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Community-Police Award Recipient André

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week.

On Christmas Day 2018, a suspect entered a store carrying a knife and demanded cash. After a store employee handed over money, the suspect fled down the road. André Bourgon saw the robbery unfold, followed the suspect and confronted him.

André conducted a citizen’s arrest and held the suspect until police arrived on scene. He put his own safety at risk by following and conducting a...

Community-Police Award Recipient Jamie

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week.

In October 2018, Jamie Mailman was parked in front of a bank waiting for his fiancée to finish work next door. While waiting, he noticed a vehicle parked close to him with two men inside who seemed to be looking at the bank that was closed. As another man appeared and began walking into the bank to use the ATM, one of the men in the waiting vehicle caught up to him and began...

Community-Police Award Recipient Justin

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week. 

In January 2019, Justin Villeneuve was just 12 years old when he was walking through a park and noticed a man lying in the snow who appeared to have collapsed. Amazingly, Justin began CPR but was unable to immediately revive the man. He ran home to alert his mother of the situation who called 9-1-1. Justin led his mother and the paramedics back to the location where the man was...

Community-Police Award Recipient Sheila

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week.

In February 2018, an officer attended Sheila Joly’s workplace to inform the employees of a missing person who was known to frequent their business. The man was elderly and suffered from dementia.

The same day, Sheila was on her way home from work when she spotted the missing man walking. She took it upon herself to drive him home safely.

This incident highlights the important role...

Community-Police Award Recipients Krista, Megan, Nancy and Joseph

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week.

In February, 2019, Krista Stuart, along with Megan, Nancy and Joseph Macphee were approached by a distressed couple looking for their 7-yr-old daughter who had disappeared near the Dow’s Lake Pavilion. Without hesitation, the group began to search for the girl before police had even arrived on scene. They searched the canal for over an hour and finally located the lost girl close...