24th Annual
Harrison County Bureau Of Emergency Services
Awards Banquet

On Friday, March 15 2002, The Harrison County Bureau Of Emergency Services held its annual Awards Banquet.  The following awards were presented during the event:

WBOY CHANNEL 12
FOR PROVIDING THE HARRISON COUNTY BUREAU OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ITS MEMBER AGENCIES WITH OUTSTANDING JOURNALISM DURING THE YEAR OF 2001.

CLARKSBURG EXPONENT -TELEGRAM
FOR PROVIDING THE HARRISON COUNTY BUREAU OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ITS MEMBER AGENCIES WITH OUTSTANDING JOURNALISM DURING THE YEAR OF 2001.

CAROLYN CATHELL
FOR HER ACTIONS IN RAISING THE FUNDS NECESSARY FOR THE PURCHASE OF PORTABLE RADIOS FOR THE CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. MRS. CATHELL WAS LISTENING TO A MULTI AGENCY SEARCH FOR AN ESCAPED PRISONER ON HER SCANNER WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT THE CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCED RADIO DIFFICULTIES. SHE HAS TAKEN IT UPON HERSELF TO CONDUCT NUMEROUS FUNDRAISERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW RADIOS. HER ONLY REWARD FOR THIS GENEROUS ACT IS THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OFFICER SAFETY.

RALPH CATHELL
FOR HIS ACTIONS IN RAISING THE FUNDS NECESSARY FOR THE PURCHASE OF PORTABLE RADIOS FOR THE CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. MR. CATHELL WAS LISTENING TO A MULTI AGENCY SEARCH FOR AN ESCAPED PRISONER ON HIS SCANNER WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCED RADIO DIFFICULTIES. HE HAS TAKEN IT UPON HIMSELF TO CONDUCT NUMEROUS FUNDRAISERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW RADIOS. HIS ONLY REWARD FOR THIS GENEROUS ACT IS THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OFFICER SAFETY.

DEBORAH L. SUMMERS
FOR HER ACTIONS DURING A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY INCIDENT . MS. SUMMERS WAS AWAKENED BY THE SOUND OF BARKING DOGS AND WHEN SHE INVESTIGATED SHE NOTICED AN INTRUDER IN A RESIDENCE NEAR HER HOME. SHE QUICKLY DIALED 9-1-1 AND WAITED UNTIL THE OFFICERS ARRIVED AT WHICH POINT SHE GAVE THE OFFICERS A DESCRIPTION OF THE INTRUDER. HER INFORMATION LED POLICE TO THE SUSPECT. AS A RESULT THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND THE STOLEN ITEMS WERE RECOVERED.

RICHARD LOWTHER
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN THE RESCUE OF TWO OCCUPANTS . MR. LOWTHER HEARD A REPORT ON HIS SCANNER OF TWO PEOPLE TRAPPED IN A VEHICLE THAT HAD GONE INTO THE WEST FORK RIVER. HE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE WHERE HE UTILIZED SKILLS LEARNED IN MILITARY TRAINING. HE SWAM TO THE VICTIMS AND CUT THEM FREE FROM THEIR SEATBELTS AND PULLED THEM TO SAFETY. HE RENDERED ASSISTANCE TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS UNTIL EMS COULD TRANSPORT THE VICTIMS TO THE HOSPITAL.

BUREAU CHIEF FREDERICK B. SMART
FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HARRISON COUNTY BUREAU OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

SGT. ANDREW D. BAILEY
FOR TEN YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HARRISON COUNTY BUREAU OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

TELECOMMUNICATOR ROBERT A. COWGER
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A SHOTS FIRED INCIDENT AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL. TELECOMMUNICATOR COWGER ANSWERED A 9-1-1 CALL FROM THE HOSPITAL OPERATOR INDICATING SHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. HE IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED ALL AVAILABLE CLARKSBURG POLICE UNITS WHILE MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH THE OPERATOR. IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES AFTER THE CALL HAD BEEN RECEIVED, POLICE UNITS ARRIVED AND SECURED THE SCENE. TELECOMMUNICATOR COWGER’S QUICK ACTION IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF DISPATCHER EFFICIENCY.

NATHEN C. GOFF
FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL HANDLING OF A CALL INVOLVING THE IMMINENT DELIVERY OF A BABY IN A RURAL LOCATION OF HARRISON COUNTY ON JUNE 22, 2001. NATHEN ENCOUNTERED VARIOUS OBSTACLES DURING THE CALL, BUT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT AND HER MOTHER, AND DELIVER APPROPRIATE AND VITAL PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS. SHORTLY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE EMS PERSONNEL, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE PATIENT HAD DELIVERED.

CHYRL A. HITT
FOR HER DISPLAY OF EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONALISM IN THE HANDLING OF A MULTIPLE CASUALTY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON U.S. ROUTE 50 NEAR SALEM ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2001 THAT RESULTED IN THE ACTIVATION OF NUMEROUS FIRE, RESCUE, EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RADIO AND TELEPHONE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS INCIDENT WAS HANDLED PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY IN ADDITION TO THE NORMALLY HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT CALL VOLUME.

JEFFREY A. BARNHART
FOR HIS DISPLAY OF EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONALISM IN THE HANDLING OF A MULTIPLE CASUALTY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON U.S. ROUTE 50 NEAR SALEM ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2001 THAT RESULTED IN THE ACTIVATION OF NUMEROUS FIRE, RESCUE, EMS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RADIO AND TELEPHONE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS INCIDENT WAS HANDLED PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY IN ADDITION TO THE NORMALLY HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT CALL VOLUME.

THEODORA J. WILLIAMS
FOR HER DISPLAY OF EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONALISM IN THE HANDLING OF A MULTIPLE CASUALTY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON U.S. ROUTE 50 NEAR SALEM ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2001 THAT RESULTED IN THE ACTIVATION OF NUMEROUS FIRE, RESCUE, EMS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RADIO AND TELEPHONE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS INCIDENT WAS HANDLED PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY IN ADDITION TO THE NORMALLY HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT CALL VOLUME.

JAMES C. COTTRILL
FOR HIS DISPLAY OF EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONALISM IN THE HANDLING OF A MULTIPLE CASUALTY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON U.S. ROUTE 50 NEAR SALEM ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2001 THAT RESULTED IN THE ACTIVATION OF NUMEROUS FIRE, RESCUE, EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RADIO AND TELEPHONE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS INCIDENT WAS HANDLED PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY IN ADDITION TO THE NORMALLY HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT CALL VOLUME.

WILLIAM W. PIERCE
“COMPANY 61" HARRISON COUNTY EMERGENCY SQUAD CAREER PARAMEDIC OF THE YEAR 2001.

JEFF M. WAY
“COMPANY 61" HARRISON COUNTY EMERGENCY SQUAD CAREER EMT OF THE YEAR 2001.

OLAN E. LEONARD

BRENDA LEONARD

There was no recipient for this award.

LT. JOSEPH C. BENNETT - CLARKSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT
LIEUTENANT BENNETT BEGAN HIS EMERGENCY SERVICE CAREER OVER TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO. HE GIVES UNSELFISHLY HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF HIS COMMUNITY. IN THE FLOOD OF NOVEMBER 1985 HE TOOK A SEVERE LOSS WHEN HIS HOME WAS DAMAGED BY FLOOD WATERS. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL THE FLOOD WAS MITIGATED. HE CONTINUES TEACHING AS A FIRE SERVICE INSTRUCTOR AND HAS SERVED AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WITH THE WV DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

There was no recipient for this award.

There was no recipient for this award.

CHIEF BRENDA FRAGMIN - SUMMIT PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT

PATROLMAN STEVEN L. MENENDEZ - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A BREAKING AND ENTERING INCIDENT IN PROGRESS WHICH RESULTED IN THE APPREHENSION OF TWO SUSPECTS. WHILE ON ROUTINE PATROL, PATROLMAN MENENDEZ SPOTTED A BROKEN GLASS DOOR AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION HE OBSERVED TWO INTRUDERS IN THE STORE AND RADIOED FOR BACKUP. WITHIN MINUTES OF THE BACKUP UNITS ARRIVAL HE ENTERED THE STORE AND AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH OF THE PREMISES THE TWO SUSPECTS WERE APPREHENDED.

LT. RUSSELL SWIGER - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ROLE IN A BREAKING AND ENTERING INCIDENT RESULTING IN THE APPREHENSION OF TWO SUSPECTS. LIEUTENANT SWIGER RESPONDED AS A BACKUP UNIT WHEN ANOTHER OFFICER NOTICED A BROKEN GLASS DOOR AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. WITHIN MINUTES HE ENTERED THE STORE AND AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH OF THE PREMISES TWO SUSPECTS WERE APPREHENDED.

SGT. L. W. SYLVESTER - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ROLE IN A BREAKING AND ENTERING INCIDENT RESULTING IN THE APPREHENSION OF TWO SUSPECTS. SERGEANT SYLVESTER RESPONDED AS A BACKUP UNIT WHEN ANOTHER OFFICER NOTICED A BROKEN GLASS DOOR AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. WITHIN MINUTES HE ENTERED THE STORE AND AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH OF THE PREMISES TWO SUSPECTS WERE APPREHENDED.

PATROLMAN MICHAEL KENDALL - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ROLE IN A BREAKING AND ENTERING INCIDENT RESULTING IN THE APPREHENSION OF TWO SUSPECTS. PATROLMAN KENDALL RESPONDED AS A BACKUP UNIT WHEN ANOTHER OFFICER NOTICED A BROKEN GLASS DOOR AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. WITHIN MINUTES HE ENTERED THE STORE AND AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH OF THE PREMISES TWO SUSPECTS WERE APPREHENDED.

PFC. GEORGE CAVRICH - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ROLE IN A BREAKING AND ENTERING INCIDENT RESULTING IN THE APPREHENSION OF TWO SUSPECTS. PATROLMAN 1ST CLASS CAVRICH RESPONDED AS A BACKUP UNIT WHEN ANOTHER OFFICER NOTICED A BROKEN GLASS DOOR AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. WITHIN MINUTES HE ENTERED THE STORE AND AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH OF THE PREMISES TWO SUSPECTS WERE APPREHENDED.

CAPTAIN MICHAEL KESLING - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A BREAKING AND ENTERING INCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE APPREHENSION OF THE SUSPECT. CAPTAIN KESLING RESPONDED TO A BREAKING AND ENTERING IN PROGRESS AT A SMALL CONVENIENCE STORE. HE IMMEDIATELY OBTAINED WITNESS INFORMATION AND WITHIN MINUTES THE SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY AND ALL THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE WAS RECOVERED.

SGT. L. W. SYLVESTER - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A BREAKING AND ENTERING INCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE APPREHENSION OF THE SUSPECT. SERGEANT SYLVESTER RESPONDED TO A BREAKING AND ENTERING IN PROGRESS AT A SMALL CONVENIENCE STORE. HE IMMEDIATELY OBTAINED WITNESS INFORMATION AND WITHIN MINUTES THE SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY AND ALL THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE WAS RECOVERED.

PATROLMAN JASON SNIDER - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING AN ILLEGAL FIREWORKS COMPLAINT. PATROLMAN SNIDER RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DANGEROUS FIREWORKS STORED IN A RESIDENCE. HE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR AND WENT UNDERCOVER TO THE RESIDENCE, WHERE HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING A PURCHASE FROM ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS THEN OBTAINED AND APPROXIMATELY $35,000.00 WORTH OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS WAS CONFISCATED.

DEPUTY DONALD S. QUINN - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING AN ATTEMPTED BREAKING AND ENTERING. WHILE ON ROUTINE PATROL DEPUTY QUINN EXPERIENCE AND ALERTNESS DREW HIS ATTENTION TO A SUSPICIOUS PERSON. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION DEPUTY QUINN DISCOVERED AN ATTEMPTED BREAKING AND ENTERING TO A LOCAL BUSINESS. DEPUTY QUINN’S PERSISTENCE PREVENTED THE COMPLETION OF THE BREAKING AND ENTERING AND PROVIDED FOR THE ARREST OF THE SUSPECT.

SGT. STEPHEN R. JOHNSON - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A CAR JACKING INCIDENT . SERGEANT JOHNSON USED HIS PERSISTENCE AND INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS TO SOLVE TWO CARJACKINGS THAT OCCURRED IN HARRISON COUNTY. HE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION WHICH PRODUCED THE SUCCESSFUL ARREST OF THE SUSPECT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIMES WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF THE ORIGINAL CAR JACKING INCIDENT.

LT. W. DAVID CRAWFORD - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A ARMED ROBBERY INCIDENT. WHILE RESPONDING TO AN ARMED ROBBERY IN PROGRESS, LT. CRAWFORD NOTICED A VEHICLE MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE. HE INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE ARREST OF THE ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT AND RECOVER THE STOLEN PROPERTY WITHIN MINUTES OF RECEIVING THE INITIAL CALL.

DEPUTY JAMES M. MILES - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A HOMICIDE INCIDENT. DEPUTY MILES WAS CALLED UPON TO ACT AS LEAD INVESTIGATOR IN THE MURDER OF A LOCAL RESIDENT. THE CHALLENGES BEFORE HIM WERE VERY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CRIME SCENE HAD BEEN SET ON FIRE IN ORDER TO DESTROY EVIDENCE. DEPUTY MILES WORKED DILIGENTLY WHILE GATHERING THE FACTS IN THIS CASE. AS A RESULT A SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED.

DEPUTY TIGE S. PRATT - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS. DEPUTY PRATT RESPONDED TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS WITH FORTY-NINE STUDENTS. HIS QUICK RESPONSE AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE ENABLED EMERGENCY WORKERS TO REMOVE ALL INJURED PARTIES WHILE STILL MAINTAINING A SAFE WORKING AREA FOR OTHERS. HIS COMMUNICATION SKILLS ENABLED HIM TO RELAY INFORMATION TO BOARD OF EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS AND OTHER AUTHORITIES IN A PROFESSIONAL AND TIMELY MANNER.

DEPUTY PATRICK B. McCARTY - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A DRIVE BY SHOOTING INCIDENT. DEPUTY McCARTY’S ALERTNESS AND TIMELY RESPONSE TO THE SCENE LED HIM TO THE SUSPECTS. WITHIN AN HOUR HE WAS ABLE TO AFFECT THE ARREST OF THE SUSPECTS INVOLVED AND RECOVER THE WEAPON USED. HE WAS ABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF A BACKUP UNIT.

DEPUTY KENNARD L. McHENRY - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF SEVERAL BOMB THREATS MADE TO AN AREA SCHOOL. DEPUTY McHENRY’S INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS LED TO THE QUICK APPREHENSION OF THE JUVENILES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THREATS, THUS SETTING THE STANDARD OF ZERO TOLERANCE WHILE DETERRING FUTURE THREATS.

DEPUTY J. MICHAEL COTTRILL - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR ACTIONS RESULTING IN THE RECOVERY OF STOLEN MERCHANDISE . DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP DEPUTY COTTRILL NOTICED MERCHANDISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS LED TO THE RECOVERY OF PROPERTY STOLEN DURING SEVERAL BREAKING AND ENTERINGS. SUBSEQUENTLY THE SUSPECTS WERE CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTS OF BREAKING AND ENTERING.

CPL. ROBERT HILLIARD - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS PUBLIC SERVICE. CORPORAL HILLIARD REALIZES THAT EVEN THE SMALLEST ASSIGNMENT CAN BE A GREAT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. HE WAS QUICK TO RESPOND AND RENDER AID TO AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO HAD LOCKED HERSELF OUT OF HER RESIDENCE. HE ALSO HELPED AN ELDERLY FEMALE WHO WAS TRAVELING ON ROUTE 50 WHEN A HUBCAP FELL OFF OF HER VEHICLE. CORPORAL HILLIARD STOPPED AND RETRIEVED THE HUBCAP FOR HER ON THE BUSY HIGHWAY THROUGH ACTIONS SUCH AS THESE, CORPORAL HILLIARD SETS THE STANDARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

PATROLMAN MICHAEL KENDALL - CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON I-79 IN CLAY COUNTY. A VAN HAD LANDED ON ITS ROOF, ROLLED DOWN THE NORTHBOUND LANE AND CAUGHT FIRE. PATROLMAN KENDALL RUSHED TO THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED TWO YOUNG GIRLS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN STILL IN THEIR SEATBELTS. OFFICER KENDALL AND A CITIZEN WERE SUCCESSFUL IN REMOVING THE TWO GIRLS FROM THE WRECKAGE. THEY RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE TO RENDER AID TO THE DRIVER AND ANOTHER PASSENGER.

DEPUTY LUCAS W. BLAIR - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC HONORS DURING HIS ATTENDANCE AT THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE ACADEMY. DEPUTY BLAIR’S ACHIEVEMENTS EARNED HIM THE HONOR OF VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS GRADUATING CLASS.

JUDY D. MCGARY - HARRISON COUNTY BUREAU OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
FOR HER DEDICATION AND PERSISTENCE IN ACCURATELY MANAGING THE WARRANT AND CIVIL PAPER SYSTEMS. HER WORK ETHIC IS AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO THE EXECUTION OF WARRANTS AND CIVIL PAPERS.

SR. TROOPER M. A. WEAVER - WV STATE POLICE
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A CAR JACKING INCIDENT. TROOPER WEAVER’S TIMELY RESPONSE TO THE LOCATION WHERE A FELONY SUSPECT WAS SIGHTED RESULTED IN TROOPER WEAVER LOCATING THE SUSPECT OF AN EARLIER CAR JACKING WHICH ULTIMATELY BROUGHT A MULTIPLE CAR JACKING INCIDENT TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.

PATROLMAN CHRIS MINOR - ANMOORE POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A CAR JACKING INCIDENT. PATROLMAN MINOR’S ALERTNESS AND SPIRIT OF COOPERATION ENABLED HIM TO LOCATE A STOLEN VEHICLE FOR WHICH A SUBSEQUENT FELONY ARREST FOR CAR JACKING WAS AFFECTED.

DEPUTY CHRISTOPHER L. WALDECK - HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A STOLEN VEHICLE INCIDENT. WHILE COMPLETING HIS REPORT HE NOTICED A VEHICLE FITTING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE STOLEN VEHICLE PASSING THE SCENE. THE SUSPECT ATTEMPTED TO FLEE DEPUTY WALDECK AT WHICH TIME A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT WAS INITIATED. DEPUTY WALDECK FEARLESSLY AND UNSELFISHLY PUT HIMSELF IN HARMS WAY TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECT.

TROOPER PHILIP D. WRIGHT - WV STATE POLICE

FREDERICK B. SMART - BUREAU CHIEF - HARRISON COUNTY BUREAU OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY. HE IS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER ON A STATE WIDE LEVEL WITH HIS RECENT APPOINTMENT TO THE GOVERNORS COMMITTEE FOR MAPPING AND ADDRESSING. HE HAS OVERCOME ADVERSITY AND CONTINUES TO BE A GUIDING INFLUENCE FOR THE BUREAU OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.  WITH HIS LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE THE BUREAU HAS TRANSFORMED OVER THE YEARS FROM A ONE ROOM DISPATCH CENTER TO A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, STATE OF THE ART, ENHANCED 9-1-1 FACILITY.

There was no recipient for this award.