Shreveport, Louisiana Police Honors Officers
From KSLA-TV-DT
Jan 30, 2007
Tuesday night the Shreveport Police Department recognized a number of its officers at its annual Awards and Appreciation Dinner. The banquet was sponsored by the Agurs Business Association and was held at the Riverview Hall in downtown Shreveport.
Two of those officers received the Medal of Valor after they were involved in a gun battle with a suspect who had just shot his ex-girlfriend. The woman survived the attack and was at the banquet to thank the officers.
Here's a list of the awards presented at Tuesday's banquet:
--Volunteer of the Year - Claire Mayseal
--Auxiliary Officer of the Year - Calvin Kimble
--Auxiliary Officers who volunteered more than 200 hours - Bryan Aycock, Waylon Branch, Joe Colmer, Don Dalton, Sidney Gras, Lucy James, Calvin Kimble, Jack Miller, Lisa Thomas, Howard Tyndall and Dennis Youngblood.
--Chief's Appreciation Awards - Sgt. Mike Kellum, Ron Chatelain and Jennifer Oakley
--Community Oriented Police Bureau personnel recognized - Capt. Wayne Smith, Lt. Riley Young, Sgt. Keith Grant, Sgt. Dwayne Malone, Sgt. Robin Snyder, Cpls. Mary Coburn, Meosha Deal, Robert Elliott, Bill Goodin, Jimmy Thomas, Van Wray, and Neighborhood Assistance Team members Marianne Beaty, Bobby Henderson, Mary Ellen Hoffman and Sandra Lister.
--Life Saving Awards - Cpl. John Delgado and El Dorado employees Diana Gooin and Jerry Willared, Cpl. Daniel Atkins, Cpl. Pete D'Arcy, Officer Srederick Matthews, Cpl. Van Wray, Cpl. Robert Grant, Lt. Jim Haacker, Sgt. Kevin Goodwin, Officers Freddie Clinton, Billy Ray Johnson and Jermaine Babers
--Medals of Valor - Cpl. Joshua Feliciano and Officer Freddie Clinton
Uniformed Services Awards
--Rookie of the Year - Officer Bryan Lauzon
--Training Officer of the Year - Officer Robert Gordon
--Officer of the Year - Cpl. Cody Cisco
--Special Achievement - Cpl. Jim Germain, Cpl. Norman March, Cpl. Lindsay Bonner, Officer Richard Turpen, Officer Christopher Hembree, and Officer DeAndre Belle
--Supervisor of the Year - Lt. Don Johnson
--Civilian of the Year - Sandra Lister
-- Unit Citations to the members of the K-9 Unit - Lt. Leroy Azlin, Sgt. Mike LaSuzzo, Cpl. William S. Arnold, Cpl. Clint Cain, Officer Jon Flores, Cpl. Jerry Curtis, Cpl. William E. Bates, Officer Tobey Morrison, Cpl. Daniel Sawyer, and Officer Chad Dailey
--Unit Citations to the members of the DWI Unit - Sgt. Brian Winn, Cpl. Daniel Atkins, Cpl. Robert Robinson, Cpl. Wiley Willis, Officer Michael Bennett, and Officer John Stratton
Investigations Awards
--Investigator of the Year - Det. Russell Ross
--Supervisor of the Year - Sgt. Anna Trammell
--Civilian of the Year - Lisa Layne
--Unit Citations to the members of the Caddo-Shreveport White collar Crime Task Force - SPD Sgt. Patrick Duncan, Det. Jeff Gilmour, Det. Kim Anderson, Det. Greg Rudell, Det. Jason Person, Caddo Sgt. Mickey McDaniel, Det. Alan Davidson, Det. James M. Lewis, Det. Robert Greer, Det. Bobby Herring
--Unit Citations to the members of the Homicide and Robbery Units - Capt. Cheryl Jeter, Lt. Kim Price, Sgt. Jimmy Muller, Sgt. Brian Strange, Lt. Mike Tong, Sgt. Jody Jones and Detectives Lane Smith, Shawn Hinderberger, Jeff Brown, Rod Demery, Rod Johnson, Pat McConnell, James Cromer, Eric Farquhar, Chip Rose, Lowell Bowen, Sgt. Kevin Crow and Detectives Russell Ross, Craig Ivy, Mike McConnell, Chris Yarborough, and Paul Robinson
--Special Achievement - Det. Brandon Oritz, Cpl. Manuel Rosado and Lt. Mike Laing
Support Division Awards
--Officer of the Year - PCOI Gwin Graham
--Supervisor of the Year - Lt. Jackie Willis
--Civilian of the Year - Brenda Sims
--Unit Citations to the members of the Shreveport Regional Police Academy - Lt. Vickie Fields, Sgt. Doug Garsee, Sgt. Greg Alexander, Cpl. Diana Sanchez, Cpl. Anthony Adams, Cpl. Michael Crisp, Cpl. Jason Brook, Cpl. Rodney Horton, and Jean Pope
--Special Achievement - Lt. Rodney Price
Administration Awards
--Supervisor of the Year - Sgt. Todd Eatman
--Civilian of the Year - Bernard Reilly
--Unit Citations to the members of the Office of Operational Integrity - Capt. Mike Clary, Lt. Tom Amundson, Sgt. Mike Kellum and Sgt. Richard Carroll.
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