The Valor Awards ceremony celebrated individuals from four different local departments who put themselves at unusual, great, or in one case, extreme personal risk to protect others.

Officer Zebulon Cardona received the highest award, recognizing brave actions involving extreme personal risk. Cardona was part of a team of Chesterfield officers that apprehended two suspects in a vehicle that had fired on them during a chase.

He was among five other Chesterfield police officers who were honored with silver medals in two incidents involving armed motorists who fired at officers.

Four Richmond firefighters were awarded bronze medals for their role in rescuing three people from a burning home.

Two Richmond officers were awarded bronze valor medals for their role in stopping an ax-wielding su

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