Fairfield Police Cadet Program Unit Citation

Tactical Challenge Active Aggressor Team

Under the leadership of Team Leader Lt. Alex von Ehr, the active aggressor team was responding to a call for an active shooter in a bank. I personally observed the team enter the building, after which they were immediately met with an unarmed subject run at them. The team recognized this and made way for the subject to escape. They were then met with an armed aggressor who came from the left side of the building. This threat was immediately stopped. Cadet Tristan Le and Cadet Chris Samator pushed through the direction the first threat came from and held the hallway while Cadet Jacub Cupole secured the subject’s firearm. As this was done, gunfire was heard coming from the right side of the building. Cadet Lt.s Michael Morgan and Alex von Ehr recognized there was an additional threat and made their way down the hallway. Cadet Sgt. Michael Morgan observed an armed subject in the room at the end of the hallway and ordered him out, saving the other unarmed subject. While this was happening, Sgt. Sabryne Freyler and Cadet Jacub Cupole provided medical aid to the first subject as Le and Samator maintained security.