{"id":238419,"date":"2021-11-04T21:29:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T02:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=238419"},"modified":"2021-11-09T08:57:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:57:01","slug":"highway-patrol-awards-presented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=238419","title":{"rendered":"Highway Patrol Awards Include VC Police Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On Thursday, November 4th, 2021, the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) conducted an awards\u00a0 <\/span>ceremony at the NDDOT-Valley City District. Five separate awards were presented during <\/span>
the ceremony: <\/span><\/span>
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\u2022<\/span> Trooper Jonathan Skalicky, NDHP, was awarded the NDHP Legion of Honor Medal <\/span><\/span>
\u2022<\/span> Officer Jason Runge, Valley City Police Department, received the NDHP Colonel\u2019s\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Award of Excellence<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>
\u2022<\/span> Bryan Bridgeford, West Fargo, ND, received the NDHP Colonel\u2019s Award of Excellence <\/span><\/span>
\u2022<\/span> Trooper Gabriel Irvis, NDHP, received the ND Peace Officers Association Life Saving\u00a0 <\/span>Award <\/span><\/span>
\u2022<\/span> \"\"<\/a>Trooper Joshua Page, NDHP, received the ND Peace Officers Association Exceptional\u00a0 <\/span>Performance Award <\/span><\/span>
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An additional award was presented, but the individual was unable to attend. His award was\u00a0 <\/span>mailed to him. The additional award was for Roy Del Ozo, Lawton, OK. He received the\u00a0 <\/span>NDHP Colonel\u2019s Award of Excellence. <\/span><\/span>
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Trooper Skalicky, Officer Runge, Bryan Bridgeford and Roy Del Ozo received their awards for\u00a0 <\/span>their involvement with the following incident: <\/span><\/span>
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\u2022<\/span> On July 26th, Bryan Bridgeford called 911 to report a reckless driver. The driver then <\/span>
\u00a0entered and parked at the Oriska Rest Area. Mr. Bridgeford remained at the rest area\u00a0 <\/span>observing the vehicle to report updates to law enforcement. Trooper Skalicky <\/span>responded to the reckless driver call and located the suspect vehicle at the rest area. <\/span>

\"\"<\/a>While attempting to arrest the driver of the vehicle, the driver placed the vehicle in\u00a0 <\/span>reverse, dragging Trooper Skalicky, causing an injury to him. Shortly thereafter, the <\/span>
\u00a0suspect attempted to disarm Trooper Skalicky. Trooper Skalicky had lost his radio\u00a0 <\/span>during the struggle, so Mr. Bridgeford called 911 to report the resisting suspect and the\u00a0 <\/span>need for additional law enforcement assistance. Mr. Bridgeford and Roy Del Ozo then\u00a0 <\/span>asked Trooper Skalicky if they could help him. Trooper Skalicky accepted their\u00a0 <\/span>assistance and the three of them were able to subdue the suspect, place her in\u00a0 <\/span>handcuffs and into a patrol car. Officer Runge arrived shortly thereafter and assisted <\/span>
Trooper Skalicky on securing the crime scene and allowing Trooper Skalicky to obtain\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>needed medical care. Trooper Skalicky was out of work for approximately six weeks\u00a0 <\/span>with the injury he sustained during the incident. <\/span><\/span>
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Trooper Skalicky was nominated for his medal internally within the NDHP. Officer Runge, Mr. <\/span>Bridgeford and Mr. Del Ozo were nominated by Trooper Skalicky for their awards. <\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>\"\"<\/a>Trooper Irvis and Trooper Page received their awards for actions in the following incident: <\/span><\/span>
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\u2022<\/span> On December 5th, 2020, Trooper Page attempted to stop a motorist for a traffic\u00a0 <\/span>violation on I-94 in Fargo. The vehicle fled at a high rate of speed eastbound on I-94,\u00a0 <\/span>crossing the Red River into Minnesota. After entering MN, the vehicle continued to <\/span>flee. Trooper Page made the decision to discontinue the pursuit in MN. After\u00a0 <\/span>discontinuing, Trooper Page continued to drive in MN, eastbound on I-94 to ensure the\u00a0 <\/span>fleeing vehicle did not crash. Just east of the 34th St. overpass in MN, the suspect <\/span>
vehicle had rolled. Trooper Page located one occupant from the vehicle in the median. <\/span>
The male occupant had been ejected from the vehicle. The male suspect was alive\u00a0 <\/span>and treatment was provided. A short time later, Trooper Irvis arrived, and a passing\u00a0 <\/span>motorist alerted Trooper Irvis to a female laying in the westbound lanes of I-94 at the\u00a0 <\/span>same location. The female had been the driver of the suspect vehicle and was ejected\u00a0 <\/span>in the crash. Trooper Irvis provided medical treatment to include CPR to the female\u00a0 <\/span>and was able to revive her. Once EMS personnel arrived, care was transferred, and <\/span>
the female suspect survived the incident. <\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>The NDHP Legion of Honor Medal is awarded to NDHP personnel who are injured in the line\u00a0 <\/span>of duty. NDHP members are nominated by another NDHP member and the nomination is <\/span>
forwarded to the NDHP Awards Committee for consideration and approval. <\/span><\/span>
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The NDHP Colonel\u2019s Award of Excellence is awarded by the NDHP Superintendent to NDHP\u00a0 <\/span>employees and citizens for actions that have benefited the NDHP and State of North Dakota. <\/span>
Individuals can be nominated by any NDHP employee for this award. <\/span><\/span>
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The NDPOA Lifesaving Award is for law enforcement officers\u2019 actions that significantly\u00a0 <\/span>contribute to saving a human life. <\/span><\/span>
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The NDPOA Exceptional Performance Award is for law enforcement officers who handle or\u00a0 <\/span>confront an emergency and handle it in a professional manner. <\/span><\/span>
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<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, November 4th, 2021, the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) conducted an awards\u00a0 ceremony at the NDDOT-Valley City District. Five separate awards were presented during the ceremony: \u2022 Trooper Jonathan Skalicky, NDHP, was awarded the NDHP Legion of Honor Medal \u2022 Officer Jason Runge, Valley City Police Department, received […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":238705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238419"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238712,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238419\/revisions\/238712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/238705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}