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December: Tom Meisenbach
Recognized for his investigation of a breaking and entering and larceny. Through his investigation, Pfc. Identified and charged three suspects and recovered stolen property connected to several cases.
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November: Jay Snow
Recognized for his ?diligence, patience and investigative skills? while assisting in the investigation of a Bank Robbery. Cpl. Snow located crucial evidence and it was his recovery of a fingerprint that provided the necessary elements for the case to be tried on the Federal level.
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May: Chad Laws
Recognized ??because of his diligence and persistence?? during an investigation while serving as an SRO. ?Without his efforts we may not have been able to bring the investigation to a close so quickly?? ?Because of Cpl. Laws awareness, the school was able to return to its normal daily activities.?
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April: Jennifer Bradley, Phillip Bolton, Kristian Klicker
Recognized for their self-initiative to investigate a citizen?s complaint of possible illegal activity. The results were the uncovering and elimination of an indoor growing drug operation. ?This is a fine example of their commitment to teamwork and their commitment to attempting to improve the quality of life for the citizens of this city.?
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March: Jared Buckner
Recognized for his actions during a 911 call. Jared was able to obtain crucial and valuable information during the call that assisted officers to locate a murder suspect quickly and the murder weapon.
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February: Jack Boyles
Recognized for his conscientiousness and work ethic that led to him to discover a serious crime in progress involving a juvenile victim in which he acted upon and made an arrest. Boyles works to follow up and clear cases daily and this was one example of his exceptional work.
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2007 Recipients
November: Chris Edwards
Recognized for his ?officer safety skills on his approach to the business as well as once he arrived? after being dispatched to an alarm call. Due to his actions and tactical thinking, officers were able to apprehend a suspect inside the business and make several charges, which include the following: Breaking and Entering, Larceny after B&E, Safe Cracking, Attempted Larceny after B&E, Simple Possession Marijuana, Injury to Real Property.
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October: Jeff Patterson
Recognized for the work he does daily in the Animal Services Division as an Animal Control Officer. Jeff was complimented for being a ?TEAM? player and assisting where he was needed. Jeff is very familiar with the City and the people who live here. Jeff was commended for his work in particular while responding to a call and his ?calm professional fashion? in which he dealt with a difficult situation.
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August: Matt Huckabee and Osceola Red Shirt
After responding to a Domestic Disturbance call, these officers located numerous baggies of marijuana and items of drug paraphernalia at the residence. From this arrest, the suspect continued to cooperate and gave detailed information of his involvement in local drug sales and distribution. This information led to the arrests of 4 additional people on 12 felony drug offenses.
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May: Jeremy Paul
For his dedication to not only serving and protecting at his assigned school, as a School Resource Officer, but for the safety of all young people attending school in the City of Burlington. In April 2007, Cpl. Paul updated all of the Critical Incident Response Maps for both the public and private schools. To ensure accuracy, he made personal visits to each school and then distributed the information to all the BPD Bureaus.
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March: Enos Henderson, Osceola Red Shirt, Matt Huckabee
While theses 3 officers were working together on a Weed & Seed assignment, they observed a vehicle commit a minor traffic violation. The vehicle was stopped and occupants questioned. Based on the responses of the occupants and an odor of burning marijuana from the vehicle, the vehicle was searched. Located during the search were 24 clear baggies of Heroin, or 4.3 grams. Both suspects were arrested and charged with numerous felony drug charges and the vehicle was seized.
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February: Jennifer Bradley
Officer Bradley made a traffic stop when suspecting the driver was impaired. When speaking to the driver, she noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. A large amount of marijuana and controlled substances were located inside the vehicle. The items found, along with Officer Bradley?s interview, led to a more in-depth investigation. Special Operation detectives were called out and the investigation then led to a search of the vehicle occupants? residence. Items seized during the search included paraphernalia associated with the growing, cultivation, manufacture and processing of marijuana and live marijuana plants and processed marijuana totaling 7,864 grams with a street resale value in excess of $250,000.
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January: Rafael Nieves & Dana Mitchell
After a routine contact with a 14-year-old boy, these officers made extra efforts to build and maintain a relationship with him. They followed up to make sure he was attending school and made contact with his teachers. The officers discovered the boy and his mother were struggling in means of food and shelter. The officers assisted this family by making contacts with the appropriate community resources to improve their living condition. The officers also committed personal time and resources. After their Team discovered their efforts, the Team contributed and helped the family with needed items at Christmas. ?These officers identified a humanitarian issue and quietly made every attempt to make the lives of this family better. This was done without fanfare and reward. Neither officer asked for nor sought recognition for their actions and quite honestly dismissed their efforts in an attempt to minimize their involvement.?
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2006 Recipients
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December
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Brian Long, Sam Epps, Annie Boone
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All 3 officers were instrumental of collecting information and based on the information, setting up an undercover drug buy, which resulted in two arrests. 61.1 grams of cocaine and 7.4 grams of marijuana were seized.
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November
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Rick McBride
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While entering the parking lot of a convenience store, Cpl.
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McBride noticed a male leaving abruptly from the business. Due to Cpl. McBride?s observation and quick reactions to include pursuing the subject on foot and relaying vital information via the radio, the subject was arrested without incident.
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October
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Graham Sappington
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Recognized for his work during an investigation of an
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Armed Robbery of the Car Shop. He was able to build a rapport and obtain both a verbal and written confession from the suspect. Graham used ?good interview technique and patience in doing his job?.
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September
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Eric Watkins
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Recognized for his work in an undercover alcohol sting. As
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a result of his efforts, 18 employees at seventeen establishments were charged with selling alcohol to a minor.
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August
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Annie Boone
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Recognized for her initiative in responding to reported drug
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activity, resulting in a search, seizure of drugs and paraphernalia, and an arrest
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July
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Jeremy Coleman
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Recognized for his exceptional work and follow up on
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several investigations resulting in confessions.
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June
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Josh Hall
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Recognized for his work after his response to a B&E
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alarm and break-in. Through his investigation, he developed a suspect resulting in an arrest.
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May
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Maurice Hedgepeth & Reid Metters
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Recognized for their investigation of a Breaking and Entering resulting in a confession and recovering property.
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January
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Bill Marsh
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Recognized for going above the call of duty during his
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Investigation of a False Pretense/Embezzlement case at J R Tobacco. His investigation involved interviewing several subjects, which resulted in 2 taped confessions. Five suspects were charged with 18 felony charges.
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2005 Recipients
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December
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Jack Boyles
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Recognized for his response and investigation of a robbery
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at Sam?s Food Mart. Through his thorough on-scene investigation and follow up investigation, this case was solved, along with a Graham robbery where shots were fired.
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November
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Charlie Shehan
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Recognized for his ?uncanny recollection in his
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investigations of suspects and events.? He has been able to utilize informants and information from the street to close cases. These skills came into play during his investigation of an Armed Robbery in October. After obtaining a description of the suspect, Pfc. Shehan developed a suspect based on his past dealings with people and recalling specific identifying marks when described to him from the victims.
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October
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Rick McBride
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Recognized for his work coordinating Street Operations
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targeting specific areas with a history of problems including drugs and prostitution. Cpl. McBride has planned, coordinated, and implemented street operations on Key St. & Ireland St. resulting in arrests while portraying a positive & professional image and showing that the City and BPD is concerned with safety and quality of life issues facing our community. Operations Cpl. McBride has contributed to have produced a 100% conviction in court to date.
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September
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No nominations
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August
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Shane Brown
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Recognized for his work during an investigation of a Home
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Invasion in which due to Detective Brown?s work and quick response, property was recovered, confessions were obtained and six (6) individuals were arrested. Brown was commended for being a team player, his work ethic and investigative skills.
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July
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Chip Ferguson
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Recognized for his assistance when he observed a
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suspicious person when he was leaving Grill Works. He then heard a Robbery call dispatched over his radio and through his actions of staying close by in the area and observing the suspect running, Chip was able to divert the direction the suspect was running in and officers were then able to apprehend the suspect.
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June
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Bruce Shoe
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Recognized for his work during an investigation of a larceny
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and fraud. While off duty and on his way home, Officer Shoe recognized the suspect, who was walking down the street, from the store video. Identification of this suspect resulted in an arrest and charges of multiple felonies involving four different victims and two jurisdictions, including a recovered stolen vehicle.
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May
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Brian Becmer
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Recognized for his work during an investigation
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in March after officers responded to a riot with shots fired. Through observant police work by Brian, three suspects were arrested, 2 firearms seized along with 57 grams of marijuana and $960.00 in cash.
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April
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Sam Epps, Phillip Bolton & Lisa Overcash
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Lisa was recognized for her attentiveness in the Records Division that helped a victim recover his $4,000.00 bicycle.
Sam Epps & Phillip Bolton were recognized for their work on an investigation of drug activity which resulted in them executing a search warrant, making 13 felony charges, 4 misdemeanor charges, seizing 130 grams of cocaine, $1,600.00 cash, recovering a stolen handgun, and seizing 2 vehicles. They displayed what could be accomplished by working as a team to identify and solve a problem.
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March
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Johnie Keeter
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Recognized for his work during an investigation
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of an Assault. Keeter demonstrated his commitment and dedication to the victim and community as he continued the investigation on his day off and identified 5 suspects involved in the assault. Several charges were made and Keeter is continuing with attempting to locate additional information and whereabouts of the suspects.
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February
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Leslie Valencia
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Recognized for her performance during the
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attempted service of a warrant. Officer Valencia discovered 7.5 pounds of marijuana, 120.4 grams of crack, fake ID and Social Security cards and over $20,000.00 in cash.
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January
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Laura Aldrich
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Recognized for her work on the Web Page,
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Creating DV and ID Theft pamphlets and various tasks in the Criminal Investigations Division.
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2004 Recipients
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
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Cpl. R. P. Ingram
Dink Vaughn
Pfc. J. Comer & Cpl. M. Rascoe
Sgt. C. Gaddis
Pfc. J. Coleman
Paula Enz
Ptl. L. Maness
Cpl. J. Paul & Pfc. H. S. Brown
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September
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Cpl. T Somers
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Recognized for his work towards Community
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complaints and problems. Specifically acknowledged for his efforts while off-duty on September 8, 2004 when he aided the Graham Police Department in apprehending a purse-snatching suspect.
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October Sgt. R. Metters
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Recognized for his work during a Forgery &
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Uttering investigation. Through his efforts, Sgt. Metters was able to identify more than one victim and charged the suspect with multiple offenses including First Degree Burglary, Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle, 4 Counts Forgery & Uttering, 2 Counts Common Law Robbery.
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November
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Brian Becmer
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Recognized for his actions while off duty
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shopping at BMOC when he observed subjects acting suspicious. He notified the officer working at BMOC and assisted. Property worth $1,749.63 that had not been paid for from several stores was recovered.
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December
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Annie Jones
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Recognized for her work on a Counterfeit
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Investigation. Through her investigation, more than one suspect was identified, additional counterfeit money was found along with the equipment and location where the money was being made.
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