HERMOSA BEACH, California — Hermosa Beach Police Detective Luis Pineda and Officer Kevin Jones were honored with Life Saving Awards after a CPR and AED response helped revive a man who was found unconscious and not breathing, according to an Easy Reader report.
The awards were presented at the 50th Annual South Bay Medal of Valor Awards, which Easy Reader reported was presented by the South Bay Police & Fire Memorial Foundation on May 21. The report said Hermosa Beach Police Chief Landon Phillips stood alongside Jones and Pineda for the recognition.
A medical call that turned critical
Easy Reader reported that on Nov. 26, 2025, Pineda and Jones were called to a residence on Ardmore Avenue for a 30-year-old man who had been found unconscious and not breathing.
According to the report, Pineda began CPR while Jones retrieved an Automated External Defibrillator from his patrol vehicle. The man’s heartbeat became regulated and he started breathing again, Easy Reader reported.
The man made a full recovery and later visited the station to thank the officers, according to the report. Doctors said that without immediate help, the man likely would not have survived or could have suffered permanent brain damage, Easy Reader reported.
Training before the call
At the award event, presenter Glen Walker said the officers had taken extra CPR and emergency-care training, according to Easy Reader.
“That preparation, combined with their quick actions, made all the difference,” Walker said, according to Easy Reader.
ThinBlueNews is limiting this article to the public award details in the cited report. The patient is not named here because the public report identified him only by age and location context.
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Editorial note: ThinBlueNews used a real award photo credited to the South Bay Police & Fire Memorial Foundation via Easy Reader. No AI-generated rescue scene, fake officer image or unrelated staged medical imagery was used.