Deputy Honored For Act Of Heroism In Belmont Incident

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — County officials are honoring a local sheriff's deputy who went "above and beyond the call of duty" this year and helped save a woman whose husband allegedly threatened and held her above the train tracks — in front of her 4-year-old son — in Belmont.

It happened on May 31 at the Belmont Caltrain Station, according to officials with the San Mateo County Transit District.

Deputy Pedro Miqueo responded to to the subsequent domestic violence call, came to the woman's aid and arrested the man; all the while treating "the woman and child with care and compassion," transit officials said.

Miqueo connected the woman and her child with counselors at Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse, or CORA. Miqueo also drove her to her child's school when she was unable to do so and stayed in touch with her to provide further support, according to the transit distric.

CORA will honor Miqueo with an award at a meeting of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board on Thursday.

"Our District is lucky to have a dedicated group of employees and dedicated law enforcement professionals that take their work very seriously,” said Jim Hartnett, General Manager and CEO of the San Mateo County Transit District. “It is of no surprise to me that, when dangerous situations come up, that they rise to the occasion and do what they can to keep the public safe."

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— Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone / Bay City News Service contributed to this report