Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Honors Local Deputies

   The names of sheriff's personnel who were honored for their heroic deeds they performed last year was released Tuesday.
   The honorees were:
   -- Deputies Daniel Hoyos and Marco A. Miranda of the Compton Station were honored for their response on Feb. 22 to a "baby not breathing'" call and were able to resuscitate the baby.
   -- Deputy Zare Voskanyan of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station was honored for getting a man who had a heart attack and no pulse breathing again on April 22.
   -- Deputy Tim L. Hazlewood of the Marina del Rey Station was honored for stopping a woman attacking another woman on May 9 with a two-foot metal pipe by disarming her with his body rather than a weapon.
   -- Deputies Cameron J. Brazile, Deputy Jesus Argueta and Deputy Carlos L. Sanchez of the Carson Station saw a baby on June 20 who was not breathing and had been involved in a three-car collision on the San Diego (405) Freeway. After learning that paramedics would be delayed, the deputies rushed the baby to the hospital in their radio car. The doctor at the hospital said the baby survived only because of their decision.
   -- Deputy Stacie Dobine was driving to her job at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility on May 31 when she was rear ended by a motorcycle that had been going at a high rate of speed. The female passenger was bleeding from her head and not breathing. Dobine directed a bystander to assist, provided resuscitation on the victim who began breathing in six minutes. She was taken to a hospital and survived.
   -- Sgt. Theresa A. Dawson and Deputy Javier Munoz of the Lancaster Station responded to a suicide call on Oct. 27. They saw a man hanging from the rafters with a noose around his neck. They cut the rope, took him down, and found he was unresponsive. They applied resuscitation and he was taken to a hospital. They saved his life and prevented him from irreversible brain damage by their quick action.
   -- Deputy Wilson D. Wong of the Century Station was called on Aug. 31 to a home by a woman who said her granddaughter had just given birth to a baby and they were both in dire need of medical help. While waiting for paramedics, Wong saw a young female crying uncontrollably and a newborn baby resting inside a bowl. The baby's umbilical cord had been cut and she was not breathing. Wong wrapped the newborn in a towel, turned her over onto her stomach while sweeping her airway with his finger in an attempt to get her breathing. When that didn't work, he asked for a nasal aspirator, which he used to clear the baby's airway. The baby began to cry and breathe on her own.
   -- Deputy Bryan L. White and Deputy Matthew C. Schwabe of the Marina Station received a medical call on May 16 about a 76-year-old man who collapsed while piloting a sailboat during a regatta. Crew members were trying to revive him. The deputies located the sailboat among numerous other boats by communicating with crew members on the marine radio and locating its signal. Then in an extremely difficult maneuver, they pulled alongside the sailboat, and took over CPR with an automated external defibrillator and restored the victim's pulse. Doctors said without their efforts, the man would not have survived.
   -- Deputies Benjamin J. Alvarado and Fernando L. Kibic of the Lakewood Station were called to an Artesia home on Dec. 16 where a child was unconscious. Working together, they got the child breathing. Arriving paramedics said the pair had done an incredible job in saving the child.
   -- Sgt. Ronald R. Marquez and Deputy Victor L. Locklin of the Transit Services Bureau South responded on Dec. 8 to the Green Line station in Downey where a man had climbed the street level overpass fence and went onto the ledge above the rail line and freeway. It looked like he was going to jump. The man, who had a history of mental problems and wanted to commit suicide, would only talk to Marquez. After 30 minutes, Marquez was able to gain the man's trust and asked if he could touch him. When the man reached over the fence, Marquez grabbed his arm and called for Locklin and two Downey officers to help. They pulled the man over the fence and onto the overpass where he was detained.
   -- Deputies Christopher T. Deaville, Glenn J. Jorian and Charles  W. Weathers of the Parks Bureau responded on Sept. 23 to a single-vehicle traffic accident in Quartz Hill where they found a 23-year-old man had been thrown from his vehicle in Quartz Hill. Using advanced techniques, they used a spine stabilizing technique to and rolled him on his back and restored his pulse. They inserted a tube in the man's mouth and throat to open his airway. Arriving paramedics continued lifesaving efforts and took him to a hospital. He sustained a broken neck and his recovery will be long, but he was alive.