conducting an undercovernarcotics investigation, singlehandedly arrested fourburglary suspects, one of whom was armed with a knifewhich the suspect tried to use to intimidate the officer.POLICE OFICER KENNETH E. HARTMANFor services rendered on Wednesday, January 1,1980, at approximately 12:45 p.m., while preparing toleave home for his tour of duty, observed two suspectsin an auto on Westwood Drive across the street from hishome, one of whom got out of the vehicle and attackedan 85 year old woman, ripping her purse from her arm.The oficer, disregarding his own safety, interceded.Thesuspect in the auto fled at a high rate of speed. Thesecond suspect ran on foot and outdistanced the officer.The officer's intervention of this incident probably savedthe life of this elderly, female citizen.• POLICE OFFICER ALFRED E. BALDOCCHIFor services rendered on Thursday, August 7, 1980,., at 2:20 p.m., in the apprehension of two robberysuspects who robbed the Hibernia Bank located at 4600Mission Street. Officer Baldocchi, working alone, anticipatedthat the suspects might choose their escaperoute through McLaren Park. He responded to thatIocatiOn and spotted the suspect vehicle. The suspectswere forced to the curb at San Bruno Avenue andBayshorè Boulevard where, with the assistance of OfficerJack Cohen, they were taken into custody.POLICE OFFICERS STEVEN L. HUTZLER ANDJAMES T. DEELYFor services rendered on Saturday, July 12, 1980,having conferred with two homicide inspectors some 48hours earlier regarding a homicide which occurred at1082 Union Street #1, re-interviewed key witnesses inthe case and developed a 'possible suspect. The CrimeLab compared fingerprints found at the scene with thissuspect's fingerprints and a positive finding was made.These officers then took the suspect into custody andbooked him for murder and robbery.SERGEANTS JAMES C. BAILEY AND DONALD R.BLAINE, INSPECTORS ALFRED MATFEONI ANDPAUL H. SCHNEIDER, POLICE OFFICERS JAMESW. BLOESCH, RICHARD W. BARBER, KEVIN F.CALLANAN, 'MICHAEL P. COWHIG, BRIAN M.D'ARCY, DONALD I. HENSIC, RICHARD D.HOLDER, DOUGLASS KIDD, MARK A. POTTER-AND ROBERT G.SUDANOFor services rendered on Wednesday, April 30, 1980,at approximately 9:20 p.m., having received informationthat at least two of thirteen escaped convicts fromthe County Jail were hiding at 181/2 Valley Street,responded to that location and arrested 6 suspects.Four of the suspects attempted to leave via the reardoor but were taken into custody at gun point, and asexpected i two of the suspects were the wanted escapedprisoners Richard Ramirez and Michael Sequiera.POLICE OFFICER TERRYE A. IVYFor services rendered over a period of three yearswhile assigned to the Property Management Project("The Sting"), which required adornment ' of variousdisguises from a narcotics addict/thief to a schoolgirl,skillfully performed these assignments, resulting in thearrest of a number of major stolen property fences andnarcotics pushers, including a national ring that dealtin food stamps.POLICE OFFICER, MAUREEN T. D'AMICOFor services rendered during the course of a threeyear assignment in the Property Management Project("The Sting"), displayed a great degree of skill and'perseverance working in an undercover capacity whichentailed the infiltration of major stolen property fencingrings and high volume narcotics dealers, where exposureas a police officer could have caused her seriouspersonal injury.DATA CLERK EDUARDO JOSE MARTINEZFor services rendered commencing in 1978, and continuingthereafter, displaying exemplary conduct involuntarily working on his time off assisting variousmembers of the Bureau of Inspectors with languagetranslations and other aspects of their investigations.INSPECTOR ALEX E. FAGAN, SERGEANTS RAY-MOND I. HILVERT AND RICHARD R. WElCH,POLICE OFFICERS JAMES P. CAAN, STEPHEN J.CHRISTIE, THOMAS F. POWERS AND DOUGLASM. CLENNELLFor. services rendered on Saturday, August 22, 1980,at the Americana Motel, 121-7th Street, when theyprevented a mentally deranged man from cutting hisown throat with a 12" butcher knife. Through the effortsof the officers involved, and after a brief strugglefor the knife, they were able to disarm the subjectwithout injury to themselves, the subject, or otherpartiesat the scene.MUNI TRANSIT OFFICER SAMUEL L. DISONFor services rendered on Monday, September 1,1980, at 7:05 a.m., having received information that aman brandishing a handgun within the Forest Hill Stationhad departed there from on an inbound L streetcar;boarded the streetcar when it arrived at Market andDuboce Streets. He then took the necessary steps toisolate the subject by alerting the operator and controllingthe passengers. The subject was then taken intocustody with the assistance of other responding officers.POLICE OFFICERS THOMAS J. CORDES,STEVEN R. SHANAHAN, JERE M. WILLIAMSAND DONALD W. WOOLARDFor services rendered on Sunday, October 12, 1980,at 4:40 p.m., when after engaging a wanted suspect in a'hot chase at speeds in excess of 80 miles an hour, apprehendedthe suspect only after he had been stoppedby the officers gunfire flattening one of the suspect'svehicle's tires. The suspect made several attempts torun down the officers, and when this failed, he-exitedthe vehicle and attempted to escape on foot. He wascaught and taken into custody. The suspect was chargedwith three counts of assault on a police officer, onecount of possession of narcotics paraphernalia, possessioñof a deadly weapon, enroute to San Mateo on abench warrant for assault with a deadly weapon,enroute to San Mateo on a bench warrant for assaultwith a deadly weapon and enroute to Burlingame forassault with intent to commit murder.POLICE OFFICERS MARK A. POTTER, RONALDROTH AND SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING POLICEOFFICERS JOHN FLENTOIL AND ROBERTWILLIAMSFor services rendered on Sunday, September 28,1980, at 10:45 p.m., when they apprehended one offour suspects who had robbed 'a victim of his vehicle.During the follow-up investigation, the identity of theother three suspects was discovered also, leading totheir arrest. Further information revealed that one ofthe suspects had bragged to his girlfriend that he hadkilled a person that same night, and after verificationby the Homicide Detail, the subject was booked on anadditional charge of murder.LIEUTENANT ROBERT L. KAFKA, SERGEANTSDONALD A. FOUKE, RONALD D. HANSEN ANDPHILIP C. TOLAND, POLICE OFFICERSMICHAEL D. JAMISON, MAURICE E. EDWARDS,DAVID P. HERMAN, ROBERFT C. SPRINGER,DAVID J. BOYETT, MARK E. MINO, WINFREDJEW, JEFFREY C. LINDBERG, DANIEL A. MCDONAGH, CYNTHIA M. DONNELLY AND AR-THUR L. JOHNSONFor services rendered on Sunday, August 25, 1980,between the hours of 2:42 a.m., and 4:35 a.m., whenthey successfully apprehended a suspect who, using hisfour wheel drive vehicle like a Sherman Tank, ledauthorities through four counties traveling at speeds inexcess of 90 miles per hour, finally coming into SanFrancisco and into McLaren Park. The suspect madeseveral attempts at running the officers down but wastaken into custody after the officers gunfire disabled hisvehicle.SERGEANT ALAN L. PERINIFor services rendered on Monday, August 4, 1980, at10:00 p.m., while off duty, was advised by his teenagedaughter, Maren, that a brutal robbery and assault hadbeen committed next door. The Sergeant quicklyresponded with his daughter who had seen the suspectsand searched the immediate area. They located thesuspects, who were on foot, running into an Arco GasStation at Woodisde and Portola and took them intocustody.INSPECTORS MICHAEL N.' MALONEY ANDJAMES R. LONG, SERGEANTS GARY D. PETERSAND ROBERT J. PACO, POLICE OFFICERSJOSEPH ARONE AND TIMOTHY G. LOUIEFor services rendered on Tuesday, August 12, 1980;at 2:00 p.m., when they responded to 825 Geary Streeton a report of a serious felony disturbance. Upon arrivalthey were informed by the manager that, a violentfight had occurred in Room 1202. They responded andwere met by a suspect holding a meat cleaver in hishand. The suspect, after refusing to drop the cleaver onorders of the officers, struck Sergeant Peters on theelbow with the weapon. The suspect then fled into thekitchen and grabbed an 8" butcher knife. The officerspursued and caught him, and a vicious struggle ensured.The suspect was disarmed and taken intocustody.SERGEANT LOUIS E. BARBERINI, POLICE OF-FICERS DAVID TAMBARA AND LESTER D.KRAKOWSKYFor services rendered on Thursday, July 17, 1980, at1600 hours, when they responded to a radio' call of apossible suicide attempt by a woman at '310 ArballoDrive. Upon arrival, the officers observed the womanstraddled on the 7th floor window ledge, half in andhalf out of the building. The officers went to the 7thfloor and coaxed the woman out of 'the window.However, she quickly grabbed a 6' hunting knife andwaived it menacingly at the oficers. She then made . a'4"gash , in her throat at which time the officers grabbedher, disarmed her, and took her to Langley PorterHospital for treatment.Willie E. Frazier, SecretaryThe Awards CommitteePETER'SAUTO RADIOWHOLESALE1528 FRANKLIN ST,SAN FRANCISCO 94109CONCORDIAARGONAUT1142 VAN NESS AVE.SAN FRANCISCO673-9522
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