ABOUT 100 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (AND THEIR FAMILIES) ATTENDED AN AWARDS CEREMONY YESTERDAY. 43 SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR THEIR COURAGE, AND BRAVERY. ONE OF THOSE WAS 17 YEAR VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER LANCE MIRACO, WHO RECEIVED THE DEPARTMENTS HIGHEST AWARD….A MEDAL OF HONOR.
BACK IN 2009, MIRACO CLIMBED A FIRE DEPARTMENT LADDER TO GO IN AND RESCUE 4 ADULTS AND 2 CHILDREN FROM A MAN WHO WAS HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE.
