Three members of our BID Safe Team were recently recognized by the Homeland Security Investigations Missing Child Recovery Unit for assisting in their search for a teenage girl missing since February from the San Jose, CA area.
HSI investigators believed the girl to be in the vicinity of skid row area. They were searching for her on August 11 when they spotted a team of BID bike officers and enlisted their help by providing a flyer with the girl’s photo and information. Two days later, BID officers observed a young girl they believed to be the missing person. They contacted the HSI investigators who happened to be in the area still searching for her. Investigators responded and the girl was positively identified as the missing teen. She was safely taken off the streets by authorities. She was returned to San Jose where police and social workers took her into their care.
In September, HSI presented our Safe Team officers with a commendatory plaque for their key role in helping find this lost teen. We congratulate BID Sergeant Eduardo Flores, Corporal Stanley Leiva and Officer Danny Dominguez Gonzalez for their exemplary dedication and professionalism in the performance of their duties.
