Renton Police Chief Schultz presented life‑saving medals to several officers at the city council meeting, recognizing actions he said “quite literally saved lives.” The awards covered four incidents in which officers rendered emergency care or conducted rescues before medics arrived.

Chief Schultz described a July 11 shooting at the Renton Transit Center in which officers Eddie (last name in record varies) and Myers discovered a victim hiding under a bus, applied chest seals and tourniquets and helped stabilize the victim for transport to Harborview Medical Center. “Medics later advised that if not for the immediate action taken by the officers, the victim would have succumbed to his injuries at the scene,” Schultz said.

Schultz also described an Aug. 30 response at Gene Coulon Park when officers located three occupants in a vehicle linked to a prowling investigation and two people entered the lake. Officers obtained jet skis from a dock, rescued a female who was struggling at the surface and coordinated with Renton Regional Fire Authority divers to recover a male who had gone under the water. The chief said officers’ creative and decisive actions allowed life‑saving efforts once the male was brought to shore.

An Aug. 31 stabbing in the 200 block of Williams Avenue South prompted another life‑saving response, Chief Schultz said, crediting Officer Peterson for controlling heavy bleeding and providing stabilizing care until emergency medical services arrived. Finally, on Oct. 3 officers including Sergeant Thielman and Officer Wynne responded to a shooting on the 300 block of Burnett Avenue South; the chief said their urgent interventions to control neck and back wounds helped the victim survive and be upgraded to stable condition in the days that followed.

The council and the chief presented the department medals as recognition of “courage, quick thinking, and compassion under pressure,” and paused for a group photo after the presentations. No formal action or funding decision was connected to the awards; the presentation was ceremonial.

The awards highlight routine policy issues for emergency responders: first‑on‑scene care, coordination with fire medics and rapid transport to trauma centers. The council thanked officers and family members for attending.