Nearly 42,000 people turned out on Friday to see the Angels beat the Padres but before they played the game, the crowd watched two Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies honored on the field as Orange County’s Top Cops.
Photos by Professional Services Responder George Ridley
Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies Gary Lewellyn and Richard Olszynski were selected by the board of the Orange County Chapter of the Peace Officers Research Association of California. They were honored with the Department’s Medal of Valor earlier this year for their part in a gunbattle at the Mission Viejo Mall where a serial armed robber was killed. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens was on hand to help present the Top Cop Awards.
A portion of the game's ticket sales made through PORAC was donated to Project 999, which raises money to help the survivors of Orange County law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. To learn more about Project 999 go to their Website at http://www.project999ride.org/
Deputy Olszynski, Deputy Lewellyn, Anaheim Police Sergeant Greg Palmer, President of the Anaheim Police Association, and Sheriff Hutchens