ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN SALINAS CALIFORNIA, SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS WERE GIVEN AWARDS OF MERIT. FOR HIS ROLE IN A HOME BURGLARY CASE, ARRESTING THE THREE SUSPECTS, ONE BY ONE OFFICER GABE GONZALEZ WAS GIVEN AN AWARD OF MERIT. ALSO GIVEN AWARDS WERE OFFICERS MARTIN PERSIJN, KEN ELLSWORTH, JOSEPH KINNEY, CIRO BARBOZA, AND OFFICER ANTHONY YATES.
