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Swansea Police Chief presents citations to officers for two life‑threatening responses
Summary
Police Chief Joseph Gonzales awarded citations and a lifesaving award to officers for two September 2024 incidents in which officers subdued an armed person and provided emergency first aid to a stabbing victim.
Joseph Gonzales, colonel and chief of the Swansea Police Department, presented police chief citations and a lifesaving award March 4 for two separate September 2024 incidents that, according to the chief, “could have resulted in death.”
The chief recognized Sergeant Nicholas Pacquin and Officer Jonathan Collins for responding Sept. 11, 2024, to a South Road residence where an adult male in mental crisis pointed a gun at officers. Pacquin…
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