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2009 PSAP Award Winners
Congratulations to this year's six PSAP award winners! This year's competition was tighter than ever and we salute these professionals for their dedication to the public safety communications field.
APCO Public Safety Communications Center Director of the Year:
Jerald Bleck
Tri-Com Central Dispatch
St. Charles, IL
APCO Public Safety Communications Information Technologist of the Year:
Scott Sipe
Grays Harbor Communications E9-1-1
Aberdeen, WA
APCO Public Safety Communications Trainer of the Year:
Stephan Bunker
Maine 9-1-1 Bureau
Augusta, ME
APCO Public Safety Communications Line Supervisor of the Year:
Patrick Healy
Arlington Fire Department/Communications Services
Arlington, TX
APCO Public Safety Communications Radio Frequency Technologist of the Year:
David King
City of Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
APCO Public Safety Communications Telecommunicator of the Year:
Loanne Travess
Grays Harbor Communications E9-1-1
Aberdeen, WA
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2009 PSAP Award Nominees
We'd like to publicly acknowledge all award nominees for 2009. While there can only be six winners for the award program, every nominee exemplifies the best of the Public Safety Communications profession. We consider them all everyday heroes. |
Telecommunicator of the Year
- Jeffory Ashworth
Henrico County Police
- Michael Banks RPL
Wadsworth Police Dept
- Becky Berge
Provo City Police Dept
- Luis Bixler
Dane County Public Safety Communications
- Shannon Burke
Douglas County Sheriff s Office
- Kenneth Burmeister
AlliedBarton Security Services
- Paul Button
Indian River County Sheriff s Office
- Monique Cook
Prince George s County Public Safety Communications
- Rouchelle Cota
Tucson Police Department
- Debra Coyle
Hancock County Central Dispatch
- LaVear Crews
Office of Unified Communications
- Matt Disher
Cincinnati Police Communications Section
- Barbara Elliott
Dallas County 911 Central Communications
- Michelle Finazzo
Southern Oregon Regional Communications
- Emily Garner
Kitsap County CENCOM
- Tom Giordano
Central Michigan University Police Department
- Carolyn Henegar
Prince George s County Public Safety Communications
- Amy Hertling
Southampton Village Police Dept
- Cheri Johnson
Office of Unified Communications
- Peter Kaczmarski
Dodge County Sheriff s Department
- Lynne Kadilis
Beaumont 911 Operations Center
- Trisha Kalpin
Rochester/Monroe County Emergency Communications Dept.
- Kris Kokx
Mason Oceana 911
- Barry Laise
Delaware State Police
- Annette Laughlin
Tucson Police Department
- Jeffrey Logan
North County Dispatch Joint Powers Auth
- Terry MacKewich
Otero County Sheriff s Department
- Anthony Martin
California Highway Patrol/Stockton Comm Ctr
- Erik Martin
Monona County Sheriff s Office
- Samantha Martin
Clarksville Police Department
- Lorraine McAleer
Charlotte County Sheriff s Office
- Anita Merritt
Montgomery Department of Communications
- Ellen Moore
Tampa Police Department
- Norma Moore
Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue
- Jason Murr
Naperville Police Department
- Hubert Neal
Office of Unified Communications
- Sue Ostrom
Guilford Metro 9-1-1
- Mitchell Pennywell
Arlington Dispatch Services
- Patricia Perez
Brown County Public Safety Communications
- Leslie Perrico
Pinellas County Sheriff s Office
- Latica Reeves
Prince George s County Public Safety Communications
- Beth Reichart
Berks County Department of Emergency Services
- Frances Rewis
Spotsylvania Emergency Communications
- Angela Soria
Riverside Police Dept
- Leah Stevens
El Paso County Government Sheriffs Office
- Charles Stevenson IV
Sussex County Emergency Operations Ctr
- Jack Stokes
Fort Worth Police Dept
- Melissa Stubbs
Newcastle Police Dept
- Amber Thompson
Liberty County Sheriff s Department
- Loanne Travess
Grays Harbor 911
- Jeff Vinciulla
Bedford Police Department
- Laurie Walker
Montgomery Department of Communications
- Lisa Walters
Palm Beach County Sheriff s Communications
- Carie Wengerter
Williamson County Emergency Comm
- Linda Wood
Roanoke E911 Communications Center
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Info Tech of the Year
- Jim Argiropoulos
Chicago Office of Emergency Management
- Chris Bragg
El Paso-Teller E9-1-1 Authority
- Paul Cantu III
Brownsville Police Department
- Lynette Fitzpatrick
Palm Beach County Sheriff s Communications
- Ethan Goldberg
Office of Unified Communications
- Dorothy Gremaux
Lewistown Police Dept
- James Hill
Washington State Patrol
- Harvey Langley
Monterey County IT Dept
- Kristin Meitzler
Valley Communications Center
- Corey Nelson
Southern Oregon Regional Communications
- Tom Powers
Kitsap County CENCOM
- Scott Price
Emporia Police Department
- Carl Rodabaugh
Midland County Central Dispatch Authority
- Craig Schulz
Raleigh-Wake 911 Center
- Scott Sipe
Grays Harbor 911
- Tony Toppano
Valley Communications Center
- Amethyst Uchida
Santa Cruz Consolidated Emergency Communications Center
- John VanOoteghem II
Cabell County 911
- Allan Weese ENP, MCSE
Chesterfield Emergency Communications Center
- Mark Whetsel
Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center
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Trainer of the Year
- Andrew Bodine
Denver 911 Police Communications
- Stephan Bunker
Maine Emergency Services Communications Bureau
- Kathryn Callan
Pima County Sheriff Headquarters
- Vincent Corrao
Tuscaloosa Police Dept
- Terri Costello
SouthCom Dispatch Center
- Carolyn Davis
Office of Unified Communications
- Natalie Duran
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
- Joan Farnstrom
Pondera County Sheriff s Office
- Klaudia Figueroa
Tucson Police Department
- James Keaton
Arlington County Emergency Communications
- Tammy Ketterman
Rehoboth Beach Police Dept 911 Center
- Sheri Lemming
Arlington Dispatch Services
- Sharmel Miller RPL
Abbeville County Emergency Mgmt
- Andrea Moore
Naperville Police Department
- Tanya Overman
Oakland County Sheriff s Office
- Mildred Parrish
Knox County Emergency Comm District
- Chris Perry
Tempe Police Communications
- Jennifer Steiner
Placer County Sheriff
- Sherri Temperato
Palm Beach County Sheriff s Communications
- James Thear
West Palm Beach Dispatch Operations
- Michelle Van Natter
Williamson County Emergency Communications
- Theresa Ward
Chesterfield Emergency Communications Center
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RF Tech of the Year
- Richard Archuleta
Monterey County IT Dept
- Randy Fisher
Moorehead Communications
- Philip Hone
San Bernardino County ISD-N.S.
- Arnold Hooper
Chattanooga, City of
- Mark Kelly
Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Christopher Kindelspire
Grundy County Emergency
- David King
Bakersfield, City of
- Thomas Marciszewski
Rehoboth Beach Police Dept 911 Center
- Bechinger Martin
- James Mileski
Michigan Public Safety Communications System
- Terri Scott
Kitsap County CENCOM
- Ron Winch
Williamson County Emergency Communications
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Supervisor of the Year
- Tami Atkinson
Lincoln County Communications Agency
- Suzanne Bartnek
Stafford County Sheriff Office
- Dee Bird
Davis County Sheriff s Office
- James Brafford
Raytown Police Dept
- Arleen Caruth
Tempe Police Communications
- Lara Gillentine
Eaton County Central Dispatch
- Dianna Granado
New Mexico State Univ Police Dept
- Sabrina Harris-Wallace
West Palm Beach Dispatch Operations
- Margaret Hathcox
Hobbs Police/Fire Dept
- Patrick Healy
Arlington Dispatch Services
- John Hurst
Kalamazoo Dept Public Safety
- Chuck Lee
Fallon County 911
- Joseph LoPreto
Fairfax County Department Public Safety Communications
- Kristine Mason
Longmont Police/Fire/EMS
- Yvonne Mayer
Valley Communications Center
- Jeremy Metcalf
Palm Beach County Sheriff s Communications
- Debbie Mondragon
Colorado State Patrol
- Tami Pate
Panama City Police Department
- Craig Patschke
Williamson County Emergency Communications
- Eddie Pickett
Los Angeles County Fire Department
- Catherine Raley
Naperville Police Department
- Karen Smith
Shasta Area Safety Communications
- Stephanie Trueblood
Kitsap County CENCOM
- George (Chris) Walton
Raleigh-Wake 911 Center
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Director of the Year
- Cherie Bartram ENP
St Clair County Central Dispatch
- Patricia Bauer
Wyoming Highway Patrol
- Jerald Bleck ENP
- Ronald Bonneau ENP
SouthCom Dispatch Center
- Larry Bornstein
Miami Beach Police Dept
- Stephen Bradley
Broken Arrow Police Dept
- Mark Buchholz
Willamette Valley Communications Center
- Ed Bush
Franklin County Sheriff s Office
- Kay Carrier
Delaware State Police
- Patrick Cobb
Williamson County Emergency Communications
- David Cutler
Houston Emergency Center
- Melinda Elliott RPL
Metropolitan Emergency Comms Assoc
- Deborah Fox
Louisville Jefferson County EMA/MetroSafe
- William Harry
Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center
- William Jorgensen
Williamson County Emergency Comm
- Richard Kirton
Kitsap County CENCOM
- Starr Klemestrud
Lake Region
- Larry Mabe
Harford County Emergency Operations
- Cynthia Machen
Madison Parish Communications District
- Gerard Neville
New York City Fire Dept
- Christine Pearson
Emporia Police Department
- Patty Petteway
North Carolina State Highway Patrol
- Jim Quackenbush
Thurston County Communications
- Barry Ritter
Wayne County Emergency Operations Center
- Tina Louise Roylance
Weber Area Dispatch 911
- Jonathan Sassaman
Corvallis Police Department
- Lynn Smith
Habersham County E-911
- Randal Smith
Jefferson County Sheriff Radio Department
- Joseph Thomas
Sussex County Emergency Operations Ctr
- Michael Twitty
Sequatchie County Emergency Communications
- Alyssa Watkins
Teton County Sheriff
- Sara Wright ENP
Cedar Park Police Department
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2008 PSAP Award Winners
Information Technologist of the Year
Karl Fasold - Orleans Parish Communication District
New Orleans, Louisiana
RF Technologist of the Year
Eric Linsley - Mobile County Electronics Department
Mobile, Alabama
Communications Director of the Year
Thomas R. Orr - Law Enforcement Support Agency
Tacoma, Washington
Telecommunicator of the Year
Karen Roy - Stafford County Sheriff's Office
Stafford, Virginia
Trainer of the Year
Debra Riley-Torrez - Euless Police Department
Euless, Texas
Line Supervisor of the Year
Susan Waltz - WHITCOM Regional 911 Center
Pullman, Washington
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2008 PSAP Award Nominees
We'd like to publicly acknowledge all award nominees for 2008. While there can only be six winners for the award program, every nominee exemplifies the best of the Public Safety Communications profession. We consider them all everyday heroes. |
Telecommunicator of the Year
- Teresa Barry
Anderson County Emergency Services
- Jaclyn Beam
Clark County Sheriff s Office
- June Beckett
Cabell County 911
- Valerie Blake-Kilgore
Greenville Police Department
- Joannah Booth
Melbourne Police Dept
- Linda Bradshaw
Cabell County 911
- Kellie Carroll
San Jose Police Communications
- Kari Cichon
Chicago Office of Emergency Management
- Tim Conger
St Clair County Sheriff
- Terri Costello
SouthCom Dispatch Center
- John Curley
East Bridgewater Police Department
- Alicia Daniels
Kiowa County Sheriff s Office
- Julee Erdman
Fairfax County Department Public Safety Communications
- James Feeney
Prince George s County Public Safety Communications
- Scott Fredericks
Chester Co Dept of Emergency Services
- Tonya Hagedorn
Lenexa Police Dept
- Sandra Hagg
Van Buren County Sheriff
- Mary Harvey
Delaware State Police
- Dana Heckman
Colorado Springs Police Department
- Trey Hewtty
Williamson County Emergency Communications
- Valerie Hoggard
Newport News Police Department
- Alita Humphries
Office of Unified Communications
- Pam Iker
Clermont County
- Lecia Kelly
Chouteau County Sheriff s Office
- Tonya King
Ventura Cnty Fire Protection District E9-1-1
- Wendy Knight
Bixby Police Dept
- Catherine Lesinski
Pima County Sheriff Headquarters
- Dawn Linz
Maryland State Police
- Claudia Luna
Coral Gables Police Department
- Melody MacDonald
Santa Cruz Consolidated Emergency Communications Center
- Justin Markley
- Kathryn McGlinchey
Newport Beach Police Dept
- Lisa Mitchell
Colorado Springs Police Department
- Stephanie Newton
Kirkwood Police Department
- Mary Nolte
Kirkwood Police Department
- Richard Parsons
Tampa Police Department
- Donna Paul
Houston Emergency Center
- Brian Petersen
MN State Patrol D-2200
- Yvonne Porras
Tyler Police Dept
- Farhan Qureshi
Prince George s County Public Safety Communications
- P Raju
Emergency Management and Research Institute
- Danica Rast
Reno Emergency Communications
- Brandon Ream
Miami County Sheriff
- Karen Roy
Stafford County Sheriff s Office
- Caroline Secondi
Portage Police Dept
- Shirley Seebeck
Portage Police Department
- Janet Selinger
San Francisco Emergency Comms Dept
- Lauren Spainer
New York City Fire Dept
- Marsha Stewart
Euless Police Department
- Michelle Stoffregen
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
- Noreen Stone
Weber Area Dispatch 911
- Michael Stonequist
Evanston Police, Fire & EMS
- Amy Sullivan
Spokane County 911 Emergency Communications
- Jo Sumeral
Greenville County Office of E911
- Charlie Thompson
Indianapolis Fire Dept
- Cristian Valle
Alameda County Regional Emergency Comm Center
- Jane Wright
Pima Community College Public Safety
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Info Tech of the Year
- K. Jagan Mohan Acharya
Emergency Management and Research Institute
- Marvin Bachmeier
Minneapolis Emergency Communications
- Jeff Carter
San Bernardino County ISD-N.S.
- Clement Chan
City & County of Honolulu
- Clint Cranford
Denco Area 911 District
- Darren Eudy
Stanislaus Regional 9-1-1
- Karl Fasold
OPCD- New Orleans 9-1-1
- David Fontaine
Ottawa County Central Dispatch Authority
- Ethan Goldberg
Office of Unified Communications
- Travis Hill
St. Charles County Dispatch & Alarm
- Duane Jones
Wood County E911
- David Maddox
- Gary Schwarz
Douglas Police Dept
- Ronald Shell
Washington State Patrol
- Robert Stoker
InterAct Public Safety Systems
- Vickie Thibodeaux
Beaumont 911 Operations Center
- Cynthia Tyree
Fort Worth Fire Dept
- John VanOoteghem II
Cabell County 911
- Barry Whitton
Cincinnati Police Communications Section
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Trainer of the Year
- Suzanne Baughman
Clackamas County 911
- Kariann Beechler
Reno Emergency Communications
- Joshua Billis
Benton County CENCOM
- Kelly Dignin
Indiana State Police Communications Division
- Tina Drawdy
Anderson County Emergency Services
- Greg Erickson
What-Comm Communications Center
- Casandra Gaarder
Glendale Police Department
- Connie Gartin
North Carolina State Highway Patrol
- Colleen Knudsen
Weber Area Dispatch 911
- Jennifer Mecham
St George Police Dept
- Casey Rampey
Greenville Police Department
- Debra Riley-Torrez
Euless Police Department
- Midori Robbins
- R Subhashini
Emergency Management and Research Institute
- Gregg Witfoth
Lincoln Emergency Communications
- Dominica Yturbide
Reno Emergency Communications
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RF Tech of the Year
- Peter Crawford
Lincoln Emergency Communications
- James Donovan
Orange County Sheriff s Dept, Comm & Tech Division
- Paul Garcia
Monterey County Emergency Communications
- Kurt Goldyn
Denver 911 Police Communications
- Jack Kummer
- Eric Linsley
Mobile County Commission
- Matthew Littleton
Anderson County Emergency Services
- Samuel Maynard
Orange County Sheriff s Dept, Comm & Tech Division
- Dale Osborne
Montana Highway Patrol
- Walt Schimke
Oregon State Police
- Eugene Thielman
Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept
- Duane Thorson
Hennepin County Sheriff Office
- Terry Vogel
Meceola Consolidated Central Dispatch
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Supervisor of the Year
- Judy Barber
Stanislaus Regional 9-1-1
- Bridget Blair
Reno Emergency Communications
- N. Chaney
Clermont County
- Sharon Chitwood
Anderson County Emergency Services
- Tammie Conover
Tazewell-Pekin Cons Com Ctr
- James Fletcher
Barnstable County Sheriffs Office
- Kimberly Gibson
Weber Area Dispatch 911
- William Haas
North Dakota State Radio Communications
- Michael Holzer
Greenville Police Department
- Toshia Hoover
Kiowa County Sheriff s Office
- Debra Lareza
Stafford County Sheriff Office
- Deborah Little
FoxComm 9-1-1 Communications Ctr
- Marcos Lopez
American Medical Response
- Linda McDonald
Tyler Police Dept
- Pablo Mirabal
- Scott Nay
Delaware State Police
- Roger Ochoa
Lubbock, City of
- David Paschke
Orange County Fire Authority
- Steven Rutherford
Cabell County 911
- Connie Sebren
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol
- Deidra Sencindiver
Harrisonburg-Rockingham ECC
- Matthew Shenk
Lancaster County-Wide Communications
- Karen Smith
Shasta Area Safety Communications
- Susan Waltz
Whitcom 911 Center
- Edward Washington III
Office of Unified Communications
- Jonathan Whitford
Eaton County Central Dispatch
- William Young
Benton County CENCOM
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Director of the Year
- Donna Allen
Greenville Police Department
- Joann Brown
Coral Springs Police Department
- Ed Bush
Franklin County Sheriff s Office
- Robert Coates NREMT-P
Harford County Emergency Operations
- Patrick Cobb
Williamson County Emergency Communications
- Debbie Eskew
North Richland Hills Police Dept
- Deidre Fogelgren
Aventura Police Department
- Deborah Fox
Louisville Jefferson County EMA/MetroSafe
- James Fyvie
Clinton County Central Dispatch
- Matthew Garrity RPL
Benton County CENCOM
- Tom Hanson
Charlottesville/UVA/Albemarle County Emergency Communications
- Allyn Herrington
Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center
- Tracey Hilburn
Bossier Parish 911 Communications Dis # 1
- Taylor Jones
Anderson County Emergency Services
- Jim Junkins
Harrisonburg-Rockingham ECC
- Joseph Mangas
Hamilton County Sheriff Dept
- Peter Meade
Nassau County - Emer Op. Ctr
- John Merklinger
Rochester/Monroe County Emergency Communications Dept.
- Cathy Moody
Euless Police Department
- Michael Nelson
Careflite
- Thomas Orr
Law Enforcement Support Agency
- Mike Perine
Stanislaus Regional 9-1-1
- Patty Petteway
North Carolina State Highway Patrol
- April Prewitt
Caldwell County Sheriff
- Janice Quintana
Office of Unified Communications
- Pervis Ryans Jr.
Boston Police Department
- Jay Somerville
Dublin Police Communications
- Cara Sorrells
Washington County Communications
- Michael Tatum
Cabell County 911
- Sherry Taylor
Indianapolis Fire Dept
- Zach Taylor
- Michael Turner MBA,ENP
Central County Emergency 911 Dispatching Center
- Paula Volkmer
Rolla Police Dept
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