{"id":74791,"date":"2011-02-26T08:21:13","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T14:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=74791"},"modified":"2011-02-27T16:11:22","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T22:11:22","slug":"tyler-police-awards-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=74791","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Police Awards Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTYLER — “They do such an outstanding job every day.” Tyler Police Chief Gary Swindle used those opening words Friday night to describe his entire department. Still, it was an occasion to honor the cream of the crop as the department held its annual awards banquet at UT Tyler’s Ornelas Activity Center. Luis Aparicio was named Officer of the Year. Here’s a rundown of the other honors:<\/p>\n

Master Award Winners:
\nVolunteer of the Year — Viola Aguirre
\nCivilian Employee of the Year — Sheila Creekmore
\nCivilian Supervisor of the Year — Amanda Cook
\nRookie of the Year — Jamie Tarrant
\nUnit of the Year — Major Crimes Unit
\nPlainclothes Officer of the Year — Ken Gardner
\nSworn Supervisor of the Year — Lt. Jimmy Toler<\/p>\n

Tyler Patrolman’s Association Awards:
\nPresident’s Award — Dr. Stephen Rydzack
\nExcellence Award — Jon “Rex” Pitts<\/p>\n

Citizens Certificate of Merit:
\nJuly 29, 2010 — Apprehension of theft suspect — Russell Lynn Godair
\nMay 12, 2010 — Assistance to an elderly female being brutally beaten — Antone Lyons and Sara Pettigrew
\nJuly – December 2010 — Southside Bank, Alex Martin <\/p>\n

Certificate of Excellence:
\nSgt. Richard Drew
\nDet. Royce Jordan
\nJennifer Roberts
\nVerna Parker
\nKay Mullenax
\nJustin Bryant
\nMalloree Martin<\/p>\n

Life Saving Award:
\nSgt. Matt Leigeber
\nSgt. Billy Yates
\nDet. Dennis Mathews
\nDet. Craig Shine
\nDet. Gregg Roberts
\nDet. Damon Swan
\nSgt. Gary Rice<\/p>\n

Police Commendation:
\nOff. Richard “Jude” Carpenter<\/p>\n

In closing, Mayor Barbara Bass remarked that her longstanding admiration for the police department has grown since she became mayor — that “we have a tremendous police department.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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