Three Santa Barbara Police Department officers received the H. Thomas Guerry Award for Superior Performance during a May 8 ceremony. The award is named after Santa Barbara Police Officer H. Thomas Guerry who was killed in the line of duty in 1970.
Sgt. Thomas Van Eyck, Officer Madison Trevino, and Officer Shaneese Fischer received the award, which is presented annually in Guerry’s memory by the Santa Barbara Citizen’s Council on Crime.
Sgt. Van Eyck and Officer Trevino received the Award for Superior Performance as a result of the following incident:…