SCITUATE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police honored fallen police officers at an annual ceremony Thursday and also awarded troopers and honored FBI personnel for their efforts following last month's bombings at the Boston Marathon.
A service ribbon, the highest honor bestowed, went to Trooper Roupen Bastajian, who ran the marathon and then applied medical tourniquets to people injured by the bombs.
A special commendation went to Trooper Meredith L. Zenowich, an event spectator, who helped injured people and also helped secure the crime scene, said Col. Steven G. O'Donnell.
O'Donnell issued a commendation to bomb sniffing dogs and their handlers and gave unit citations to the state police tactical team and staff at the state fusion center, an intelligence facility, for their assistance with the investigation.
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