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Post Falls Police Officer Melissa Gatfield received the Distinguished Service Award for convincing an armed suicidal male to meet her at the police department so he could seek help.
June 19, 2019
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June 19, 2019 1 a.m.
Heroic rescues
POST FALLS — Bringing closure to the torture of what a 6-year-old boy endured is what kept Post Falls detective John Mason chipping away at the grueling case for 10 months.