http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12822763
Denver police Sgt. Greg Jones is the rare cop who is an expert marksman as well as an expert crisis negotiator, able to defuse situations before guns come into play.
Last week, Jones, 49, received the Crisis Intervention Teams of Colorado Association's top award for his long-term commitment to crisis negotiations and specifically for his handling of a situation in October, when a 2-year-old boy had been shot dead in the arms of his father.
When Jones, a 6-foot-6-inch former linebacker for CU, answered a 911 call at East 13th Avenue and Madison Street on Oct. 12, 2008, Earl Ryan was on the front porch, waving a gun and threatening suicide. Ryan was determined to kill himself and had even planned it for the next day, Jones would learn.