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OFFICER OF THE MONTH PROGRAM
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Officers of the Month (March 2008)
OFFICER BRIAN BOBICK
DC METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT On December 13, 2007, Brian Bobick and Michael Architzel, Bike Patrol Unit Officers were stopped near an elementary school where a young woman was accompanying a group of children across the intersection. Immediately their attention was drawn to a double-parked black Cadillac whose operator was excessively revving the engine. Suddenly the driver put the vehicle in gear and sped toward the officers. ..... >> read more
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 The NLEOMF Officer of the Month Program is sponsored by a generous contribution from THE FORCE.
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In 1996 the NLEOMF instituted the Officer of the Month program, recognizing that not all heroes are called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice. The program recognizes and honors living law enforcement officers who distinguish themselves through exemplary service and devotion to duty.
THE FORCE — a company that provides clothing and safety equipment to law enforcement — gave $300,000 to sponsor the NLEOMF's Officer of the Month program for the next three years.
"This program will enable us to tell the great stories of law enforcement to a larger public. We aim to do this on an ongoing basis while educating a broader audience on the rigors and honor of this great profession," said Neal Waters, Vice President/General Manager of Government and Public Safety for VF Imagewear. "We are honored to partner with the NLEOMF on this program and look forward to supporting its continued growth over the next three years."
THE FORCE has also developed the Positive Force Award, which is given annually to a law enforcement officer who distinguishes him or herself through exemplary service that goes above and beyond the call of duty.
As part of this new partnership, each Officer of the Month recipient will automatically be considered for the annual Positive Force Award. The 2007 Positive Force Award winner is Master Officer Ken Hammond of the Ogden City (UT) Police Department. Master Officer Hammond was the NLEOMF's Officer of the Month for April 2007
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Now accepting nominations for 2008!
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE NOMINATION PROCESS.
In 1996, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial instituted the Officer of the Month Program to recognize law enforcement officers who distinguish themselves through exemplary service and devotion to duty. Consistent with the NLEOMF mission, this program seeks "to generate increased public support for the law enforcement profession by permanently recording and appropriately commemorating the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers." Although a single heroic incident may be worthy of consideration, special consideration is given to those nominees who have distinguished themselves and their profession throughout their careers.
March 2008:
Officer Brian Bobeck, DC Metropolitan Police Department
February 2008:
Officers Derrick Dottin, Alex Capobianco, Steven St. Hilaire, Somerville (MA) Police Department
January 2008:
Officer Benjamin Henrich, City of Prescott (WI) Police Department
December 2007:
Sergeant Stephanie Jackson, Tulsa (OK) Police Department
November 2007:
Special Agents Donovan Williams and Kendall Beels, United States State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security
October 2007:
Detective Michael J. Madonna, Oakland (NJ) Police Department
September 2007:
Special Agent Paul Buta, United States Secret Service
August 2007:
Corporal Philip Crosby and Patrolman Christopher Denton, Fayetteville (AR) Police Department
July 2007:
Detective Tina Lacertosa, Broward County (FL) Sheriff's Office
June 2007:
Detective II John O'Toole, Los Angeles Police Department
May 2007:
Detective Bryan McMahon, Lowell (MA) Police Department
April 2007:
Master Officer Ken Hammond, Ogden City (UT) Police Department
March 2007:
Detective Kenneth Robinson, City of Overland (MO) Police Department
February 2007:
K-9 Officer Keith Klopfer, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement
January 2007:
Officer Kevin Trees, Louisville (KY) Metro Police Department
December 2006:
Senior Special Agent Julie K. deMello, Peace Corps Office of the Inspector General
November 2006:
Officer Deborah J. Wagner, Lexington-Fayette (KY) Urban County Division of Police
October 2006:
Corporal Luis Lopez, Montebello (CA) Police Department
September 2006:
Trooper Jason R. Hypes, Virginia State Police
August 2006:
Sergeant Alan Jenkins, Miami-Dade (FL) Police Department
July 2006:
Patrolman Christopher Jenkins, Irvington (NJ) Police Department
June 2006:
Patrolman Michael "Rocky" Bailey, Montana Highway Patrol
May 2006:
Detective Shawn M. Monaghan, Fairfax County (VA) Police Department
April 2006:
Officer Tim Baumgarten, Arizona Game and Fish Department
March 2006:
Lieutenant Kenneth Landwehr, Wichita (KS) Police Department
February 2006:
Police Officer Christopher Hunter, Hoover (AL) Police Department
January 2006:
Deputies Jennifer Fulford and Dwayne Martin, Orange County (FL) Sheriff's Office
December 2005:
Officer Roberto E. Valdes, City of Miami Police Department
November 2005:
Officer Jeffrey A. McCloskey, West Whiteland Township (PA) Police Department
October 2005:
Trooper James H. Boyd, Pennsylvania State Police
September 2005:
Special Agent Jude A. Tanella, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
August 2005:
Santa Clara (CA) Police Department, Officer Jonathan Pate
July 2005:
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Game Warden William R. Livezey
June 2005:
Rock Hill (SC) Police Department Officer Timothy Greene
May 2005:
Officers Michael Cordova and Officer Patrick Bouhana
April 2005:
University of Vermont Police Officers Jason Bellavance, Sue E. Roberts, and William A. Sullivan, III
March 2005:
Officer Frank Rutherford, Youngstown (OH) Police Department
February 2005:
ATF Special Agent Rebecca Bobich
January 2005:
Deputy Sheriff Timothy Gillespie, Tazewell County (IL) Sheriff's Office
December 2004:
Agent Rachael Martines, Nevada Gaming Control Board
November 2004:
Officer Gabriel Keithley, St. Louis (MO) Police Department
October 2004:
Deputy Susan Bader, Kewaunee County (WI) Sheriff's Department
September 2004:
Officer Scott Barthelmass, Overland (MO) Police Department
August 2004:
Patrolman Larry Prince, Riverton (WY) Police Department
July 2004:
Detective Sergeant Timothy Braun, Detective Daniel Baldwin, Somerset County, New Jersey
June 2004:
Deputy Sheriff Chadwick E. Holdorf, Green Lake County (WI) Sheriff's Office
May 2004:
Deputy Juan Carlos (JC) Garcia, Riverside County (CA)Sheriff's Department
April 2004:
Sergeant Daniel Misiaszek, San Marcos (TX) Police Department
March 2004:
Sheriff Mark K. Sterk, Spokane County (WA) Sheriff's Office
February 2004:
Detective Alfonso Morales, Milwaukee Police Department
January 2004:
Corporal J. Chris Jordan, Collier County (FL) Sheriff's Office
December 2003:
Inspector Bill Paliscak, U.S. Postal Inspection Service
November 2003:
Officer Brian Misiak, City of Hamtramck (MI)
October 2003:
Newark, New Jersey Auto Theft Task Force (Newark ATTF)
September 2003:
Patrol Officer Jeffrey Scott Postell, Murphy (NC) Police Department
August 2003:
Police Officer Gregory Mosier, Kansas City, KS
July 2003:
Police Commander Dom Costa, Pittsburgh (PA) Police Department
June 2003:
Officer Steven Binkowski, Warren, Michigan
May 2003:
Officer Rodney Chambers, Amtrak Police Department's Mid-Atlantic South Division
April 2003:
Illinois Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Team
March 2003:
Officer Keith P. Thompson, Omaha (NE) Police Department
February 2003:
Lieutenant Nelson J. Zoch, Houston (TX) Police Department
January 2003:
Deputy Sheriffs Paul J. Archambault and John Rose, Los Angeles County (CA) Sheriff's Department, San Dimas Station
December 2002:
Lieutenant Andrew Anewenter, Crime Property Division of the Milwaukee (WI) Police Department
November 2002:
Chief of Police Charles A. Moose, Montgomery County, Maryland
October 2002:
Police Officer Mario Gehret, Missouri City (TX) Police Department
September 2002:
Corporal Harold E. (Gene) Morris,South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Law Enforcement Division
August 2002:
Detective Lou Lizzette (Liz) Williams, Flagler Beach (FL) Police Department
June 2002:
U.S. Postal Inspector, Colonel Francis G. Bonelli
May 2002:
Corrections Officer Glen M. Williams
New York State Department of Correctional Service
April 2002:
Deputy Chief of Police Michael G. Yaniero, Bristol, TN
March 2002:
Police Officer Marlene Loos, Suffolk County (NY) Police Department
February 2002:
Miami-Dade County (FL) PD'S
Tactical Narcotics Team
January 2002:
Police Officer Virginia Hill, Philadelphia (PA) Police Department's Juvenile Aid Division
December 2001:
Game Warden Lieutenant Michael R. Marshall, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
November 2001:
Special Agent Kenneth McCarron, Drug Enforcement Administration
October 2001:
Second Lieutenant Charles J. Hanger, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
September 2001:
Agent Richard Agundez, El Cajon (CA) Police Department and Deputy Sheriff Angela Pearl, San Diego County (CA) Sheriff's Department
August 2001:
Officer Edward Diaz, Orlando (FL) Police Department
July 2001:
Tracey Angeles, Los Angeles, California (LAPD)
June 2001:
Second Lieutenant Brian E. Boykin, Fairfax County (VA) Police Department
May 2001:
Patrolman William David Peoples, Cambridge, Ohio Police Department
April 2001:
Special Agent Kenneth E. Eultgen, Jr., Union Pacific Railroad Police Department
March 2001:
Trooper Dean Alan Kerklo, Pennsylvania
February 2001:
Patrolman James C. Woodward, East Greenwich (RI) Police Department
January 2001:
Special Agent Lou Ann Henderson- FBI, Alaska
December 2000:
Officer Steve Downie, Tulsa (OK) Police Department
November 2000:
Lieutenant Duane Lovello, Darien (CT) Police Department
October 2000:
Chief H. Dean Crisp, Jr., Greer, South Carolina
September 2000:
Deputy Joseph G. Kessling, Oakland Park (FL) Police Department
August 2000:
Deputy Bobby Dupree, Bowie County (TX) Sheriff's Department
July 2000:
Trooper Kevin Allen, Louisiana State Police
June 2000:
Chief Mark A. Spawn, Fulton (NY) Police Department
May 2000:
Captain Edward A. Clarke, Montgomery County Police Department, Maryland
April 2000:
Trooper Steven Haro, California Highway Patrol (CHP)
March 2000:
Sergeant David Swoboda, Las Vegas (NV) Metropolitan Police Department
February 2000:
Assistant State Fire Marshal Edward S. Paulk, Alabama State Fire Marshal's Office
January 2000:
Sergeant Steven T. Barbieri, Spokane County (WA) Sheriff's Office
December 1999:
Sergeant Ulysses David Perry, Maryland State Police
November 1999:
Special Agent Anthony R. Titra, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
October 1999:
Lieutenant Dennis P. Sullivan, United States Mint Police
September 1999:
Officer Mitch Adair, Mesa (AZ) Police Department
August 1999:
Officer Juliann Condra, New Albany (IN) Police Department
July 1999:
Trooper Rocky Northcutt, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
June 1999:
Sergeant James Clark, Troy (MI) Police Department
May 1999:
Officer Joseph F. Dalton, Hollywood (FL) Police Department
April 1999:
Sergeant Floyd Blanks, Illinois State Police
March 1999:
Chief of Police Jeffrey Lieberman, Fountain City, Wisconsin
February 1999:
Detective Richard "Buck" Henry, Los Angeles (CA)
January 1999:
Master Patrol Officer Melvin E. Blunt, Lee's Summit, Missouri
December 1998:
Special Agent John J. Frese, U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security
November 1998:
Special Agent Craig M. Arnold, Federal Bureau of Investigation's Kansas City, Missouri, Field Office
October 1998:
Sergeant Paul Hardy, Essex County, Massachusetts, Sheriff's Office
September 1998:
Det. Larry Powell, Jefferson County (KY) Police Department
August 1998:
Sgt. Tommy Watts, Rainbow City (AL) Police Department
July 1998:
Officer Thomas G. Griffiths, Boston Police Department
June 1998:
Col. Carl Baker, Chief of Police of the Chesterfield (VA) Police Department
May 1998:
Deputy Linda Finney, Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
April 1998:
Sgt. Richard Hannah, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Police Department
March 1998:
Officer Daniel V. Sauceda, College of the Mainland, Texas, Police Department
February 1998:
Colonel David B. Mitchell, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police
January 1998:
Lance Corporal Shawn A. Stankus, South Carolina Highway Patrol
December 1997:
Officer Jim Smith, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
November 1997:
Trooper Barry G. Washington, Texas Department of Public Safety
October 1997:
Deputy Sheriff Sabrina M. Currin, Harnett County (NC)
September 1997:
Police Officer Michael C. Noonan, Alameda (CA)
August 1997:
Deputy Sheriff Henry "Bo" Huff, Georgia
July 1997:
Officer William A. Yelton, Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 1997:
Officer James L. Martin, Seymour (CT) Police Department
May 1997:
U.S. Park Police Officer Jeffrey Muller, Washington, D.C.
April 1997:
Officer George Hackey, Montgomery County, Maryland
March 1997:
Ranger Charles W. Mitchem, National Park Service
February 1997:
Capt. William Colavita, Fauquier County (VA) Sheriff’s Office
January 1997:
Special Agent Joanne Jensen, Naval Criminal Investigative Service
December 1996:
Detective J.C. Gonzales, Washington Metropolitan Police Department
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The NLEOMF is actively looking for nominations for Officer of the Month.
Click here for the
2-PAGE MAIL-IN FORM to print from this website.
An individual officer may be nominated, as well as two or more officers, provided that the nominated officers worked in partnership or as a team.
All official nominations must be submitted on the form provided on our website, along with supporting documents.
Or, application forms can be obtained by calling the Memorial office at 202.727.3400. Along with the application form nominators must furnish a brief summary (not more than three full, typewritten double-spaced pages) of the distinguished service for which the officer should be recognized.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- law enforcement service
- community service
- extreme actions of valor
- commendations and other awards received
- and, other notable achievements.
Submit applications to:
Lynn Lyons-Wynne
Senior Director of Memorial Programs
NLEOMF
400 7th NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004 |
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