The Denver Police Department honored officers “who have gone above and beyond the call of duty” in a ceremony this afternoon.
The quarterly awards at the Denver Police Academy, 2155 N. Akron Way, began at 4 p.m. and were open to the public, the department said in a news release.
The recipients included:
On Sept. 2, Walton was injured when his cruiser was hit by a car as he was responding to a domestic-violence call.
On Nov. 16, Horton seriously injured his hand trying to subdue a suspect in a gang investigation.
Cpl. Darin Lindsey, Cpl. Doug Moran, Officer Robert Medina and Officer Greg Zimmerman saved a suicidal woman hanging from a third-story balcony on Feb. 28.
Officer Kyllion Chafin, Officer Gary Estrada, Detective Ken Klaus and Detective Jesse Avendano worked a case April 10 with a suicidal man who held a gun in his mouth until he calmed down.
Officers George Gann, Christopher Avitia, Tab Davis and Mickey Horton discovered a fire burning in a vacant church on Sept. 29 and evacuated a man who was sleeping inside.
