Police Officer Jeffrey Alley
Police Officer Angelito Angeles
Police Officer Gerald Ballesteros
Police Officer Edward Broussard
Police Officer Francisco Caingcoy
Detective Thomas Carr
Police Officer Darnell Davenport
Police Officer Henry Izzo
Police Officer Hong Kim Police Officer Darcie Kolar
Police Officer Donald Lint
Police Officer Raymond Mendoza
Police Officer Adam Milecki
Reserve Police Officer Michael Petrusis
Police Officer Jean Salvodon
Police Officer John Sandling
Police Officer Kimberly Watson (Riverside County Sheriff's Dept.)
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Police Officer
Angelito Angeles
Planning & Research Division
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Police Officer
Henry Izzo
Devonshire Area
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As Southern California was reeling from the strongest earthquake in recent memory, Officers Angeles and Izzo began rescuing trapped survivors in the now infamous Northridge Meadows Apartment Complex.
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Police Officer
Darnell Davenport
Wilshire Area
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Police Officer
Jean Salvodon
Hollenbeck Area
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Their vehicular pursuit of assault-with-a-deadly-weapon (ADW) suspects quickly escalated into a gun battle. Though wounded, Officers Davenport and Salvodon were able to return fire and fend off their assailants.
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Police Officer
Edward Broussard
Southwest Area
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Police Officer
Adam Milecki
Southwest Area
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Disregarding their own safety, Officers Broussard and Milecki responded to cries for help and entered an apartment building engulfed in flames to rescue residents.
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Police Officer
Hong Kim
West Valley Area
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Police Officer
Donald Lint
Van Nuys Area
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On that tragic morning of January 17, 1994, Officers Kim and Lint initiated rescue measures and saved numerous lives from the fires and destruction resulting from the Northridge earthquake.

Detective Thomas Carr
Narcotics Group
Caught in a gas explosion and himself injured, Detective Carr immediately began searching for survivors and organized the rescue.
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Police Officer
Jeffrey Alley
Southeast Area
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Police Officer
Kimberly Watson
Riverside County Sheriff’s
Department
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Attempting to arrest two robbery suspects, Officers Alley and Watson were fired upon and returned fire, resulting in the arrest of both suspects.
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Police Officer
Darcie Kolar
Van Nuys Area
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Reserve Police Officer
Michael Petrusis
77th Street Area
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Themselves involved in a traffic collision and injured, Officers Kolar and Petrusis rescued the drunken motorist who had caused the accident from his burning vehicle.
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Police Officer
Gerald Ballesteros
Newton Area
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Police Officer
Raymond Mendoza
Newton Area
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While enroute to the station with an arrestee, Officers Ballesteros and Mendoza were ambushed. The officers returned fire and though injured were still able to direct responding units.
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Police Officer
Francisco Caingcoy
West Traffic Division
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Police Officer
John Sandling
West Traffic Division
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Officers Caingcoy and Sandling rescued motorists from their vehicles that had become engulfed in flames after being involved in a traffic collision.
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