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Survival Link Defibrillator successfully on a Senior Citizen who had collapsed at the shopping center. Had it not been for the efforts of these two citizens this man would not have lived. Officers Chau, Dvorak, Christianson, and Stefani were awarded a Unit Citation for their actions after they responded to a Burglary Alarm at the Jonathan Fielding Store at 1 767 Lexington in the early morning hours of January 1997. Not only did the officers follow-up on leads on duty they followed several leads while off duty. Because of the effort of these officers acting as a team several arrests were made, confessions were obtained and a number of cases that occurred over a period of about 3 weeks were cleared. Officers Holtrneier, Farkos, Williams and Sgt. Rosand were awarded a Unit Citation for their actions regarding a seemingly violent, disoriented and very agitated armed suspect at 3 a.m. on April 2, 1997. They found that the man was separated from his wife and had earlier threatened her life. For approx. 1 2 hour the officers negotiated with the suspect until he finally surrendered. The officers removed a 38 caliber weapon from the suspect. He was charged with several felonies due to the threats and the weapon involved. Officers wahtera, Lindahl, Christenson, and Stefani were awarded a Unit Citation for their actions regarding a call at 2:02 A.M. when they responded to an alarm at 1930 Lexington Ave, They found that a window had been broken to the business and it had been burglarized. Together and throughout the night the officers followed leads, found the car that the suspects had traveled in, a set of keys and flashlight that had been used in the commission of the crime. Subsequently they found two suspects hiding in the area. They obtained confessions from both suspects regarding the burgh. Officers Sikkorra, Carter, Sgt. Rosand and Detective Mathwig were awarded a Unit Citation for their actions involving a call reporting a stolen truck. lifter chasing the suspect in the stolen car, it was abandoned and the suspect fled on foot. After a foot chase and subsequent search they eventually found the suspect and after a brief struggle affected an arrest. This also happened in the early morning hours, 1:31 a.m.. August 29, 1997. Officer Hawley won the Departrnent's Award of Merit after he recovered a$35,000 truck that was stolen from a Roseville Dealership. He spent countless hours running down leads and calling people to get information on the suspect. After he received information he called the Chicago Police Department and wised them of his investigation. In response to the information they were given by officer Hawley they recovered the truck after the suspect tried to sell it for money to purchase crack. The truck has since been returned to Roseville. The last award, an Award of Merit was presented to officers Mooney and Perkins for their work in recovering two stolen cars in the Waterworks Park Area. Perkins knowing that the area had been a dropping ground for stolen vehicles for several weeps started making a regular check of the area. One of his checks turned up two suspects with two stolen vehicles. with help from Officer Mooney and after a foot chase the two suspects were arrested.