Glendale Police Awards for Events of 2013

Annual Awards Ceremony Glendale Police Department March 6, 2014

Glendale Police Department Mission Statement To protect the lives and property of the people we serve. Values Integrity • Courage • Excellence Respect • Compassion • Dedication Welcome Chief Debora Black Posting of Colors / Pipes & Drums National Anthem Glendale Honor Guard Glendale Pipes & Drums Award Recipients Introductions Assistant Chief Rick St. John Master of Ceremonies Lindsey Reiser CBS News 5 Journalist Speakers Jerry Weiers, Mayor Debora Black, Chief of Police Presentation of Awards Closing Remarks Assistant Chief Greg Dominguez Lifesaving Award Officer Bryan Anderson • Officer Mike Crawford Officer Joseph Dziawura Exceptional Merit Detective John D. Krystek • Detective Tom Pocknell Officer Justin Ramsay • Officer Brandon Schoch Corporal Walter Slocumb Chief’s Award For Excellence Communications Specialist Cassie Gaarder Officer Jason Jones • Officer Evan Kudler Officer Richard Lipps • Detective Gary Myers Officer Brian Shackelford • Sergeant Jeff Turney
Meritorious Unit Citation Awards
Glendale Family Advocacy Center – Family Violence Sergeant Pat Beumler (Accepting) Detective George Arnold Detective Bobby Edwards Detective Derrick Johnston Detective Shane Lee Detective Mario Sanchez Detective Jason Spillers Case Manager John Burns Victim Advocate Caseworker Jennifer Segovia Gateway Community Response Sergeant Scott Walker (Accepting) Detective Laura Beeler Detective Beth Diaz Detective Brian Jones Detective Bret McLeod Detective Tom Pocknell Foothills Neighborhood Response Squad Sergeant Aaron Aldridge (Accepting) Officer Nicholas Lively Officer Brian Gallagher Officer Trevor Goode Officer Zane Hinde Officer James Stahl Officer Adam Ponton Officer James Mullins	Violent Crimes/Homicide North & South Sergeant Jason Zimmerman (Accepting) & Sergeant Joe Flosman (Accepting) Detective Roger Geisler Detective Brian Piech Detective Nedd Wilkens Detective Eric Holmstedt Detective Travis Darby Detective Matt Lowe Detective Brad McMillen Detective Gary Myers Detective Mark Coyle Detective Yon Grant Detective Brent Durham Detective Carlos Cano Sergeant Scott Waite Sergeant Jeff Daukas Violent Crimes/Gangs Sergeant Joe Flosman (Accepting) Detective John Bustoz Detective Jarrod Smith Special Agent Scott Rhodes Special Agent Evan Tsurumi Probation Officer Rhonda Wilson Probation Officer Linda Ramey
Meritorious Unit - CAD/RMS Project
Core Team Lieutenant John Wolfe (Accepting) Arlene Chemello (Accepting) Sergeant Jared Cooper Sergeant Ryan Horrall Officer Chad Bowers Mark Foote Sean Ayotte Dean Ohlendorf Catherine York CAD/MPS Training (Patrol) Sergeant Kevin Kellogg Officer Nathan Loescher Officer Wendy Lehman Officer Rob Solomon Officer Dan Frusciano Officer Adam Spiwak Officer Brandon Schoch Officer Dan Mooney Officer Jacob Martinson Officer Tom Vickers ** Sergeant Janneth Washington, Detention Supervisor CAD Configuration & Training (Communications) Loretta Hadlock, Communications Manager Michaelanne Acree, Communications Supervisor Jessica Kunz, Communications Supervisor Cy Otsuka, Radio Systems Tim Ulery, Radio Systems Crime Analysis Bryan Hill, Crime Analyst CAD/MPS Cutover Support Center Augmentees Larry Bly, Records Manager Jason Little, Records Technician	Vehicle Retrofit Mark Campbell, Technical Services Manager Officer Tom Vickers Officer Andrea Slocumb Christina Betz, Assistant Public Works Director Guy Wilkes, Shop Supervisor, Field Operations Chris Kinion, Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor, Field Operations Walt Cook, Equip. Technician II, Make Ready Section Gabriel Parra, Equip. Technician II, Make-Ready Section Information Technology Diana Bundschuh, Deputy Chief IT Officer David Atchison, Network Administrator Ted Moeller, Senior Database Analyst John Schoenstein, Domain Administrator David Timm, Application Analyst Val Gonzales, IT Security Admin. John Hurley, System Hardware Architecture & Install Tristan Nelson, Geographic Information System Specialist Sheila Reddic, Help Desk Supervisor Daniel Colwell, IT Senior Network Engineer Patrol Scheduling Assistance Officer Brian Wilkins GRPSTC Scheduling and Technology Todd Greenhagen, EOC, GFD

Purple Heart Award Officer Wes Zygmont Medal of Valor Officer Jason Chambers Sergeant Scott Keene Officer Kevin Robertson Officer Wes Zygmont Volunteer of the Year Russell Whitney Civilian of the Year Communications Supervisor Michaelanne Acree Investigator of the Year Detective George Arnold Officer of the Year Officer John Davidge Thank you to our sponsors for their support of this program Blue Cross Blue Shield of AZ Galloway Asset Management, LLC Intergraph Corporation Motorola, Inc. TASER International Treasures Custom Jewelers Abbott Hearing Aid Centers Salsa-Blanca Grill Signatures Invitations & Gifts

Glendale Police Department 2013
Annual Awards Ceremony

March 6, 2014

Congratulations to all of the 2013 award recipients

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5187.

Officer of the Year was awarded to Officer John Davidge, at 2013 Annual Awards Ceremony on Thursday, March 6, 2014.

((From the Transcript))

tHE OFFICER OF THE YEAR RECIPIENT IS Officer John Davidge ("DAV-ige")

Officer JOHN Davidge IS NAMED GLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENTS OFFICER OF THE YEAR FOR HIS demonstrated EXCELLENCE, INITITIVE and DEDICATION.

aS A PATROL OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE gATEWAY DIVISION, OFFICER DAVIDGE IS KNOWN FOR CONSISTENTLY TAKING THAT "EXTRA STEP" TO FUTHER AN INVESTIGATION. HE SHARES INFORMATION FREELY WITH HIS FELLOW OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES, IMPROVING THE LIKELYHOOD OF IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS.

HE RELENTLESSLY TRACKS LEADS FOR VIOLENT CRIMINAL SUSPECTS, UTILIZING ANY AND ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE. HIS USE OF TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, VIDEO, AND POLICE DATABASES IS REMARKABLE. JUST AS NOTABLE IS HIS EAGERNESS TO TEACH HIS METHODS TO OTHER OFFICERS SO THEY CAN SOLVE THEIR CASES. HIS ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SOLVE CASES TO PROVIDE CLOSURE TO VICTIMS, AND TO ARREST CRIMINALS SO THEY CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

OFFICER DAVIDGE ARRIVES EARLY FOR WORK, AND REGULARLY STOPS BY TO MEET WITH DETECTIVES BEFORE GOING HOME AFTER HIS SHIFT. HE HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS GATEWAY OFFICER OF THE MONTH ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND RECEIVED THE RECOGNITION IN OCTOBER FOR HIS WORK IDENTIFYING A SEXUAL ASSAULT SUSPECT and IDENTIFYING SUSPECTS FROM A TRIPLE SHOOTING AS WELL AS DEVELOPING INFORMATION LEADING TO THEIR ARREST.

fOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL WORK PERFORMANCE, EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION AND TIRELESS EFFORTS TO MAKE GLENDALE SAFE, officer dAVIDGE IS THE 2013 gLENDALE pOLICE oFFICER OF THE yEAR.

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5177.

Investigator of the Year was awarded to Detective George Arnold.

((From the Transcript))

THE INVESTIGATOR OF THE YEAR IS:

DETECTIVE GEORGE ARNOLD

DETECTIVE ARNOLD CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDS THE EXPECTATIONS OF AN INVESTIGATOR WITHIN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. AS A DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO THE FAMILY VIOLENCE UNIT, DETECTIVE ARNOLD ROUTINELY ARRIVES EARLY AND STAYS LATE TO ENSURE HIS CASES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HIS VICTIMS RECEIVE THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE.

DURING 2013, DETECTIVE ARNOLD PERSONALLY ARRESTED 30 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUSPECTS AND SUBMITTED 137 CASES FOR PROSECUTION.

DETECTIVE ARNOLD IS ALSO A TEAM PLAYER WHO REGULARLY ASSISTS FELLOW DETECTIVES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HIS UNIT WITH SEARCH WARRANTS, CONTACTS AND ARRESTS MAKING HIM AN INVALUABLE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY VIOLENCE UNIT.

DETECTIVE ARNOLD IS A DEDICATED AND EXPERIENCED MEMBER OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. HIS COMPASSION FOR VICTIMS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMITMENT TO INVESTIGATIVE WORK IS BEYOND EXEMPLARY.

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5170.

Glendale Police Chief Black presented Communications Supervisor Michaelanne Acree with the Civilian of the Year award.

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5167.

Russell Whitney was awarded the Volunteer of the Year.

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5154.

Officer Wes Zygmont was awarded the Purple Heart and a Medal of Valor by Glendale Police Chief Debora Black.

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5160.

Glendale Police Chief Debora Black, Officer Wes Zygmont, who received the Medal of Valor and was also presented the Purple Heart at the awards ceremony on Thursday evening, March 6, 2014.

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5215.

Detective George Arnold holds shares his award with his family at the 2013 Glendale Police Department, Annual Awards Ceremony. Detective George Arnold received the Investigator of the Year award. Pictured are Cindy Arnold, Khalid and Kai (in blue) and Detective Arnold.

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 5198.

Glendale Police Chief Black and Assistant Chief Greg Dominguez present Master of Ceremonies Lindsey Reiser CBS News 5 Journalist with a basket of chocolate from Cerreta’s, "just in time for bikini season", said Ms. Reiser.

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