President of SecurU Inc. Douglas Penson was presented with the “Chief’s Commendation” award in recognition of his meritorious effort in 2008 from Halton Regional Police Service.
Headline read…. “Man dubbed hero in purse-snatching Citizen’s quick action leads to arrest” article released January 25th, 2008 by Stephanie Hounsell.
Alarm bells went off in Doug Penson’s mind when he saw a man heading away from a Main Street bank clutching a red purse.
“I said, ‘This guy is not the type of guy to carry that kind of purse,'” Penson recalled.
That initial thought set in motion a sequence of events that eventually led police to a suspect in the purse snatching of a 66-year-old woman walking with a cane.
Police said that at about 3:30 p.m. Monday, the woman had left the CIBC bank at 147 Main St. in Milton, Ontario and was headed to her vehicle in the rear parking lot when she was approached from behind.
A robber forcefully removed her purse from her shoulder and knocked her to the ground before fleeing, police said.
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