The Hollister Police Department officer involved in a life-saving response during the July motorcycle rally is set to receive an award for the effort, according to the HPD.
According to an announcement from Hollister police released Thursday:
Hollister Police Officer Carlos Rodriguez will receive the Inter-Service Recognition Award from the California Emergency Medical Services Authority next month.
The awards program honors special accomplishments, meritorious and heroic acts, innovations or fresh ideas to improve Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in the state, or other unique and/or significant contributions by EMS personnel, physicians, nurses, EMTs, other medical providers, members of the law enforcement community, citizens, and first responders. The Emergency Medical Services Authority has awarded Hollister Police Officer Carlos Rodriguez with the Inter-Service Recognition Award for his life saving actions in his response to a shooting in Hollister.
On July 6, 2014 Officer Rodriguez was one of the first officers to arrive at a local gas station after there was a report of shots fired in the area. Officer Rodriguez entered the still chaotic scene and quickly located two men who were suffering from serious gunshot wounds. Both men were shot in the chest and one of them was also shot in an arm and was bleeding profusely. Despite not knowing if there were any shooters still in the area and while other Hollister Officers provided cover, Officer Rodriguez immediately began life saving treatments to both men. He applied bandages and used a tourniquet to stop the victims from bleeding out. Both shooting victims survived their injuries.
The Recognition will be awarded to Officer Rodriguez during a special ceremony in San Francisco in December. The Hollister Police Department is very proud of Officer Carlos Rodriguez and we join in congratulating him for this recognition.
