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2 1 | Thursday May 25, 2 0 1 7 | O A K V ILLE B EA V ER |www.insidehalton.com First responders challenged on the job continued from p.20 Det.-Const. Colin MacLeod also received a Chief' s Commendation for Policing Excellence. On July 8, 2016 MacLeod went to a Burlington home and found a woman with a knife threatening to kill herself. He talked to the woman and convinced her to drop the knife. · · · Const. Mark Crichton also won a Chiefs Commendation for Policing Excellence. On the night of Dec. 22, 2016, there was a 911 call from a relative of a woman who indicated she was going to jump off the bridge at Upper Middle Road and Neyagawa Boulevard in Oakville. The woman took a taxi from her home to the bridge -- the cab driver told police she tried several times to jump out of the moving vehicle. Crichton arrived at the bridge and called to the woman, who ran and began to climb a metal bridge barrier. She was almost over when the officer grabbed her and pulled her down. She was upset he intervened and became physically and verbally abusive. Crichton held her until help arrived. · · · Sharon Kelly-Kola, a civilian communicator with Halton police, received an Award of Excellence in Support Services. On Feb. 9, 2016, Kelly-Kola answered a 911 call from a man who had chest pains and was in mental health crisis; he told her he was an emergency first responder and had been suffering from depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Kelly-Kola transferred the call to ambulance dispatch but stayed on the line. She took the call again when the ambulance line unexpectedly disconnected. She reassured the distressed caller and he later told police he got through the crisis because of Kelly-Kola' s compassionate words. · · · An Award of Excellence in Criminal Investigation was given to a team of nine detectives -- Derek Golba, Alistair Watt, Phil Campbell, Erin Elliott, Shawn Mazzuto, Wendy Moraghan, Linda Smith, Allison Theriault and Jon Williams -- for a regional investigation. The group worked on a complex case about a couple that had separated but appeared to be on good terms. In spring 2016, an Oakville woman drank water from a glass and spit it out because it tasted like bleach. Police said this was the first of several similar incidents involving food or liquids that smelled like bleach or burned her mouth. Facewash burned her skin and some of her clothes were discoloured. Police began an investigation that included testing substances in the home. It was determined hydrochloric acid was in the items analyzed. A team of detectives set up surveillance cameras. The ex-husband was eventually charged with several offences, convicted and is now in prison. -- -the---------------------- · Sleep Factory www.sleepfactory.com MILTON 238 Main Street, East · 9 0 5 .8 7 8 .4 6 0 6 M ISSISSAUGA 2150 Burnhamthorpe Road · 905.542.0481 H O U RS: M onday - W ed nesd ay 10 am - 6 pm · T h u rsd a y - Frid ay 10 am - 8 pm · S atu rd ay 9 am - 6 pm · S u n d a y 11 am - 5 pm \r * STA PES m a k e m o re h a p p e n B LA ZER Q U Qdim U StO h u m . m iih L i sushi sum Dorval Crossing Over 6 0 Shop s & Services located at the QEW & Dorval Drive Visit d o rv a lc ro s s in g .c o m for more information PROUDLY MANAGED BY Bentall Kennedy