“They did a great job,” Milpitas Police Department Acting Assistant Chief of Police Tyler Jamison exclusively tells PEOPLE of heroic officers, Ricardo Barragan and Trayvon Hartley
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- A fire broke out in a California apartment on Feb. 21, leaving residents trapped on the balcony
- Authorities promptly arrived at the scene and instructed a child’s parents to drop her and their dog off the balcony and into the officer’s arms
- Both the 3-year-old and the dog were safely dropped, and the remaining residents were later rescued by the Milpitas Fire Department
A Bay Area police officer heroically saved a 3-year-old girl and a dog from a burning apartment.
On Feb. 21, around 3:10 p.m. local time, the Milpitas Police Department (MPD) was alerted to a fire in an apartment with people trapped inside, MPD Acting Assistant Chief of Police Tyler Jamison tells PEOPLE. MPD uploaded a social media post, which included the dispatch call and officers’ body cam footage.
The concerned resident called 911 to tell the dispatcher, “There’s a fire, and we can’t get out. It’s outside of our door but not inside our house.”…