“He is being honored for the courage, confidence and skill of his actions in assessing and ending an extremely volatile situation in order to save the life of a 10-month-old child.”
“There was a national evaluation that showed it just wasn't producing the results we wanted. Also, it didn't leave flexibility. During a time of budget tightness we discontinued it.”
“She was able to leave the apartment, get down to the second floor, where she summoned help. We set up basically a rescue team to hold containment, because he was still up in the apartment. So we moved in and rescued her and a couple of other neighbors who were there.”