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Citation to Accompany <br /> LIFE SAVING AWARD <br /> To <br /> Deputy Director Daniel R. Olson <br /> October 17, 2010 <br /> The New Brighton Department of Public Safety recognizes Deputy Director Daniel R. Olson as <br /> the recipient of the LIFE SAVING AWARD. <br /> Consideration for this award may include an act in the line of duty that,through disregard or <br /> personal safety or by prompt and alert action,resulted in the saving of a life of another person. <br /> On Sunday, 17 October 2010,Deputy Director Olson monitored radio transmissions from <br /> Ramsey County Sheriff's Office Deputies and New Brighton Police Officers that a suicidal <br /> subject was possibly en route to an address near the Public Safety Center after leaving a suicide <br /> note with his estranged wife at a church in Arden Hills. Deputy Director Olson was familiar with <br /> this individual and soon after witnessed the subject's vehicle leaving the driveway of the <br /> residence and approaching the Public Safety Center. <br /> As the vehicle passed by him,Deputy Director Olson motioned for the driver to stop. The <br /> subject pulled his vehicle onto the front driveway of the Public Safety Center. The driver exited <br /> the vehicle and immediately broke down crying,stating that he was on his way to Long Lake <br /> Regional Park to commit suicide. Assisting police officers found two loaded handguns in the <br /> truck. <br /> The subject later stated that he had indeed intended to commit suicide and that Deputy Director <br /> Olson likely saved his life. He stated that the personal relationship and the trust and respect he <br /> had for Deputy Director Olson resulted in his cooperation with law enforcement officers and that <br /> "if it had been anyone else I don't know what would have happened." He added that he felt he <br /> was"on the edge of the Grand Canyon and that Deputy Director Olson was the rope that pulled <br /> him back." <br /> For his actions in averting the likely suicide of this individual,the New Brighton Department of <br /> Public Safety hereby awards Deputy Director Daniel R. Olson the Life Saving Award, this 21 st <br /> day of January 2011. /t <br /> ig <br /> Robe Jacobson Anthony S. tznick <br /> Director Deputy Director <br />