San Francisco Police Officers Casey Chow and Officer Anthony Quimbo were commended for arresting a suspect who allegedly tried to take the officer’s gun.
Two San Francisco police officers were honored by the city for their actions in arresting a suspect who allegedly tried to pull a gun from one of their holsters.
San Francisco Police Department Press Release Re: Officer Casey Chow and Officer Anthony Quimbo Commendation
SFPD Officers Awarded for Tracking Down Stolen Vehicle, Arresting Violent Suspect
The San Francisco Police Department recognized Officer Casey Chow and Officer Anthony Quimbo from Northern Station for their exemplary and tenacious work during the Officer of the Month celebration at City Hall on Wednesday.
Officers Chow and Quimbo were two of four officers recognized during the quarterly event that included body-worn camera footage of their efforts to apprehend a violent suspect who attempted to take the officer’s service pistol.
The SFPD would like to thank the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in this case.
It happened on November 9, 2024, at approximately 8:00 a.m., when officers Chow and Quimbo observed a person driving a red Hyundai recklessly by spinning the tires and doing “donuts” in the intersection of Laguna and McAllister streets.
The officers attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop, but the driver failed to yield and fled on the one-way street of Gough Street, traveling in the opposite direction of traffic. Due to the increased risk to the public, the officers chose not to pursue the vehicle.
Shortly thereafter, the officers were at a local hospital conducting their collision investigation. The officers heard dispatch broadcast an incident where a red Hyundai was driving recklessly at McAllister and Gough streets.
Officers Quimbo and Chow believed that this was the same red Hyundai that evaded them earlier.
The officers contacted the reporting party of the reckless driving call that was broadcast who provided them with a photograph of the Hyundai, which the officers recognized as the same vehicle that fled from them.