Officer Honored for Bravery
Auburn corrections officer honored for exemplary bravery
The Citizen staff and wire reports
Randy Calhoun, of Auburn Correctional Facility, was one of four people honored Thursday for heroism by the state Department of Correctional Services.
Calhoun, who had been recognized locally as a Cayuga County Red Cross Great Hero, pulled a motorist out of a burning car after happening upon an accident on Route 34B in Genoa in March 2005.
On Thursday, Calhoun, 41, Carl Hillman, 47, and two other correctional services staffers were awarded the department's Medals of Merit, presented each year to employees who have displayed singular courage and outstanding service in the line of duty.
Hillman was on his rounds at the Elmira Correctional Facility last year when he grew suspicious because the door to a prison counselor's office had been closed during a meeting with an inmate.
When Hillman opened the door to check, he found the female counselor beaten unconscious by the inmate. He jumped over the desk, chased off the attacker and called for help that saved the victim from more serious injury.
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