The Bristol Police Department Awards Committee has selected Officer Daniel Colavolpe as Officer of the Year 2013. On June 21, 2013, a press release from the Bristol Police Department explained, Colavolpe responded to a residence on Lincoln Street to what was originally logged as an anonymous noise complaint. Upon arrival, the police said, Colavolpe encountered a male victim with fatal injuries and numerous people yelling from a second floor apartment. He heard a male from the second floor say that he had just stabbed somebody. Colavolpe immediately requested additional police units, said the release. Officer Myers was on scene and proceeded to tend to the victim and it was apparent that he was stabbed with an unknown edged weapon. Colavolpe had no other backup and reasonably believed the violent assailant was inside the apartment where other potential victims were, said police. Due to the exigency, Colavolpe tactically approached the second floor residence potentially placing himself in “grave and imminent personal danger,” said the release. He encountered four adults in the apartment and he proned them out at gunpoint. One of the adults was identified as the murderer and Colavolpe had reason to believe that the violent felon had access to [...]
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