Life Saving Award & Medal
October 2, 2023
The City of San Pablo and the San Pablo Police Department is proud to present this Life Saving Award to the following individual:
Officer Brandon Oswald
This Commendation is being awarded for the following outstanding performance:
At 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2023 Officer Brandon Oswald heard a medical call about an infant who was not breathing near the West County Health Center in San Pablo. Officer Oswald w as nearby and arrived at the scene within seconds. Officer Oswald found the infant’s mother crying for help and took the child immediately performing infant CPR. Within seconds officers were able to dislodge the obstruction and the baby began crying. Medical units arrived and escorted the family to the hospital to make sure the baby was okay. Calls of this nature can have varying outcomes depending on the amount of time that has elapsed. Thanks to Officer Oswald’s quick actions, the baby’s life was saved.
Throughout t he entire incident , Officer Oswald remained calm and collected. Officer Oswald is commended for his quick thinking and decisive action as this incident unfolded in front of him. Officer Oswald’s actions likely prevented a tragedy for the family involved. His life-saving actions are nothing short of heroic. For this reason, Officer Brandon Oswald is recognized with a 2023 Life Saving Award.
We would like to personally thank Brandon with the presentation of a “Life Saving Medal” and recognize his efforts through this Departmental Life Saving Award. The hard work and dedication by him exemplify the tenets of our Department ’s mission of “Dedicated to Providing Exceptional Police Service”.
Ron P. Raman Abel Pineda
Chief of Police Mayor