Vancouver Officers Who Got Injured While Saving a Child Receive Award for Bravery

Published on March 16, 2024

Two officers with the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) received the department’s highest award for bravery at a ceremony on March 14. Detective Const. Blake Chersinoff and Const. Scott MacDonald received the Chief Constable’s Award of Valor. It was for rescuing a kidnapped child from a man armed with two knives, who had barricaded himself into an apartment. Both constables were injured; Const. Chersinoff received serious injuries. According to Const. Tania Visintin, who read the citation at the commendation ceremony, available on the department’s YouTube channel, it started with a call on July 5, 2021. She said the two of them were working the morning shift in East Vancouver on that day when an “in progress” call of the highest magnitude came in. She said with 14 years of experience, Const. Chersinoff had attended hundreds of high-priority calls....

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