June 1991 - San Francisco Police Officers Association

Page 12 Notebook June, 1991Medals- -of ValorSILVER MEDALOF VALOROfficer Miguel GranadosIn May of 1990, while working alone, OfficerMiguel Granados responded to a callof domestic violence at Mission and CappStreets.Officer Granados, who is fluent inSpanish, was met there by three womenyelling in Spanish that their father wasthreatening to kill himself and their mother.He immediately called for backup andentered the residence without regard for hisown safety.Upon entering the kitchen area, OfficerGranados noticed several persons includingsome children. He noticed a largemale standing behind a woman who wasseated in the rear of the kitchen and uponobserving Officer Granados, the male produceda large knife, grabbed the female andviolently stabbed her several times in thehead.While the other persons fled the room,Officer Granados moved towards thesuspect and only when all other personshad exited the room, he drew his servicerevolver. While the suspect used the victimas a shield and continued to stab thevictim, Officer Granados remained calmand within seconds carefully weighed thisdangerous situation until he was able to geta clear shot at the suspect. At that precisemoment, he fired one shot, striking thesuspect in the face and allowing the victimto escape the brutal attack.The victim was treated for numerousstab wounds and the suspect, who has ahistory of violence, was treated for a gunshot wound and booked for attemptedmurder.With total disregard for his own safetyand only seconds to assess this deadlysituation, Officer Granados fired only oneshot, striking the suspect, which ended thisviolent situation, clearly saving the life ofthe victim.For these actions, he is awarded thedepartment's second highest award, theSilver Medal of Valor.BRONZE MEDALOF VALOROfficers Mario Machi andJerome DeFillipoIn May Qf 1990, Officer Machi and OfficerDeFillipo responded to a call of a manwith a gun at the Army Street HousingProject.The officers separated and began searchingfor the suspect, and shortly thereafter,Officer Machi observed one individualholding a shotgun while talking to a secondsubject seated in a vehicle. Officer Machithen drew his revolver, identified himselfand ordered the suspect to drop theshotgun.The armed suspect immediately turnedtoward Officer Machi and aimed a fullyloaded cocked shotgun at him, With innocentbystanders in the line of fire, OfficerMachi opted not to fire but took cover andcalled for back-up while covering hissuspect.Officer DeFillipo immediately respondedfrom his location, pointed his shotgun atthe aimed suspect and ordered him to drophis weapon, which he did. At this time, thesecond suspect exited her vehicle and,while yelling obscenities, approached theofficers in a threatening manner, refusingorders to stop. This second suspect thenjumped at Officer DeFillipo, grabbing thebarrel of his shotgun and a struggle ensuedfor control of the shotgun. Officer DeFillipowas able to retain possession and controlof the weapon until additional officersresponded and assisted in controlling andarresting the suspects.For their actions in successfully disarmingthese dangerous persons and completingtheir arrest, considering the safetyof others, they are awarded the BronzeMedal of Valor.shooting at 7th and Market Streets. Theofficers, anticipating the suspect's directionof travel, headed toward Jones and GoldenGate where they were joined by OfficerJames Garrity, who was also working inuniform. As all three officers neared the intersection,they received further informationthat the suspect had disarmed andshot two security guards. They were alsotold that a man matching the descriptionof the suspect had just run into the far cornerof the lot where they were now located.As the officers entered the darkenedparking lot, advancing, they saw movementat the far side and as they reachedthe midpoint of the lot with no cover orconcealment, the suspect confronted theofficers by raising his weapon, pointing italternately at each officer and shoutingunintelligibly.As the suspect continued to ramble incoherently,the officers attempted to talkthe suspect into dropping his weapon buthe refused.The officers advanced slowly to withinseveral feet of the suspect as one officerverbally distracted him while the other twomoved to advantageous positions. At thispoint, when confronted by the bold andcourageous actions of the officers, thesuspect dropped his weapon and was immediatelytaken into custody by the officerswithout further incident or injury to anyone.For their actions, they are awardedBronze Medal of Valor.MERITORIOUSCONDUCTAWARDCAPTAINJOHN E. BRUNNEROfficers Robert Tayac,John Newman and SERGEANTSJames Garrity DIRK BEIJENIn August of 1990, Officers Tayac and TIMOTHY FOLEYNewman received radio information of a STEPHEN GUDELJMARION JACKSON*FRANKLIN LEEERIC OLSENGLENN PENNEBAKERMARK POTTERDAVID SHINNNEIL SWEN-DSENINSPECTORSANTHONY CAMILLERIDANIEL EVERSONARMAND GORDONSAMUEL HAMILTON*RAYMOND HILVERTDAVID LAMBRECHTJEFFREY LINDBERGSUSAN MANHEIMERCALVIN NUTTINGARMOND PALISETTIHARVEY ROCKWELLROBERT SHEPHERDTHOMAS SULLIVANTHOMAS VIGOSTEVEN WILHELMOFFICERSRICHARD ALVESJOHN BOURNEMEL CARDENASRICHARD DELL AGOSTINOHEINZ HOFMANNPAUL LOZADANELSON LUMDAVID SEIDJUANITA STOCKWELLVICTOR TANGJOANNE WALSHPAMELA WERMESMS. DEBBIE DOWDELLMS. 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