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cal Team had been called to the scene.
Trooper Facchina was able to calm the armed woman by talking to her, and eventually persuaded her to give up her weapon, a .25 caliber automatic handgun. He then entered the building, freed the hostage and arrested the woman.
The trooper’s calm and reassuring demeanor, according to the award citation, resulted in the safe release of the hostage and the suspect being placed in custody without further incident or harm to anyone.
“Had Trooper Facchina not taken the action he did,” the citation continued, “the potential of injury or death to other police officers, himself, the hostage and suspect would
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