This morning at a special Roll Call Ceremony in front of their Peers, Supervisors, and Commanders, Yarmouth Police Department Patrol Officers Matthew Sheehan and Brian Carchedi were issued the Yarmouth Police Department Lifesaving Award. The award reads as follows:
“On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 1:27 AM Yarmouth Police Officers Matthew Sheehan and Brian Carchedi responded to a home in Yarmouth for a report of a suicidal male. Patrol Officers Sheehan and Carchedi arrived and found a despondent man standing in the dark on the hood of his vehicle with a noose tied around his neck and the remainder of the rope tied around a tree limb and the front bumper of his vehicle.
Officers Sheehan and Carchedi attempted to reason with the man to prevent him from harming himself when the man suddenly 
ordered the Officers to get back and then jumped from the hood of the vehicle. The rope tightened around his neck and he was suspended several feet off the ground before Officer Sheehan quickly moved in and held him up by his legs as Officer Carchedi immediately climbed up on the hood of the vehicle and cut the rope with a knife. The man became combative and fought with the officers who were eventually able to overcome his attack and take him into protective custody and he was subsequently transported to Cape Cod Hospital by members of the Yarmouth Fire Department for mental heath evaluation and treatment.
Your prompt and decisive actions that morning led to the saving of a life and brought great credit to the Yarmouth Police Department and the Profession of Law Enforcement and you are hereby awarded the Yarmouth Police Department Lifesaving Award.”
Congratulations Officers. We are all very proud of you!