This recognition was due to the officer’s outstanding contributions and commitment to the department. Officer Castellanos was selected as the recipient of the “Officer of the Year” Award for 2021 by the Miramar Police Department. His actions validated all the qualities of an exemplary service which reflect positively upon the police department and the City of Miramar. His extraordinary work ethic, great teamwork, professionalism, and perseverance has earned him a well-deserved reputation from the community, amongst peers, supervisors, and members of the law enforcement community. Because of his training and intuition, he was able to rescue eight families giving them a sigh of relief for saving their loved ones’ lives. His supervisor has proudly stated that his vision was right. When asked, “why have you decided to become a law enforcement officer?” His response was, “due to officers’ fast response to injured victims therefore, I felt within my heart that my skills would be beneficial to the victims and that’s why I became an Officer of the Law”. Working on the road as a patrol officer, he has exercised triaging skills which, have proven to be a life-changing asset to injured victims within the Miramar Community. Currently, his time and talent have been shared with the Miramar Police Department in various capacities such as: Field Training Officer, Police Explorer Advisor and Hostage Negotiator. He has supervised teams that provided medical care for military aviation and responded to dozens of airplane crashes. Navy as a corpsman medic, specializing in combat, aviation, search and rescue missions.

Officer Castellanos has proudly served five years in the U.S. Winner of the “Officer of the Year” Award for 2021, for the Miramar Police Department Officer Castellanos was recognized for outstanding contributions and commitment to the department.īecause of his dedication to duty, attention to details and expertise in the line of duty, a combat medic has credited Officer Castellanos with saving eight victims from life-threatening injuries along with treating many others.

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