Maricopa Police Department Celebrates Their Staff with Quarterly Award
Published on April 22, 2021
The Maricopa Police Department honored their officers and volunteers with the a quarterly awards ceremony for the last quarter of 2020 inside of City Council Chambers yesterday afternoon. Chief Hughes and his supervisory staff were on hand to discuss the accolades received by their employees and recognize them for their hard work and dedication to the community.
The awards presented to the officers and volunteers are as follows:
Commendations for 2021 & 2021
Ofc. Pappas
Ofc. Pappas
Ofc. Helin
Ofc. Helin, Officer Pappas, Officer Broz; Sgt. Homan
Ofc. Soto
Dispatchers Sarah Brookshire and Erin Towsley
Ofc. Brown
Ofc. Hill
Det. Straub
Letter of Appreciation
Rosie Kuzmic
Angelo Garcia
Barbara Price
Cecil Winn
4th Quarter Awards
2019 Lifesaving Award - Officer Johnson;
2019 Department Teamwork - Sgt. Mellor & Ofcs. Jordan, Rauch, Helin, Enghusen, Pappas, Cohen, Egendorfer, Ryan Walters
2020 Unit Citation Award – D1 - Lt. Marchese & Ofcs. Leach, Nylander, Awald, Webber, Arellano, Pantoja
2020 Unit Citation Award – S2 - Ofcs. Jordan, McLean, Rauch, Pappas, Broz, Helin
2020 Coin of Excellence - Det. Cohen
2020 Police Star - Sgt. Mellor
2020 Volunteer of (4th) Quarter - Mary Terwilliger
2020 Officer of (4th) Quarter - Ofc. Burnias
"These awards are a great reminder that we continue to follow our mission to make every contact excellent," said Chief Hughes. "This kind of recognition is important to officers to remind them that the work they do is seen and appreciated."