GPD Officer of the Month: Police Officer Frederick Quezada

The Greenwich Police Department has selected Police Officer Frederick Quezada as its Officer of the Month for June 2009.

June 2009 Officer of the Month

Here is why: On Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at approximately 8:16 P.M., Officer Quezada along with other police units responded to a violent domestic dispute involving a subject wielding a knife and threatening family members.  Officer Quezada upon entering the residence overheard yelling and screaming.  Officer Quezada was subsequently advised by family members that their daughter/ sister had picked up a kitchen knife during a verbal argument and approached them threatening to kill them.  Furthermore, she was in the rear of the house still in possession of the knife.

Officer Quezada proceeded to the rear of the residence with his duty weapon drawn at which time the daughter exited a bedroom with a knife in hand. The female was ordered by Officer Quezada to drop the knife several times before she complied with his request.  The female was subsequently taken into custody and the knife was secured. No injuries sustained by family members or police.

Officer Quezada’s professional demeanor defused a potential dangerous situation that could have resulted in the officer using deadly physical force to protect him self and others who were in imminent danger of being seriously injured or suffer loss of life.

At the GPD Citizens Police Academy, we learned how domestic disputes are often the most dangerous for police.  Officer Quezada refused a situation which could have resulted in injury or death.  Congratulations to Officer Quezada on a job well done!