Medal of Bravery
Awarded on: 2009-11-26
Invested on: 2010-10-22
Constable Lionel Girault, M.B.
Sergeant Patrick Lalonde, M.B.
Constable Jean Milliard, M.B.
Medal of Bravery
On July 12, 2001, City of Montréal police Sergeant Patrick Lalonde and constables Lionel Girault and Jean Milliard risked their lives to apprehend an armed bank robber, in Montréal. Hearing over their radios that a police officer had been shot at a nearby bank, the constables rushed towards the area. A bystander alerted them that the armed suspect was trying to get away in a taxi across the street. In separate vehicles, the three constables followed him and blocked his escape. The suspect ran to another taxi and held a gun to the driver's head. The constables approached cautiously from different directions, shouting at the suspect who refused to throw down his weapon. Fearing for the taxi driver's life, the officers fired several shots at the suspect, wounding him in the shoulder; he dropped his weapon and gave himself up.