Police officers honored on Thursday

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Nicholas Georgoulis is sworn in as a sergeant on Feb. 13, 2010. Photo/Andrew Sylvia

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, Manchester Police Department Chief Carlo Capano and other officials were on hand at the Manchester Police Athletic League Officer Michael Briggs Community Center on Thursday to honor several of Manchester’s finest.

Newly minted Sergeant Nicholas Georgoulis will now be a shift supervisor, following roles within the department with the SWAT Team, investigating child abuse and sexual exploitation cases, serving as a school resource officer and patrolling the city during the midnight shift.

Georgoulis was hired by 2009, and obtained a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice with a minor in Spanish from Northeastern University.

Officer Felipe Fagundes was named Officer of the Year, also earning Officer of the Month honors in April 2019. Like Georgoulis, he is fluent in Spanish and is also fluent in Portuguese.

Fagundes notably used his linguistic abilities to glean information about hidden drugs that a driver was communicating with his child in Spanish. Later, he also discovered secret Spanish slang used by organizations under surveillance in a drug trafficking investigation.

Officer Adam Terrizzi and Detective Michael Caron were given Lifesaving Medals for their efforts in helping a suicidal man on the Bridge Street Bridge on Sept. 28, 2019.

Officer Austin Biery earned the Honorable Service Medal for helping to save the life of a five-month-old girl on Oct. 2, 2019.

About this Author

Andrew Sylvia

Assistant EditorManchester Ink Link

Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.