by Sarah Welstead | Nov 15, 2022 | nominees, recipient, recipients
Protected patient from fall risk area While working at Penticton Regional Hospital, Security Officers Leonard Smith and Curtis Metka discovered a patient who was suffering from medical distress in the parkade and had wandered into a fall risk area. Through the work of...
by Sherri Ireland | May 20, 2022 | nominees, recipient, recipients
Immediate and sustained first aid saved a man’s life Security Officer Stephen Randall was on duty at the Royal BC Museum grounds was attending a report of a person behaving erratically. However, when he approached the individual, he discovered the person lying...
by Sherri Ireland | Apr 27, 2022 | nominees, recipient, recipients
Coordinated response saved a vulnerable individual Security Officer Daymon Cada discovered a man sleeping in a snowbank in Calgary and recognized that, given the plummeting temperatures (-15C), he was at risk of perishing overnight if left where he was. Officer Cada...
by Sherri Ireland | Apr 10, 2022 | nominees, recipient, recipients
Immediate CPR prevented an overdose from becoming fatal Security Officers Riley Boudreau and Jose Carrillo were on duty together at the Edmonton City Centre Mall when they received a radio call for assistance with a woman in medical distress. They proceeded...
by Sarah Welstead | Apr 5, 2022 | nominees, recipient, recipients
Active listening changed a man’s life. Security Officer Anita Freeman was on an exterior patrol with the Alberta Health Services CPO (Community Police Officer) of Alberta Health Services Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie, Alberta, near the train...