[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 10 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E51-E52]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING NICK DEGUILIO

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 18, 2024

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Nick 
Deguilio, a Deputy with the Napa County Sheriff's Department. I have 
named Mr. Deguilio as a Public Safety Hero of the Year for Napa County 
in California's 4th District as a result of his extraordinary 
selflessness, dedication and service to others.
  Mr. Deguilio was born and grew up in Napa, California, where he spent 
most of his younger years playing football. After graduating from 
Justin Sienna High School. Mr. Deguilio attended college at University 
of California, Santa Cruz, obtaining a bachelor's degree in history in 
2004.
  In 2008, Mr. Deguilio and his brother Dominic attended the Police 
Academy before embarking on his career as a Deputy Sheriff at the Santa 
Cruz Sheriff's Office where he spent the next four years. Mr. Deguilio 
then made the move to the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office where he spent 
nine years before being hired by the Napa County Sheriffs Office in 
2021.
  In the early afternoon on July, 16, 2023, Mr. Deguilio responded to a 
medical call from an adult male that had sustained a hand cut from a 
boat propeller. Not knowing the severity of the injury, and without a 
dispatch broadcast, he recognized the potentially urgent situation, 
notified his colleagues and raced to the scene. Within seven minutes. 
Mr. Deguilio arrived and took control of the incident. While evaluating 
the patient's injury, consisting of a partial hand amputation, he 
requested an air ambulance and applied a tourniquet to stop excessive 
bleeding. Mr. Deguilio remained attentive to the patient, who was in 
apparent shock and somewhat unresponsive, before being relieved by Cal 
Fire and other responding deputies. The patient was then transported by 
helicopter to a hospital where he underwent multiple surgeries. The 
quick thinking and actions by Mr. Deguilio helped stabilize the victim 
and prevented a possibly far worseoutcome.
  Exactly two months later Mr. Deguilio responded to a stabbing at a 
remote residence in Napa County. Initial details from a call to 911 
were that the caller's husband had been stabbed by an unknown person in 
their backyard and that the husband was attempting to hold the suspect 
down. Mr. Deguilio was first to arrive on scene and decided to attempt 
to locate the victim and suspect without waiting for backup. He found 
the injured resident, who had taken the weapon and was holding the 
suspect down. Mr. Deguilio took control of the knife and immediately 
handcuffed the suspect when the resident fell to his hands and knees. 
He promptly cut open the resident's bloodied shirt, finding a 3-inch 
open stab wound on his upper back. Not knowing the severity of the stab 
wound, Mr. Deguilio immediately applied a ``chest seal'' to the 
resident's back, applying continual pressure while awaiting further 
medical assistance. As deputies arrived at the scene, he learned the 
suspect had also been stabbed during the altercation. Once medical 
personnel arrived and began aiding the resident, Mr. Deguilio moved to 
provide first aid to the suspect, applying another ``chest seal'' to 
the suspect's stab wound. Mr. Deguilio's quick decision-making 
certainly saved lives.
  Mr. Deguilio's actions during both incidents show selfless dedication 
and service at the highest of levels to our community and the Law 
Enforcement profession.
  Outside of work Mr. Deguilio is heavily involved in his child's 
Little League team as the coach. He recently competed with his brother 
in the Top Cop Challenge pistol match in Amador County. The brother duo 
placed second in the team competition and placed second and third in 
the individual competition. They then donated their five-thousand-
dollar winnings to the First Responder Support Network/West Coast Post-
Trauma Retreat. Mr. Deguilio is proudly married to Kati Deguilio,

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and they share three children: 12-year-old Vincent, 10-year-old Joseph 
and 6-year-old Gus.
  Mr. Speaker, we thank Mr. Deguilio for his persistence, service and 
commitment to our community. Therefore, it is fitting and proper that 
we honor him here today.

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