Seven local police officers recently received Awards of Meritorious Service.
The awards were presented at the Police Honours Night in Victoria on Nov. 20.
This is the 34th year in a row the awards have been presented to police officers across the province. Over the course of the evening, 87 officers were recognized for their service to their communities by Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon and Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton.
Among the 68 officers who received Awards of Meritorious Service were six New Westminster police officers currently serving with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, including Cpl. Sean Schultz and constables Sean Hackman, Stu Hagen, Ryan Long, Fiona Reid and Justine Thom.
The six officers were honoured for their handling of a situation involving a man who was armed and suicidal. Rather than use lethal force, the officers chose a less severe option of deploying a beanbag rifle to disarm the man and bring him safely into custody. (The situation was re-enacted in a New Westminster Police Department case-study video. To view the video, see our website at www.royalcityrecord.com.)
Const. Roger Rempel also received a meritorious service award for his work with Delta police officers in restraining a drugged, agitated and suicidal man who had allegedly been armed with a gun.
