Above the Call
Highlighting CDCR and CCHCS staff who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.
Correctional Officer Craig Lee responded to the Las Vegas shooting by running into the gunfire to help victims. The October...
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As Lieutenant Derrick ‘Bo’ Taylor is laid to rest in Pismo Beach today, one mother credits him with saving five...
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Secretary Scott Kernan: "Lt. Derrick 'Bo' Taylor was murdered by unspeakable evil in the Las Vegas shooting. This is a...
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Two off-duty CDCR employees, Curtiss Ursenbach and Rory Taylor, recently saved a neighbor who stopped breathing.
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CDCR Secretary Scott Kernan welcomed a room full of corrections employees and their families during the 2016 Medal of Valor...
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A reception was held recently in Seal Beach to honor CDCR Medal of Valor recipients Richard Glassman and Sean Copeland....
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The 30th annual Medal of Valor recognized 108 employees, with six earning the state’s highest honor during the 2014 ceremony....
CDCR honored 116 employees during the department’s 2013 Medal of Valor Ceremony for extraordinary bravery above and beyond the call...
CDCR honored dozens of employees during the annual Medal of Valor Ceremony in September 2012. Seventy-three staff members from institutions,...
During the 2011 Medal of Valor Ceremony, CDCR and Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., honored 48 employees for conduct above...
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