"The Oakland Police Department is an excellent police department".
Before the shooting, the detective had received four medals for "excellent police duty," the official said.
Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said Sergeant Prokesch has "about a dozen medals," for meritorious and excellent police duty.
This bizarre promotional spot for the country's (admittedly excellent) police services features children performing various different crime fighting roles, all in their own mini-uniforms.
There, he received an "excellent police duty" medal for his role in subduing a knife-wielding suspect who had cut another officer.
Officer Molina, a 15-year-veteran of the force who has received 15 awards for excellent police service, was shot in the back, but the bullet's impact was blunted by his protective vest.
"I recognize that we have an excellent police department that's free of a lot of the problems that other departments have because we can attract the best people," he said.
"This is really excellent police work and I would have no doubt that they have caught some very dangerous and predatory pedophiles in this net who meet the stereotype the public are afraid of," said Mary de Young, a professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University in Michigan who has written about the issue extensively.
"I am profoundly grateful for the service and supreme sacrifice of Officer Collier, who was an extraordinary young man, an excellent police officer, and a truly beloved member of our community," Eric Grimson, the chancellor of M.I.T., wrote in an e-mail on Sunday.
Against a backdrop of fiscal austerity, the looming threat of terrorism – in some instances directed at police officers themselves – the shakeup of pay, conditions and recruitment proposed by the Winsor review, and the lingering impact of scandal that taints both previous and present management in London's main police service, the Met is losing excellent police officers hand over fist.
