MONTEREY COUNTY POLICE AWARDS vs

THE MONTEREY COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION WILL BE HONORING SOME OUTSTANDING OFFICERS AND CITIZENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ROGER WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED THE AWARDS TO BE GIVEN AT THE ANNUAL "CIOPPINO FEED" AT THE SALINAS AMERICAN LEGION, STARTING AT 6 P.M. SALINAS POLICE OFFICER JASON SCOTT WILL RECEIVE THE AWARD OF VALOR FOR HIS ACT OF HEROIC LIFE SAVING, WHILE IGNORING HIS OWN RISK. OFFICER SCOTT CRAWLED INTO A BURNING HOUSE WHERE HE LOCATED MARY HARRINGTON IN A BACK BEDROOM, AND CARRIED HER TO SAFETY. MONTEREY POLICE OFFICER BILL CLARK WILL RECEIVE THE AWARD OF MERIT, FOR HIS INVESTIGATION OF A BURGLARY TO AN ATM IN MAY. THERE HAD BEEN 12 PREVIOUS ATM BURGLARIES ON THE PENINSULA. AFTER HIS INVESTIGATION LEAD TO THE SUSPECTS (WHO WERE ARRESTED), A SEARCH PRODUCED $20,000 IN STOLEN PROPERTY UNRELATED TO THE ATM BURGLARIES. ALSO GETTING AN AWARD OF MERIT WILL BE DETECTIVE SERGEANT TERRY KAISER, FOR HIS ACTIONS WHILE OFF DUTY. SERGEANT KAISER OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A DRUG TRANSACTION. HE RECORDED A VEHICLE LICENSE NUMBER AND FOLLOWED THE CAR, LEADING TO CASH, DRUGS, AND THE ARREST OF 2 PEOPLE. 2 HARTNELL COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS WILL RECEIVE THE CITIZEN'S AWARD FOR THEIR HEROIC EFFORTS. ON OCTOBER 15 ERIC BOSLER AND STANLEY CRANE INTERVENED IN A VIOLENT ASSAULT AND GAVE THE VICTIM DIRECTIONS ON WHAT TO DO TO SAVE HERSELF, WHEN IT WAS APPARENT TO THEM THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RESCUE HER. DON ROBINSON WILL ALSO RECEIVE A CITIZEN'S AWARD FOR PLACING HIMSELF AT RISK TO HELP AN OFFICER. ON OCTOBER 27TH ROBINSON OBSERVED A SALINAS POLICE OFFICER APPREHEND A SUSPECT IN THE CENTER LANES OF SOUTHBOUND NORTH MAIN STREET. AFTER REALIZING IT WAS DARK AND HEAVY TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING THE OFFICER FROM BEHIND, HE DIRECTED ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO STOP.