Also honored Tuesday at a City Hall ceremony were Police Sgt. Jason Kaczynski and Officer Kimberly Thorp. They received the Carter Harrison Award.
The two officers, who were on desk duty and not wearing bulletproof vests, stepped into the line of fire in July 2010 when they heard gun shots outside a police station.
Thorp was met with a spray of bullets as she exited the doorway. She took aim at a gun-wielding man advancing toward her. Kaczynski was close behind with his weapon drawn, and fired several shots striking the gunman in the chest.
At the time, neither knew that Officer Thor Soderberg had been mortally wounded in the parking lot moments before they arrived on the scene.
Congratulations Officers.