The RCMP recently handed out more than 20 awards for outstanding service and action to officers and employees at the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment.
Deputy Commissioner Brenda Butterworth-Carr and Commanding Officer of the BC RCMP and Chief Superintendent Sean Sullivan made the award presentations.
Five officers were awarded Bravery Commendations for rescuing people who were trapped in a vehicle as it hung over the Cowichan River; two officers were acknowledged with Bravery Commendations for entering a burning building, looking for a suicidal youth.
Five officers were presented with awards for rescuing a man from drowning near Cowichan Bay; three were awarded for their patience and determination in disarming a suicidal youth and; two officers received awards for finding a missing woman who needed medical attention.
List of Award Recipients:
Bravery Commendations (for rescuing people in a vehicle hanging over the Cowichan River):
Corporal Merrick
Constable Lansdowne
Constable Kowalewich
Constable Peters
Constable Banfield
Bravery Commendations (for entering and searching a burning building for a suicidal youth):
Constable Platt
Constable MacNeill
Award for Rescuing a man from Drowning near Cowichan Bay:
Corporal K. Pharis
Constable Hill
Constable Granneman
Constable Speidel
Constable Houlgate
Award for Patience and Determination in Disarming a Suicidal Youth:
Constable Grey
Constable Baines
Constable Houlgate
Award for Determination in Finding a Woman who was in Urgent need of Medical Care:
Constable Kongus
Constable Banfield
Award for Verbally Disarming a man with a Knife who Severely Injured Himself:
Constable Charette-Thibault
Award for Assisting in the Rescue of the Occupants of a Crashed Plane:
Constable S. Pharis
Award for Forcing through a Barricaded Residence to Rescue a Suicidal Man:
Constable Bozak
Award for Assisting the City of Oak Bay on Christmas Day 2017 when Two Young Girls were Murdered:
Victim Services employee David Sheftel
