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4th District Officer Receives Public Safety Award

For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 25, 2013

A 4th District officer received the Wheaton & Kensington Chamber of Commerce Public Safety Award at the Community Awards Banquet held last night at the Hollywood East Cafe in Wheaton.

Officer Andrew Suh, a three-year veteran of the Montgomery County Police Department, received the Public Safety Award in recognition of his involvement in several complex investigations and quality arrests for serious crimes.  Most recently, Officer Suh was involved in arrests related to three major felony events in the Wheaton-Glenmont area.

In January 2013, the Capitol One Bank on Georgia Avenue was robbed by a suspect with a handgun.  This was the second commerical robbery of the day committed by the suspect.  The suspect had fled from the bank in a taxi cab.  Officer Suh circulated in the area of the bank robbery and observed a taxi cab parked in front of a nearby barber shop.  Officer Suh went inside the barber shop and located the robbery suspect sitting in a barber chair covered in red paint from the dye pack that had exploded on him as he fled from the bank.  Officer Suh arrested the suspect, thereby closing both armed robberies from that day.  Of special note, this was Officer Suh's second arrest of an armed bank robbery suspect in his three years as a police officer.

In February 2013, Officer Suh responded to a report of suspicious subjects walking through backyards.  He located two men in the yards, and investigation revealed that they had just committed a residential burglary.  The two men were arrested.

Seven days following the burglary arrest, Officer Suh responded to a burglary in which the victim's credit cards were stolen and several fraudulent purchases were subsequently made.  Officer Suh developed two suspects in this burglary and confirmed their identity by viewing video surveillance from establishments where the purchases were made.  Officer Suh arrested both suspects and subsequently identified and arrested a third.

These cases are a sampling of the cases that portray Officer Suh's commitment to the residents and businesses in the 4th District.  Officer Suh is a highly motivated officer and an accomplished investigator who regularly goes above and beyond what is required of him in his effort to prevent and detect crime.

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Release ID: 13-132
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