{"id":284968,"date":"2013-12-06T12:27:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T18:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=284968"},"modified":"2013-12-07T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T22:27:08","slug":"smth-county-sheriffs-office-holds-annual-awards-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=284968","title":{"rendered":"Smth County Sheriff’s Office Holds Annual Awards Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thumb_sheriff-smithcounty\"<\/a>TYLER \u2013 Numerous Smith County Sheriff’s Office employees were recognized for their service during Thursday night\u2019s annual Smith County Sheriff’s Office Awards Banquet, which was held in the Galilee Room of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler. Sheriff Larry Smith recognized employees who have served five, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years, and 25 employees received awards for outstanding service during the past 12 months. \u201cI want the public to know that the Smith County Sheriff’s Office has a great group of people who are dedicated to their jobs, their community and to service,\u201d said Sheriff Smith. \u201cThese individuals deserve to be recognized for the long hours they work and the risks they take to protect the citizens of Smith County. I am proud of every single one of them.\u201d <\/p>\n

AWARDS:<\/p>\n

Civilian Employees of the Year:
\nAlicia Armstrong
\nAllyson Bunce<\/p>\n

Telecommunicator of the Year:
\nLakesha Ryder<\/p>\n

Detention Rookie Officer of the Year:
\nRonnie Lampkin<\/p>\n

Detention Officer of the Year:
\nBlair Edmonds<\/p>\n

Robert Britton Memorial Rookie of the Year:
\nDeputy Wesley Hicks<\/p>\n

Dale David Geddie Memorial Peace Officer of the Year:
\nDeputy Corey Cameron<\/p>\n

Plain Clothes Officer of the Year:
\nDetective Aaron Hinton<\/p>\n

Don Pinkerton Memorial Supervisors of the Year:
\nLieutenant Carolyn Brown
\nSergeant Clint Benson<\/p>\n

Commander\u2019s Citation:
\nSergeant Britan Marlow<\/p>\n

Unit Commendation:
\nSmith County Sheriff’s Office Special Services \u2013 Narcotics Unit<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s Leadership Award:
\nJeremy Thompson
\nDetective Jim Fortner<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s Achievement Award:
\nDetective John Shoemaker
\nSergeant Jeremy Black
\nDetective Tyrodrick Loftis<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s Meritorious Service Award:
\nMike Simmons
\nDavid Turner
\nDeputy Jeff Hobson
\nDetective Josh Caulkins
\nTrooper Nic Castle
\nLife Saving Medal:
\nOfficer Lauren Fite
\nDeputy Shawn White<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s Distinguished Service Medal:
\nDeputy Tim McDonald
\nMike Simmons<\/p>\n

SERVICE:<\/p>\n

Five Years: Kimberly Bowser, Terry Brunk, Corey Cameron, Juan Cordova, Laquenda Daille, Christopher Garrison, Stephen Gilbert, Laura Griffin, Christopher Harris, Jacob Hart, Sandra Magouirk, Rebekah Massey, Larry Phillips, Christi Pierce, Christ Rainer, Marilyn Rolling, Dean Sanderson, Glenn Williams, Ronald Young, Jr.<\/p>\n

Ten Years: Floriberto Arroyo, Gerald Atchison, Justin Hall, James Sparks, Brad Williams, Hope Woods.<\/p>\n

Fifteen Years: Travis Breazeale, Dale Dixon, Brenda Johnson, Lt. Gary Middleton, Sgt. Susie Molina, Jose Rojas.<\/p>\n

Twenty Years:
\nSgt. Patricia Blalock
\nSgt. Gerald Caldwell<\/p>\n

Twenty-Five Years:
\nHattie Boyd
\nSgt. Mark Stinecipher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER \u2013 Numerous Smith County Sheriff’s Office employees were recognized for their service during Thursday night\u2019s annual Smith County Sheriff’s Office Awards Banquet, which was held in the Galilee Room of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler. Sheriff Larry Smith recognized employees who have served five, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years, and 25 employees … Continue reading Smth County Sheriff’s Office Holds Annual Awards Banquet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-09 13:06:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284970,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284968\/revisions\/284970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=284968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=284968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}