[Austin Police Department Awards and Recognition Ceremony]
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IF WE CAN HAVE EVERYONE TAKE THEIR SEATS.
AM I COMING OUT LOUD ENOUGH? CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? DO I NEED TO TALK LOUDER? Y'ALL NEED ME TO YELL? IF EVERYONE CAN TAKE THEIR SEATS, WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.
THAT THAT MEANS Y'ALL THAT ARE IN THE BACK JUST CARRYING ON WITH YOUR CONVERSATIONS.
LIKE, I HAVEN'T EVEN SAID ANYTHING.
I'M, I'M GETTING, I'M GETTING WAY TOO HAPPY.
WAY TOO HAPPY WITH THE CLICKING NOW.
ARE WE READY? I SEE EVERYONE AND MAKING THEIR WAY TO THEIR SEATS.
GOT THE HAWS GOING ON BACK THERE.
I'M THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WELCOME TO OUR QUARTERLY AWARDS CEREMONY.
SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH EVERYONE, UM, NICE AND CHILLY OUTSIDE HOLIDAY SEASON AND, UH, WHAT A FANTASTIC TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE AUSTIN AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED IF Y'ALL ARE READY.
SO, JUST GOING OVER OUR CEREMONY FOR TODAY.
LET ME MAKE SURE I'M READING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR CALL FOR PROTECTION FROM OUR SENIOR CHAPLAIN, OLA BURNS.
THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME OPENING REMARKS BY OUR AWESOME CHIEF DAVIS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE ARE GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION OF OUR HONOREES.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE OUR SENIOR CHAPLAIN CRAYOLA BURNS.
YES, WE ARE, WE ARE TRULY BLESSED.
I DO THIS AT CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.
ARE WE NOT BEING BLESSED TODAY? LOOK AT THIS WEATHER AND IF YOU TURN ON THE NEWS, YOU KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH.
SO LET'S GIVE A HAND CLAP TO THE LORD FOR THE WEATHER THAT WE'RE RECEIVING TODAY.
IF YOU COULD JUST, THIS IS A DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE, WE SHALL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.
FATHER GOD, WE JUST COME BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW, JUST SAYING THANK YOU, LORD.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORDS TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING FOR US.
WE COME AND WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED GUIDANCE AND YOUR PROTECTION FOR OUR ENTIRE TEAM, LORD, FROM THE TOP BRASS TO THE, UM, UH, ALL THE SWORN AND THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES FOR THE OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LORD, WE ARE A, WE ARE A AWESOME TEAM LORD, AND WE WORK TO SERVE YOUR PEOPLE.
HELP US TO CONTINUE TO GUIDE THEM AND KEEP THEM IN THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE US DO.
LORD, PROTECT US IN OUR COMING IN AND OUR GOING OUT.
LORD, CONTINUE TO ALLOW OUR TOP BRASS TO LEAD US IN THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE US TO GO.
I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TODAY WHO'S RECEIVING, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
LORD, IT IS SO, SO, SO GOOD THAT THIS TEAM, THE AWARDS COMMITTEE TAKES THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER THIS PROGRAM TO SAY THANK YOU EVERY QUARTER.
SOMEONE GETS A THANK YOU AND A THANK YOU IS, IS, IS CHEAP.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ON THE BUDGET, LORD.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ON THE BUDGET.
WE PROMISE LORD TO GUIDE YOUR PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS YOU WOULD HAVE US TO PROTECT US AS YOU PROMISE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS.
THANK YOU
WE GREATLY, GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
YOU AND ALL OF OUR CHAPLAINS ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
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AND THEN NOW WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR FALLEN OFFICERS AND IF WE COULD JUST, UH, JUST BOW OUR HEADS AND JUST BRIEFLY TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE OUR ESTEEMED CHIEF OF POLICE CHIEF DAVIS.
UH, I WANNA SAY THAT I HAVE READ WHEN I, UM, SIGNED OFF ON THESE AWARDS, I READ EVERY, UM, PIECE OF PAPER EVERY, UM, AWARD THAT WAS, UH, WRITTEN UP BY YOUR BOSSES, BY SUPERVISORS.
IT IS IMPRESSIVE, THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE HAVE, UH, DPS IN THE ROOM WHERE IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
THANK FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
EVERY DAY YOU PUT THAT UNIFORM ON.
IT IS A HARD PROFESSION AND IT IS, UH, TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE, TO BE HERE.
SO APPRECIATE ALL THE DEDICATION AND ALL THE BOSSES AND SUPERVISORS IN THIS ROOM.
CONTINUE, UM, TO WRITE THESE COMMENDATIONS, CONTINUE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE GOOD WORK BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE GET HERE IS WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE GOOD WORK THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STANDING IN THE BACK, PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SEATS AVAILABLE HERE AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME SEATS AVAILABLE HERE ON THIS SIDE, SO DON'T BE SHY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING LATE.
THERE ARE SOME SEATS, SEATS AVAILABLE IF Y'ALL LIKE TO, OH, HELLO.
UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A SEAT, OH, LEMME TURN THIS.
AND AS A REMINDER, IF THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME ON UP AND TAKE A, TAKE A PHOTO WITH, UH, CHIEF DAVIS.
AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO SHAKE ALL THE HANDS OF YOUR AWESOME, UH, CHAIN OF COMMAND.
OUR EXEC AND COMMAND STAFF THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE TO HELP, UH, APPRECIATE AND, AND SUPPORT YOU.
SO PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO SHAKE, SHAKE THEIR HANDS.
BUT IF THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE, PLEASE, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR YOU TOO.
WE WANT YOU TO COME UP AND GET SOME FAMILY GOOD FAMILY PHOTOS WITH CHIEF DAVIS.
ALRIGHT, STARTING WITH OUR MILESTONES, SERVICE MILESTONES, STARTING WITH OUR FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE OFFICER GREEN LOW.
IS HE HERE? CHRISTINE SCANLON, ARE WE HERE? CORRECT.
AND TRACY TUCKER, ARE WE HERE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE ONE 43RD CADET CLASS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP? NO.
WELL THIS IS FROM ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS.
HOW FAST FIVE YEARS HAVE COME AND GONE.
NOT EVERYONE WHO STARTED THE JOB WITH US IS STILL HERE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, BUT WE ARE HAPPY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PERSEVERED.
I HOPE WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND.
CONTINUE TO TRAIN HARD AND BRING HONOR TO THE PROFESSION AND THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH EVERY DAY.
THIS IS FROM OFFICER TYRA AND OFFICER EASLEY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONE 43RD CADET CLASS.
FOR OUR 10 YEAR SERVICE AWARDS, WE HAVE MELISSA LEY, DISPATCHER THREE.
ELIZABETH LANO, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR AT THE SALSA.
THEN ELIZABETH VINCENT FROM OUR FORENSIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
AND BRUCE WALLY FROM A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER.
WELL CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 10 YEAR SERVICE AWARDS.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER CADET CLASS HERE.
ANYBODY FROM THE ONE 31ST CADET CLASS? OH, COME ON UP.
AND FROM DETECTIVE ALLEN MORRIS, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONE 31ST CADET CLASS ON ACHIEVING 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
MAY WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR DEDICATION, INTEGRITY, AND HONORABLE SERVICE.
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THANK YOU.AND NEXT WE HAVE THE ONE 32ND CADET CLASS, ALSO CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE ONE 32ND? ANYONE FROM THE ONE 32ND THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP? SO FROM DETECTIVE KOBA TODAY, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE ONE 32ND CADET CLASS FOR THEIR 10 YEARS OF DEDICATED LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE.
A DECADE DEFINED BY INTEGRITY, COURAGE, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND DETERMINATION HAVE MADE A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE.
THROUGH CHALLENGES, LONG NIGHTS AND MOMENTS THAT DEMAND AND EXCEPTIONAL STRENGTH, YOU HAVE CARRIED OUT YOUR DUTIES WITH HONOR AND COMPASSION.
YOUR WORK EMBODIES THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION STANDS AS THE TESTAMENT TO YOUR CHARACTER AND RESILIENCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST SERVICE, YOUR SACRIFICE, AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THESE 10 YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE IN THE YEARS AHEAD FROM DETECTIVE KOCHER.
1 53, CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.
MS. RASHIDA CHAUVIN DISPATCHER THREE.
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR IN POLICE RECORDS? NO.
AND THEN ABBY WINTERS, POLICE DISPATCHER.
WELL CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.
CELEBRATING ANOTHER CADET CLASS.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE ONE 18TH CADET CLASS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP? ALRIGHT.
HEY, SERGEANT PROTUS, WE CAME FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE NATION.
WE'VE MADE CENTRAL TEXAS OUR HOME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRIVED WITH A PD OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS AND THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED AND GONE TO DO MORE GREAT THINGS.
OKAY,
AND NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
ADRIAN IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR AN INCREDIBLE 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING CALL TAKER AND A TRUE LEADER.
EVEN WITHOUT A FORMAL TITLE, HER WILLINGNESS TO HELP IN ANY SITUATION, HER DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND HER GENEROSITY IN SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE MAKE HER AN INVALUABLE PART OF OUR TEAM.
ADRIAN HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THIS PROFESSION AND STILL SHOWS UP EACH DAY WITH A SMILE.
WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE HER DEDICATION, HER COMMITMENT, AND UNWAVERING SERVICE TO HER TEAM AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND DWAYNE CHAUVIN, ARE YOU HERE ALSO CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE? NO.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH DWAYNE.
HE'S THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND TEAMMATE.
IN HIS 20 YEARS WITH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO BE HELPFUL, LEARN AND GROW TO BETTER ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
FROM IT SUPERVISOR, UH, NELSON HUDSON.
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ANOTHER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, MARGARET GOURMET.ARE YOU HERE MA'AM? MARGARET HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO A PD FOR MANY YEARS.
IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH HER AND KNOWING THAT EVERYONE CAN RELY ON HER TO HANDLE HER RESPONSIBILITIES WITH UNWAVERING DEPENDABILITY AND ACCURACY.
THE ARREST PROCESS WE INITIATED IN 2019 WAS A SUCCESS IN LARGE PART DUE TO HER DEDICATION AND SHE HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN IT BY GUIDING STAFF AND IMPLEMENTING MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS.
MANAGING VEREX DUTY ASSIGNMENTS AND THE CONSTANT FLOW OF SERVICENOW TICKETS IS NO SMALL TASK CONCUR YET SHE HANDLES IT WITH ALL OF THE PROFESSIONALISM AND WITHOUT COMPLAINT.
THANK YOU MARGARET, FOR 20 YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO A PD JANET THOMAS, OFFICER KIDD, RAHIM KIDD, ARE YOU HERE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE? CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US AT THE AIRPORT AND EVEN BIGGER.
THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OFFICERS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
LIEUTENANT IRVIN WILLIAMS. CONGRATULATIONS SIR.
OH, AM I BEHIND ON MY SLIDES? YEP.
ARE YOU HEARING ME? AH, YOU CAME.
DIANA MORALES IS HARDWORKING AND DEPENDABLE MEMBER OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM.
SHE PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN GUIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING SAMPLES, ENSURING THAT CRITICAL EVIDENCE MOVES EFFICIENTLY THROUGH THE FORENSIC SYSTEM.
DIANA IS ALWAYS READY TO TAKE ON ANY ROLE OR TASK, ASK OF HER, HER ABILITY AND COMMITMENT, HER RELIABILITY AND COMMITMENT MAKE HER AN ESSENTIAL ASSET TO THE TEAM.
EMILY ESQUIVEL, YOU'RE WELCOME.
IF YOU COULD CUE ME IF I FALL BEHIND ON MY SLIDES, HE'S GONNA COME HELP US.
NEXT UP IS ELIZABETH MORRIS FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
ELIZABETH MORRIS IS A DEDICATED AND HIGHLY VALUED MEMBER OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM.
HER WORK PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN ADVANCING FORENSICS INVESTIGATIONS, PARTICULARLY THROUGH HER WORK IN OUTSTANDING DNA SAMPLES AND SUPPORTING COLD CASE EFFORTS.
ELIZABETH ENSURES THE METICULOUS TRACKING OF GRANT AND CONTRACTS SPENDING, HELPING THE TEAM STAY ALIGNED WITH BUDGETARY GOALS, HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL, COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, AND BEHIND THE SCENES IMPACT.
MAY HER AN INDISPENSABLE PART OF THE TEAM.
EMILY ESQUIVEL, FORENSIC SERVICE MANAGER.
AND NOW MOVING INTO OUR PROMOTION HONOREES.
WILLIAM ADDISON, ARE YOU HERE? FORENSICS QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST TWO.
WILLIAM SERVES AS A VITAL LIAISON BETWEEN THE EVIDENCE WAREHOUSE AND THE FORENSICS LABORATORY.
ENSURING SEAMLESS COORDINATION AND CHAIN OF CUSTODY INTEGRITY.
HE RELY READILY TAKES ON NEW ASSIGNMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND EFFICIENCY.
HIS ADAPTABILITY AND INITIATIVE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FORENSICS OPERATORS.
MS. EMILY ESQUIVEL, FORENSICS SERVICES MANAGER.
ERIC BARNES, ARE YOU HERE MA'AM? ERICA.
ERICA, YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR ROLE AND TO THE CITIZENS WE SERVE TRULY STANDS OUT.
YOUR GENUINE CARE AND COMMITMENT SHINE THROUGH IN EVERYTHING YOU DO AND THEY INSPIRE YOUR PEERS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM EVERY DAY.
TATIANA RIVERA, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.
CALL TAKER DISPLAYS STEADY PERFORMANCE, CALM, PROFESSIONALISM, AND A GENUINE CARE FOR EVERY CALLER THAT REFLECTS THE HEART OF OUR MISSION.
ALAN'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE CONTINUES TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE ON OUR TEAM AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CADENCE PEARSON EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR.
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MAYA BRY, ARE YOU HERE? MAYA BRY IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HER PROMOTION TO CALL TAKER TWO.IN HER TWO YEARS WITH OUR CENTER, SHE HAS COMPLETED ALL REQUIRED TRAININGS AND CONSISTENTLY MEETS THE EXPECTATIONS OF HER ROLE.
WE APPRECIATE HER CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEAM AND CONGRATULATE HER ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
ROXANNA ZAMORA, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.
QUA BRYANT, YOU HERE? CONGRATULATIONS TO QUA BRYANT ON HER WELL-DESERVED PROMOTION TO CALL TAKER TWO.
IN HER TWO YEARS WITH OUR TEAM, QUAY HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION, AND EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS ON THE PHONE.
SHE'S A TRUE TEAM PLAYER WHO ALWAYS STEPS UP TO HELP OTHERS AND KEEPS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE NO MATTER THE CHALLENGE.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU QUA, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS NEXT STEP IN YOUR JOURNEY.
ROXANNA ZAMORA, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR AND I LOVE HIS PHOTO.
KEVIN BUSANTE,
KEVIN IS ONE OF THE COOLEST AND MOST DEPENDABLE PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR.
HE'S ALWAYS CALM, COLLECTED, AND QUICK THINKING.
NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND HIM, HE IS WELL LIKED BY EVERYONE, BRINGS PLENTY OF LAUGHS, AND CONSISTENTLY DOES HIS JOB WITH A STEADY LAID BACK DEMEANOR THAT MAKES HIM A REAL STANDOUT AS A DISPATCHER.
WE APPRECIATE HAVING KEVIN ON OUR TEAM.
CONGRATULATIONS ON ACHIEVING DISPATCHER TWO.
JEANIE MCKNIGHT, COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR AND JOHN HAER.
DISPATCH, LEAD DISPATCH SUPERVISOR LILLIAN CHOBANI.
ARE YOU HERE MA'AM? LILY IS CONSISTENTLY.
LILY CONSISTENTLY BRINGS STRONG DEDICATION TO HER ROLE AS POLICE DISPATCHER, MAINTAINING STEADY FOCUS AS SHE SUPPORTS HER OFFICERS AND PRIORITIZES THEIR SAFETY, HER COMMITMENT AND PROFESSIONALISM.
MAKE HER A VITAL PART OF THE TEAM AND REFLECT THE HIGH STANDARDS OF OUR DIVISION.
CANDACE PEARSON, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR, ELIZABETH CORTINA.
MA'AM, ARE YOU HERE? CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL-DESERVED PROMOTION.
YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION HAVE TRULY PAID OFF.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOUR CONTINUED GROWTH IN THIS ROLE AND WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
TATIANA RIVERA, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR, RUDOLPH DEBELL.
RUDY HAS TAKEN ON EACH NEW SKILLSET WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE ZERO FEAR.
ERICA ROBERTS, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.
DYLAN JUST SERVES AS A 9 1 1 TELECOMMUNICATOR FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAS BEEN IN THAT ROLE FOR TWO YEARS.
DYLAN WORKS TO ENSURE THAT CITIZENS CALL FOR HELP ARE ANSWERED IN A TIMELY AND ACCURATE MANNER.
AND WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SER SERVICE.
GARY ELMORE, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR, LINDY GARZA.
CONGRATULATIONS LINDY, ON YOUR PROMOTION.
YOU ARE AN ASSET TO THE TEAM AT E-COMM.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU CONTINUE TO GROW IN YOUR CAREER WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
ASHLEY ALTMAN'S, SUPERVISOR FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
VICTORIA'S AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT, DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL WORK ETHIC AND AN IMPRESSIVE ABILITY TO LEARN QUICKLY.
IN A SHORT PERIOD UNDER MY SUPERVISION, SHE'S MASTERED DUTIES AS A NON-EMERGENCY REPORT TAKER, CONTROL CENTER SPECIALIST AND TELETYPE OPERATOR, AND EVEN BECAME A CERTIFIED TRAINING OFFICER.
HER DEDICATION AND DRIVE, NOT ONLY TO ELEVATE OUR DAILY OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO STRENGTHENED THE FUTURE OF OUR TEAM THROUGH THE TRAINING SHE PROVIDES TO NEW HIRES.
JEANNIE KNIGHT, COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR.
ARE YOU HERE? DANTE IS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST GENUINELY KIND PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET.
HE'S ALWAYS RESPECTFUL, ALWAYS HELPFUL, AND ALWAYS WILLING TO GO OUT OF HIS WAY.
FOR OTHERS, HE LEARNS QUICKLY, DOES EXCELLENT WORK AND GETS ALONG WITH EVERYONE MAKING HIM NOT JUST A GREAT EMPLOYEE, BUT AN EVEN BETTER PERSON.
HIS POSITIVITY AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP HIM
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MAKE HIM A STANDOUT FOR OUR TEAM.JEANNIE KNIGHT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS CAR IS BLOCKING A CONSTRUCTION ENTRY.
IF YOU DRIVE A GRAY RAV4 WITH, UH, LAST FOUR OF YOUR TEXAS LP IS 7 8 8 4.
WE NEED YOU TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE.
YOU ARE BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE TO A CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
AGAIN, THAT IS A GRAY RAV4 TEXAS LP.
NOAL, WE, IF WE COULD JUST PULL HIS AWARD, PLEASE.
WE'LL RECYCLE HIM TO THE NEXT ONE.
NATHAN, ARE YOU HERE? NATHAN IS A FAST LEARNER WHO RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED HIS GROWTH BY SUCCESSFULLY TRAINING AND WORKING AT THE CONTROL CENTER.
AS A CONTROL CENTER SPECIALIST, HE DELIVERS HIGH QUALITY SERVICE TO EVERY CALLER.
ENSURING THOSE DIALING 9 1 1 RECEIVE THE HELP AND PROFESSIONALISM THEY NEED.
HE HAS ALSO COMPLETED ALL COURSEWORK FOR ALL CALL TAKER.
TWO FURTHER SHOWING HIS DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE.
WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM.
JEANNIE KNIGHT, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR, KRISTEN POOLE.
MA'AM, ARE YOU HERE? KRISTEN HANDLES HENRY RADIO WITH A CALM AND PROFESSIONAL DEMEANOR AND IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST HER PEERS.
ERICA ROBERTS, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR MICHAEL POWELL.
IN LESS THAN A YEAR, MICHAEL HAS COMPLETED NON-EMERGENCY REPORT WRITING, CONTROL CENTER TRAINING AND TELETYPE TRAINING, EXCELLING AT EVERY NEW SKILL HE TAKES ON HIS LOVE OF LEARNING SHOWS HOW QUICKLY HE MASTERS NEW RESPONSIBILITIES AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS IS EVIDENT IN HIS COMMITMENT AS A CERTIFIED TRAINING OFFICER.
MICHAEL'S DILIGENCE, TEAMWORK, AND EXCEPTIONAL WORK ETHIC MAKE HIM TRULY DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION.
JEANNIE KNIGHT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.
ZACH IS AN EXCEPTIONAL MEMBER OF THE E-COMM TEAM.
HE'S WELL LIKE AND RESPECTED BY PEERS AND LEADERSHIP ALIKE.
THANK YOU ZACH, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ERICA ROBERTS, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.
EMMA HAS SERVED THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR TWO YEARS AS A 9 1 1 TELECOMMUNICATOR PROCESSING BOTH INCOMING EMERGENCY CALLS AND WRITING NON-EMERGENCY POLICE REPORTS.
EMMA IS COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL TO HER CALLERS STAYING CALM ON THE PHONE, IN THE FACE OF ENORMOUS PRESSURE DURING THE INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR.
EMMA'S WORK PERFORMANCE AND DEMONSTRATE HER, I'M SORRY.
EMMA'S WORK PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATES THE PRIORITY THAT SHE GIVES TO HER WORK IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
GARY ELMORE, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.
DANNY IS AN EXCELLENT TEAM PLAYER WHOSE POSITIVE CAN-DO ATTITUDE SHINES IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES.
SHE HAS COMPLETED GEORGE KNIGHT'S DISPATCH TRAINING AND RECENTLY BECAME A CERTIFIED TRAINING OFFICER, SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE AND DEDICATION WITH OUR NEW HIRES.
DANNY'S HARD WORK, THOROUGHNESS AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAVE TRULY EARNED HER THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON REACHING DISPATCHER TWO.
JEANNIE KNIGHT, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR ANDREW RUSSELL.
ANDREW HAS SERVED HIS COMMUNITY FOR TWO YEARS NOW AS A 9 1 1.
TELECOMMUNICATOR ANDREW'S ANSWERS THE PUBLIC'S CALL FOR SERVICE WITH ASSISTANCE PATIENTS AND CARE ENSURING THAT LOCATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE INCIDENT ARE ACCURATE AND EX EXPLANATORY TO BETTER AID AND ASSIST POLICE RESPONSE.
ANDREW ALSO HAS AN AFFABLE PERSONALITY THAT MAKES HIS COLLEAGUES FEEL AT EASE AND HELPS TO REDUCE THE STRESS RELATED TO WORK.
FINALLY, ANDREW HAS BEGUN DEVELOPING A FANTASTIC DRIVE ON THE GOLF COURSE AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN OLYMPICS IN 2025.
OKAY, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR GOLF SWING.
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EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.MIRIAM IS A NON-EMERGENCY REPORT WRITING MACHINE.
THANK YOU, MIRIAM, FOR YOUR COMPASSIONATE AND THOROUGH HANDLING OF THE CALLS FROM CITIZENS AND VISITORS.
ERICA ROBERTS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR SWORN PROMOTIONS.
UH, WE DO HAVE PENDING CEREMONIES THAT OCCUR.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE HERE AND YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND GET ANOTHER PHOTO WITH CHIEF DAVIS OR WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DO SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND IT'S FOR THE CORPORAL DETECTIVE RAYES PROMOTING TO CORPORAL DETECTIVE ZACHARY FISHER, JEREMY FISHER, DEREK LEHMAN DUNCAN MASSINGHAM, RAMON SANCHEZ AND MICHAEL SNOW.
WE HAVE BRIDGET COMISKEY, MICHAEL HANKEN, MEYER CARTER HOWDEN.
AND MOVING ON TO OUR LIEUTENANT, WE HAVE MICHAEL RIDGE AND WILL RAY.
HEY, SOMEBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO LET ME KNOW I NEEDED TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE.
NOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AS I CALL YOUR NAME.
IF YOU COULD COME UP FRONT, PLEASE, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
FROM OUR CHAPLAIN SERVICES TEAM, IF I COULD HAVE MS. C OLA BURNS, SENIOR CHAPLAIN CRAYOLA BURNS, ART CARDENA JR.
IF Y'ALL COULD COME ON UP, PLEASE.
JOEL FRANKLIN, I SAW YOU IN HERE, SIR.
BILLY MCCLENDON AND PAUL TATE.
TODAY WE HONOR OUR A BD CHAPLAINS WHO SERVED TO THIS DEPARTMENT GOES BEYOND WORDS.
THEY WALK ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICERS IN MOMENTS OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY, OFFERING COMFORT, WISDOM AND STRENGTH WHEN IT'S NEEDED MOST.
OUR CHAPLAINS REMIND US THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT JUST ABOUT ENFORCING THE LAW, IT'S ABOUT COMPASSION, HUMANITY, AND CONNECTION.
THEIR DEDICATION, PRESENCE, AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE WELLBEING OF OUR OFFICERS, THEIR FAMILY, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LIGHT THAT THEY BRING TO THIS DEPARTMENT, AND TODAY WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
ROXANNA ORTEGA, EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM MANAGER, AND CRAYOLA BURNS AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND SENIOR CHAPLAIN.
AND JUST WANNA ADD THAT I CONCUR.
SO UNDERSTAND, THEY ARE OUR ROCK, OUR UNWAVERING ROCK IN OUR MOMENTS OF, OF TRAGEDY, BUT THEN ALSO THEREFORE JUST THE DAY-TO-DAY STRUGGLES AND, UH, TRIBULATIONS OF BEING, BEING AN AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER AND BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US.
BOTH ARE SWORN IN PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
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UH, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IT'S MS. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IT'S MISS, SENIOR CHAPLAIN, AGAIN.ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST CRAYOLA BURNS.
MA'AM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE YES, COME ON UP, MA'AM.
SO WE WANNA RECOGNIZE HER DUAL SERVICE THAT SHE HAS.
SO, CRAYOLA BURNS HAS SERVED IN COMMERCIAL BURGLARY UNITS SINCE 2018 WHERE SHE CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE PROFESSIONALISM, RELIABILITY, AND A STRONG SENSE OF SERVICE.
IN ADDITION TO HER DAILY DUTIES, SHE VOLUNTEERS AS A CHAPLAIN FOR A PD OFFERING EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT TO THE PERSONNEL AND CITIZENS IN TIMES OF NEED.
HER ONGOING DEDICATION, BOTH ON AND OFF DUTY, REFLECTS HER GENUINE COMMITMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY.
MICHELLE MENCHACA, SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR FOR OUR ADMINS.
AND MOVING INTO OUR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS.
AND DO WE HAVE OFFICER TWO? WOO-HOO.
I'M GONNA READ THIS ONE SINCE YOU'RE OFF, SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE.
OFFICER TWO IS COMMENDED FOR HIS, THIS IS A LIFESAVING AWARD.
I GOT OUTTA ORDER WITH MY SLIDES HERE.
SO THIS IS A LIFESAVING AWARD.
LEMME SEE IF I CAN ADVANCE REAL QUICK AND THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
OH, I'M, I'M A I'M A HOT MESS RIGHT NOW.
SO LET ME JUST READ THIS AND THEN I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET BACK IN ORDER HERE.
OFFICER TWO IS COMMENDED FOR A SWIFT DECISIVE AND LIFESAVING ACTIONS DURING A DYNAMIC INCIDENT DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL COMPOSURE AND SKILL UNDER PRESSURE OFFICER TWO, APPLIED TWO TOURNIQUETS TO CONTROL THE LIFE-THREATENING BLEEDING OF A JUVENILE, PREVENTING A TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE.
HIS ONGOING COURAGE AND DEDICATION EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST STANDARDS HELD AS AN AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER.
NO, AND JUST GO THROUGH THE TWO PAGES THAT I HAVE RIGHT HERE.
ROCKSTAR, IF YOU CAN COME ON UP, SIR.
THIS IS THE CIF CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR MR. BRAD CORNELL AND THE HOPE FOR HEROES OF TEXAS.
CAN I GET A PICTURE WITH BOTH OF YOU? YEAH.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME READ, I'M SUPPOSED, OKAY.
SO, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT EXTENDS ITS HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR MR. BRAD CORNELL, FOR HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY AND FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE, I'M SORRY.
DEDICATED EFFORTS TO THE OFFICERS OF A PD UNDERSTAND.
IT'S ALL OFFICERS IN, IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, THROUGH HIS SELFLESS COMMITMENT AT THE WORK OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, HOPE FOR HEROES, BERNIE, MR. CORNELL HAS MADE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES.
HIS ABILITY TO RALLY VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZE GENEROUS, UPLIFTING EVENT CONTINUES TO BLESS OUR ORGANIZATION WITH COMPASSION, CARE AND GENUINE APPRECIATION.
UH, NOMINATED BY DETECTIVE ROLAND RA.
AND WE DO, YOU GUYS HAVE MADE BERNIE THE CITY A HOME FOR HERO.
IN JUST SECOND 20 SECONDS ABOUT BRAD, TAKE MORE THAN 20 SECONDS.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO RECOGNIZE BRAD AND TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE THINGS HE'S DONE FOR, FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
UH, BACK IN 2020, YOU WERE HAVING, I GUESS, COFFEE WITH LEIGHTON IRAQI'S FATHER.
AND HE WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT DEFUNDING AND SOME OF THE RIOTS AND THE STUFF THAT WAS
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GOING ON IN AUSTIN.AND YOU TOOK IT UPON YOURSELF TO CREATE HOPE FOR HERE WAS SAYING, WE NEED TO GIVE AUSTIN, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT HOPE, AND BRAD IS HOPE FOR HEROES.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS TRYING TO CHASE HIM AND KEEP UP WITH HIM.
BUT I'D LIKE ANYBODY THAT HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IMPACTED OR YOUR FAMILY BY HOPE FOR HEROES, IF YOU WOULD EITHER STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND SO PEOPLE CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY, UH, BRAD CORNELL AND HOPE FOR HEROES.
SO, SO HE IS, HE IS, UM, TAKING CARE OF MORE THAN 200 FAMILIES, UH, FROM A PD, FROM SAPD, UH, AND OTHER AGENCIES AROUND CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND HE IS MADE REAL WORLD CHANGES FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY NOT IN GOOD PLACES.
AND SO WE OWE YOU A, A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING IN YOUR TIRELESS, TIRELESS WORK IN SUPPORT OF, OF US AND OUR FAMILIES.
AND NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO, OKAY.
LEMME SEE IF I, LEMME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO SOME OF THE AWARDS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY, UH, EITHER THEIR SUPERVISORS OR A PEER, THE SUPERVISOR OR THE PERSON WHO WROTE THEM UP ACTUALLY WANTED TO COME HERE AND PRESENT THE ACTUAL AWARD.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE JUST PEOPLE COMING UP AND I'LL BE PASSING OFF THE MICROPHONE, BUT JUST, UH, JUST WANNA APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT NOT JUST WROTE UP THE AWARD, BUT THEN CAME HERE TO ALSO PRESENT THE AWARD.
THAT'S A VERY, VERY HEARTFELT AND APPRECIATE THE TIME AND TIME AND ENERGY THAT IT TAKES INTO DOING THAT.
SO WE HAVE COMMANDER DANIEL, UH, MARIA, SORRY ABOUT THE PICTURE.
HOW THEY HAD GONE FROM 60% VACANCIES, 60% TO ALMOST ZERO.
AND I WAS ASKING, HEY, DID WE WRITE OUR PEOPLE UP FOR ALL THIS PHENOMENAL WORK? AND MARIA TOLD ME, YEAH, YEAH.
I WROTE EVERYBODY UP AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT ABOUT YOU
HE WAS THE FIRST COMMANDER OVER EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WHEN IT WAS UNDER, UH, WHATEVER THAT BUREAU WAS WITH AIRPORT AND HIGHWAY.
AND, UM, HE WOULD MAKE A LOT OF DAD JOKES AND WORE A TURKEY SUIT, WHICH I GOT ASKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.
BUT HE REALLY BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, BOTH OF THEM THROUGH THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND THEY JUST DID PHENOMENAL THINGS.
SO YOU'RE BOTH VERY WELL DESERVING AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO US.
AND NEXT WE HAVE SERGEANT NOLE.
AND THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE BY COMMANDER JOBES.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THIS AND THEN I'LL JUST SAY A COUPLE WORDS.
UH, SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER NOLE HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS AN VALUABLE ASSET TO SRT IN THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, SERGEANT NOLE HAS PLANNED AND COORDINATED SRTS QUARTERLY TRAINING, NUMEROUS TIMES THE TRAINING FOCUSED ON TOPICS PERTINENT TO OUR MISSION, LIKE ACTIVE ATTACK, OPEN AIR VEHICLE TAKE DOWNS, AND UCW LAWS.
HE HAS REVAMPED AND RECREATED OUR MOBILE FIELD FORCE TRAINING FOR AUTO PATROL SCHEDULED DATES FOR PATROL SHIFTS TO TAKE THE TRAINING ON THEIR TRAINING DAYS, AND HAS BEGUN TEACHING THE TRAINING HIMSELF.
HE PLANNED AND COORDINATED THE SRT RESPONSE FOR THE S SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST SPRING FESTIVAL, AND HE HAS MAINTAINED HIS NORMAL DUTIES ON PATROL BECAUSE HIS POSITION ON SRT IS A VOLUNTARY PART-TIME ASSIGNMENT.
WHILE SERGEANT NOLE DID NOT COMPLETE THESE TASKS IN A VACUUM OR BY HIMSELF, HIS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS ARE THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY THESE HAVE ALL BEEN SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVORS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, NOLE DOES SO MUCH FOR SRT AS A WHOLE AND, UH, THE MOBILE FIELD FORCE, UM, CLASS THAT HE TOOK ON AND REVAMPED, HE JUST KNOCKED IT OUTTA THE PARK.
HE DID THAT FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS AS A LEADER.
HE JUST CARES ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT, HE CARES ABOUT SRT.
AND, UH, HE'S JUST A PHENOMENAL PERSON OVERALL.
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IT, SIR.AND NEXT TO PRESENT A SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION.
WE HAVE COMMANDER BERGERSEN AND IT'S ON, SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANKS FOR COMING.
UM, RATHER THAN READ WHAT'S ON THE SLIDE UP HERE, I KIND OF WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW THIS TEAM, UH, WAS NOMINATED AND RECEIVED THIS AWARD AWARD, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY BORN FROM THE HEART OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND, UH, AN INTEREST IN MAKING THE DEPARTMENT BETTER.
THIS WAS IN THE INFANCY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TRANSITION TO OUR EVIDENCE-BASED, UH, POLICING STRATEGY AND CRIME REDUCTION.
AND SO WITHIN REGION THREE, THEY NOTICED A TREND OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, OCCURRING IN HENRY SECTOR AND TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING TO CREATE THIS PROGRAM, WHICH JUST SHOWS, UH, HOW IMPORTANT THE MESSAGE WAS.
IT WAS PASSED DOWN THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.
THEY, UH, THEY BASICALLY TO, UM, THEY COMBINED A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM WITHIN THE CITY.
VICTIM SERVICES, PUBLIC INFORMATION, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THEY COMBINED OUR OFFICERS AND THEY PUT ON A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN EDUCATION.
AND THIS WAS IN ORDER TO EMPOWER VICTIMS AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY.
THIS WAS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO OUR RESOURCES, STRENGTH AND TRUST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A CUL, AND MAKE A CULTURE OF EMPATHY AND SUPPORT.
UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, WITHIN 20 23, 18 OUT OF 75 HOMICIDES WERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED IN 20 24, 19 OF 71 WERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED.
AND TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD, ONE HAS TO SHOW A COMMITMENT TO CARING, COMMUNITY SERVICE, OUTSTANDING PROBLEM SOLVING AND ACTIONS THAT GO BEYOND JUST THEIR NORMAL DUTIES.
AND THIS TEAM DID THAT BY COMING UP WITH THIS, UH, WITH, WITH THIS PROJECT AND CREATING THIS SOLUTION.
THANK YOU, COMMANDER BERGERON.
AND TO PRESENT ANOTHER SERVICE AWARD IS COMMANDER BERGSON.
AND, AND THIS IS REALLY JUST, THIS IS THE SAME AWARD.
UM, BUT LIEUTENANT PACIFICO, YOU NEED TO COME ON UP HERE AND RECEIVE THIS AWARD.
UH, LIEUTENANT PACIFICO AND JESSICA KREITZMAN, UH, REALLY HAD THE IDEA FROM ITS INFANCY AND PAVED THE WAY FOR REGION THREE AND THE REST OF THE CITY TO PUT ON SIMILAR PROGRAMS TO REDUCE CRIME.
AND NEXT IS OUR SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION.
AND IS LIEUTENANT WHITE HERE? COME ON UP.
AND AS LIEUTENANT WHITE'S COMING UP, I'LL, I'LL READ THE NAMES.
UH, UH, DETECTIVE COLE, DETECTIVE DAY.
DETECTIVE FOSTER, DETECTIVE GTI, SERGEANT GROSS.
OFFICER HAMY, DETECTIVE ZI, DETECTIVE HORN, DETECTIVE KELLY, OFFICER MORENO, DETECTIVE MORRISON, SERGEANT PETITA, OFFICER SERTA, OFFICER SWIN, AND OFFICER SOLOMON, IF Y'ALL COULD ALL COME ON UP, PLEASE.
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SO ON MARCH 13TH, 2025 AT 11:21 PM TRAFFIC WAS SLOWED TO A STOP DUE TO CONSTRUCTION IN THE 2,900 BLOCK OF NORTH IH 35.WHEN AN 18 WHEELER CAREENED INTO 18 VEHICLES, FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN.
ONE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED ON FIVE COUNTS OF INTOXICATION, MANSLAUGHTER.
THIS INCIDENT MADE NATIONAL NEWS AND RESULTED IN A FEDERAL RESPONSE FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY BOARD.
AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT, I RESPONDED TO THE SCENE EXPECTING NOTHING SHORT OF CHAOS.
HOWEVER, I FOUND THE PERIMETER SECURE AND WELL-MAINTAINED WITH OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS WORKING IN A CALM AND CONTROLLED FASHION, DESPITE THE UNBELIEVABLE CARNAGE AROUND THEM.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFIC SCENES I HAD EVER ENCOUNTERED DURING MY CAREER.
A DECEASED INFANT LAYING A CAR SEAT NEXT TO THE ROADWAY, AND THOUGH CLEARLY SHAKEN BY THESE VISUALS, OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES PERFORMED THEIR DUTIES WITH STRENGTH AND PROFESSIONALISM.
DURING MY TIME ON SCENE, I LEARNED THAT ELEMENTS OF PATROL AND IMPAIRED DRIVING INVESTIGATIONS WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF REROUTING TRAFFIC AND ESTABLISHING CONTROL OF THE SCENE FROM THE ONSET, THUS ALLOWING FOR INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL TO FOCUS ON PROCESSING THE SCENE.
THESE OFFICERS DEMONSTRATED CARING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND DEPARTMENT, OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, AND WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND EXPECTATIONS.
HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING? THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR THE SANDWICHES AND YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND NEXT WE HAVE ANOTHER SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION.
AND SERGEANT ALDA, ARE YOU HERE TO PRESENT? THERE YOU'RE SIR.
AND THIS IS FOR OFFICER BARRERA.
OFFICER SSO AND OFFICER OF FEATHER SHERIFF.
UH, THESE THREE GUYS, NONE OF THEM, UH, WORK FOR ME.
BUT I THINK THE, THE GENERAL GIST THAT YOU'RE ALL GETTING TODAY IS THAT ALL OFFICERS AT ANY RANK CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANY JOB WELL IN THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR TRAINING, DEDICATION, AND IN THIS CASE, UH, STICKTUITIVENESS AND, AND JUST, UH, A GREAT ATTITUDE ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY WERE DOING THAT DAY.
ON APRIL 14TH, A CITIZEN EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INFORMED A FRIEND OF HIS INTENT TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND FLED INTO SOUTH BOGGY CREEK GREENBELT.
THE FRIEND CALLED 9 1 1 AND REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THE CITIZEN, RELAYING UPDATES TO OFFICER THE, THE DETO.
DETO, THANK YOU FOR COORDINATED WITH OTHER RESPONDING OFFICERS.
OFFICERS BARRETTI AND HEATHER SHAW SEARCHED THE AREA WITH LIMITED SUCCESS.
DUE TO THE TERRAIN, EMS DEPLOYED A DRONE WITH THERMAL IMAGING.
BUT AFTER 45 MINUTES, THE SEARCH WAS CALLED OFF.
DRAWING ON PAST BEHAVIOR, OFFICER BARRETTI INDEPENDENTLY CHECKED A NEARBY LOCATION ON FOREMOST DRIVE AND DISCOVERED THE CITIZEN UNCONSCIOUS IN THE CREEK.
WITH SUPPORT FROM OFFICERS DISTO AND HEATHER SHAW,
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WHO BROUGHT NARCAN AND A MEGA MOVER, THE TEAM RESCUED THE CITIZEN AND TRANSFERRED HIM TO E-M-S-E-M-S.COMMANDER Z PRAISED THE OFFICERS STATING THEIR PERSISTENCE AND TEAMWORK, WHICH LIKELY SAVED THE CITIZEN'S LIFE.
REALLY GOOD WORK BY GUYS WE DON'T EVEN WORK FOR.
DID YOU WANT, DID YOU WANT YOUR PROGRAM BACK? AND IF I COULD HAVE SERGEANT PETTUS UP TO PRESENT AN AWARD FOR ANOTHER SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION FOR DETECTIVE CASTILLO.
SERGEANT PETTUS, WERE YOU GONNA READ THIS ONE, SIR? WHERE'D HE GO? OKAY.
UH, HE WROTE, HE WROTE IT UP, SO, OKAY.
DETECTIVE CASTILLO WAS ASSIGNED, UH, A MAY, 2025 HIT AND RUN WITH INJURY.
DURING HIS INVESTIGATION, HE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED.
DESPITE THE VICTIM'S HESITATION TO PURSUE CHARGES.
DETECTIVE CASTILLO PRESSED FORWARD WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AND UNRAVEL A COMPLEX FRAUD CASE.
HE EXECUTED MULTIPLE SEARCH WARRANTS, ONE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF TRAVIS COUNTY CONSTABLE, AND SEIZED NUMEROUS ITEMS TIED TO A LARGE SCALE FRAUD RING, INCLUDING FAKE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, COUNTERFEIT GIFT CARDS, AND FRAUD INSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
PARTNERING WITH DETECTIVE BESANO, THE TWO IDENTIFIED THE HIT AND RUN SUSPECT AND ACCOMPLICE, AND SEVERAL FRAUD VICTIMS WITH LOSSES EXCEEDING $100,000.
ADDITIONAL CHARGES WERE ANTICIPATED AT THE TIME OF THIS NOMINATION.
DETECTIVE CASTILLO'S DEDICATION, INVESTIGATIVE SALE, AND COMMITMENT TO SERVICE WENT WELL BEYOND EXPECTATIONS, BRINGING CREDIT TO HIMSELF AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE IS HIGHLY DESERVING OF THE SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION FROM SERGEANT DONALD PETTUS.
AND NEXT, DO WE HAVE OFFICER WHITE? ARE YOU HERE? OFFICER WILLIAM WHITE.
SO OFFICER WILLIAM WHITE IS RESERVING A SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION SUBMITTED BY SERGEANT JAMES STARNS.
IN MARCH, 2025, OFFICER WHITE OF THE I ONE HUNDREDS PATROL DIVISION DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE BY IDENTIFYING AND ACTING ON INTELLIGENCE RELATED TO ILLEGAL FIREARMS TRAFFICKING.
THROUGH PROACTIVE MONITORING, HE OBSERVED A SUBJECT USING INSTAGRAM AND TELEGRAM TO TRAFFIC FIREARMS. HIS ANALYSIS CONFIRMED THE INDIVIDUAL WAS AN ACTIVE ILLEGAL FIREARMS DEALER IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
RECOGNIZING THE THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, OFFICER WHITE RELAYED THIS INTELLIGENCE TO THE SOUTH METRO TACTICAL TEAM.
THIS LED TO MULTIPLE UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS WITH A TF, DURING WHICH THE SUSPECT SOLD ILLEGAL FIREARMS, INCLUDING RIFLES MODIFIED TO BE FULLY AUTOMATIC.
FOLLOWING THESE OPERATIONS, A FEDERAL WARRANT WAS ISSUED RESULTING IN THE SUBJECT'S ARREST AND THE SEIZURE OF MULTIPLE FIREARMS. OFFICER WHITE'S EFFORTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN DISRUPTING ILLEGAL SALE AND CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE MAJOR FEDERAL INVESTIGATION DIRECTLY ENHANCING COMMUNITY SAFETY IN AUSTIN.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S HOW TO ORDER.
AND NOW OFFICER ASH, ARE YOU HERE? I, OFFICER ASH, WERE YOU ABLE TO ATTEND? OKAY.
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SO THIS IS A LIFESAVING WARD FOR OFFICER ASH WHO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES HIMSELF TO BE A COMPETENT AND DILIGENT WORKER AS EXEMPLIFIED BY HIS ACTIONS ON JUNE 29TH, 2024.THESE ATTRIBUTES DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO HIS EFFORTS TO SAVE A PERSON'S LIFE WHILE PERFORMING CPR FOR AN EXCESS OF THREE MINUTES.
THE FACT THAT HE WAS AN, HE WAS OPERATING AS A FIELD TRAINING WHEN THESE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN, GAVE ONE OF OUR YOUNGER OFFICERS AN EXAMPLE TO LOOK UP TO AND EMULATE OFFICER ASH IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A VALUABLE ASSET TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY CORPORAL NON WEILER.
CONGRATULATIONS, OFFICER ASH AND JOSHUA, OFFICER JOSHUA KACO.
ARE YOU HERE? SO THIS WAS SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF JARED JORDAN ON MAY 17TH, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY TWO 18 OFFICERS KA NUMBER 8 7 4 3 AND RAMOS NUMBER 8 7 8 5 RESPONDED TO A SHOOT STAB URGENT LOCATED AT 800 SAN ANTONIO STREET.
UPON ARRIVING ON SCENE, OFFICERS OBSERVED A HEAVY BLOOD TRAIL WITH A NEARBY BYSTANDER POINTING THEM IN THE 700 BLOCK OF NEW AIS STREET WHERE THEY LOCATED A DOWN SUBJECT LYING IN A POOL OF BLOOD.
THE SUBJECT SUSTAINED A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT ARM AND WAS STILL BLEEDING HEAVILY.
DESPITE HAVING ALREADY LOST A LOT OF BLOOD OFFICER KACO QUICKLY AND SUCCESSIVELY APPLIED A TOURNIQUET TO THE SUBJECT'S ARM, STOPPING THE BLEEDING UNTIL EMS COULD ARRIVE AND ULTIMATELY SAVED HIS LIFE.
OFFICER KACO'S ACTIONS ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE FINEST STANDARDS OF THE AUSTIN POLICE, AND HE IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR HIS ACTIONS, WHICH SAVED THE LIFE OF ANOTHER.
AND IS SERGEANT BROOKS HERE TO DELIVER THIS ONE? AND THIS IS FOR OFFICER JUSTIN WRIGHT, OFFICER KINGLEY KONG.
AND DETECTIVE WILLIAM ZA, IF Y'ALL CAN COME ON UP PLEASE.
SO THE BODY CAM VIDEO IS REALLY WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS JUSTICE AND, UH, SO I'LL JUST READ IT.
ON NOVEMBER 29TH, 2024, OFFICERS WRIGHT KONG AND MIRZA RESPONDED TO A SHOOT STAB HOT SHOT CALL AT SIXTY SEVEN OH SEVEN BERKMAN OFFICER WRIGHT LOCATED THE VICTIM WHO WAS BLEEDING HEAVILY AND BEGAN EMERGENCY CARE BY CUTTING AWAY CLOTHING TO ASSESS INJURIES.
UH, DETECTIVE MIRZA AND OFFICER KONG ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER AND ASSISTED WITH, UH, BATH ASSESSMENT, WOUND PACKING AND MOVING THE VICTIM TO AN AMBULANCE.
THOUGH INITIALLY ALERT THE VICTIM BECAME LIMP AND STRUGGLED TO BREATHE BEFORE TRANSPORT.
HE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT SURVIVED REMAINING HOSPITALIZED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
HIS SURVIVALS CREDITED TO THE, UH, TO THE SWIFT PROFESSIONAL ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS.
WRIGHT'S PRIOR EXPERIENCE AS THE NAVY CORPSMAN IN AFGHANISTAN PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN HIS CALM, EFFECTIVE RESPONSE WITH FELLOW OFFICERS FOLLOWING HIS LEAD SEAMLESSLY.
THEY BRE BROKE OUT THE WHOLE FIRST, FIRST AID KICK CHEST SEALS, UH, TOURNIQUETS, UH, PRESSURE DRESSINGS, AND DID AN AMAZING JOB.
THE GUY WAS ALERT AND TALKING WHEN THEY GOT THERE, PULL OF BLOOD, AND BY THE TIME THEY FINISHED APPLYING EMERGENCY AID, UH, HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS.
SO HE WILL, HE WOULD'VE DIED IF NOT FOR THESE GUYS.
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AND NEXT WE HAVE A MEDAL OF VALOR AWARD.IS LIEUTENANT JAIME HERE TO PRESENT? OH, THERE YOU'RE SIR.
AND IF WE COULD HAVE OFFICER CODY CRUMPLER, OFFICER VALERIE MACHADO AND OFFICER JACOB PORTER UP FRONT, PLEASE.
YOU'RE A TROUBLEMAKER, AREN'T YOU? OKAY.
DERMER LANE, UH, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO DERMER LANE, UH, FOR A STABBING WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS SAID TO STILL BE IN THE RESIDENCE, POSSIBLY HOLDING A HOSTAGE.
OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND MADE EMERGENCY ENTRY INTO THE RESIDENCE.
AFTER HEARING SCREAMING, THEY ENCOUNTERED THE SUSPECT ACTIVELY STABBING A FEMALE HOSTAGE.
THEY FIRED THEIR WEAPONS AT THE SUSPECT, STOPPING THE THREAT AND SAVING THE LIFE OF THE VICTIM.
THE VICTIM WAS LATER QUOTED AS SAYING, IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE OFFICERS, SHE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
UH, I BELIEVE THE OFFICERS SPECIFIC AND DIRECT INTERVENTION SAVED THE LIFE OF THE FEMALE VICTIM IN THIS INCIDENT.
AND NEXT WE HAVE ANOTHER MEDAL OF VALOR AND MERITOR SERVICE, SERVICE AWARD BY LIEUTENANT GARY.
JAIME, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU COULD COME UP PLEASE.
OFFICER ANDRESS COLON OFFICER ANGEL GOMEZ.
DPS TROOPER ROBERT PENNINGTON.
AUSTIN NINE ONE ONE RECEIVED A CALL THAT REPORTED AN INTOXICATED SUBJECT WAS THREATENING A WOMAN WITH A GUN IN THE 9,000 BLOCK OF NORTHGATE BOULEVARD.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT THE SUBJECT WAS HOLDING A FEMALE IN ONE HAND AND A GUN IN THE OTHER.
OFFICERS DISCOVERED THAT THE SUSPECT WAS IN A PARTICULAR APARTMENT.
AFTER ENGAGING THE SUSPECT ON THE BALCONY HOLDING A GUN, OFFICERS RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT A WOMAN AND CHILD WERE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE WITH THE SUSPECT AND BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE IN DANGER.
OFFICERS MADE EMERGENCY ENTRY INTO THE APARTMENT TO RESCUE THE WOMAN AND CHILD.
AS OFFICERS MADE ENTRY, THEY WERE FIRED UPON BY THE SUSPECT AND THEY RETURNED FIRE.
EVENTUALLY STOPPING THE THREAT, THE WOMAN AND CHILD WERE SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE APARTMENT.
UH, FOR THIS REASON, THESE OFFICERS WERE NOMINATED.
AND THANK YOU DPS FOR HELPING US, UH, ON THIS VERY DIFFICULT CALL.
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THANK YOU.AND NEXT WE HAVE A MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
IS MY, IS MY MICROPHONE STILL ON OR NO, MA'AM.
WHERE IT GO? BECAUSE IT'S DOWN HERE.
NEXT WE HAVE A MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD FOR OFFICER RILEY SMITH.
OFFICER SMITH, ARE YOU HERE? NO.
SO ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH, 2025, AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER RILEY SMITH, NUMBER 9 7 8 5 PERFORMED TWO SEPARATE WATER RESCUES.
AFTER RESPONDING TO AN AGENCY ASSIST HOTSHOT CALL IN THE 2200 BLOCK OF HANCOCK DRIVE, MULTIPLE 9 1 1 CALLERS HAD REPORTED A PERSON SCREAMING FOR HELP FROM A NEARBY CREEK.
UPON ARRIVING IN THE AREA, OFFICER SMITH LOCATED A MAN TRAPPED ACROSS A FENCE LINE IN WAIST DEEP WATER, RAPIDLY RISING ACTING QUICKLY.
OFFICER SMITH CLIMBED THE FENCE, REMOVED PICKETS TO CREATE AN ACCESS POINT, AND DEPLOYED A THROWBACK HELPING GUIDE THE MAN TO SAFETY.
WHILE REMAINING ON SCENE, OFFICER SMITH HEARD ADDITIONAL CRIES FOR HELP AND DISCOVERED A SECOND MAN DOWNSTREAM AND TRAPPED BY FLOODWATERS, SHE AGAIN REMOVED FENCE PICKETS, REACHED THE MAN AND PHYSICALLY ASSISTED HIM OUT OF THE WATER BEFORE TRANSPORTING HIM DIRECTLY TO EMS FOR MEDICAL CARE.
OFFICER SMITH'S SWISS RESPONSE, DECISIVE ACTION AND BRAVERY WERE CRITICAL IN SAVING THE LIVES OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS.
HER EFFORTS EXEMPLIFY THE DEDICATION OF AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE LIFE, EVEN UNDER DANGEROUS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.
SUBMITTED BY SERGEANT TIM HAMBY.
AND NEXT WE HAVE A MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD FOR SERGEANT MARTIN PRAMS. IF YOU CAN COME UP FRONT PLEASE, SIR.
AND SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER BREWER.
AND I BELIEVE LIEUTENANT PACIFICO IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS ONE.
ON AUGUST 11TH, 2025 AT 2:16 PM OFFICERS RESPOND TO A SHOOTING STAB CALL AT THE EIGHT ZERO EIGHT SIX ZERO ONE RESEARCH BOULEVARD AT THE TARGET STORE.
UPON ARRIVAL, THEY'RE LOCATED THREE VICTIMS WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
TWO VICTIMS TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE SCENE, AND THE OTHER VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SUCCUMBEDED HIS INJURIES, THE SUSPECT IN A STOLEN VEHICLE FLED THE SCENE AND WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.
THE SUSPECT THEN CARJACKED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN DAVID.
OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY WERE MOBILIZED TO LOCATE THE SUSPECT.
THE SWIFT AND COORDINATOR RESPONSE OF SERGEANT PRMS AND BREWER LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL APPREHENSION OF THE SUSPECT ON MONTCLAIR STREET.
SO THIS IS WHAT REALLY GOT ME BECAUSE OF THAT, THEIR WHOLE ENTIRE SHIFT AND ALL THEIR SERGEANTS WERE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD LOOKING FOR THIS GUY WHO, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THAT IN THE NEWS, BECAUSE OF THEIR QUICK COORDINATED RESPONSE, THEY DESERVE THIS AWARD.
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AND IF WE COULD HAVE LIEUTENANT CHRISTINA DIVIN COME UP FRONT AND THIS AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED BY COMMANDER RICHARD EAGLE.WHILE WORKING AS A FULL-TIME LIEUTENANT IN THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER, LIEUTENANT CHRISTINA DIVIN ALSO MANAGE THE PATROL BACKFILL PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM MAY OF 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2024.
THIS CONSISTED OF HER WORKING WITH THE PATROL BACKFILL COMMANDER, PATROL, BACKFILL SERGEANTS, AND ALL OF THE OFFICERS CORPORALS DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO WORK PATROL BACKFILL.
SHE HELPED TO DEVELOP A FAIR AND ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULING AND WORKING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.
THIS WORK ULTIMATELY LED TO DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SIX FULL-TIME PATROL, BACKFILL SERGEANT POSITIONS AND AUTONOMOUS PATROL BACKFILL SHIFTS WORKING NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH EVERY DAY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A DESIGNATED FULL-TIME PATROL BACKFILL SERGEANT.
ADDITIONALLY, DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD, LIEUTENANT DIVIN WAS TASKED WITH SCHEDULING AND MANAGING THE A PD SUPPORT SHIFT PROGRAM, WHICH HAD AN ADDITIONAL OVERTIME SHIFT WORKING EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY NIGHTS.
UNDER LIEUTENANT DEVIN'S LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE, THE PATROL BACKFILL PROGRAM AND THE PATROL SUPPORT SHIFTS ASSISTED IN PROVIDING ON-DUTY A PD PATROL OFFICERS WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL ON THE STREETS OF AUSTIN DURING A TIME OF SEVERELY DWINDLING STAFFING NUMBERS.
THIS RESULTED IN MORE SWARM PERSONNEL BEING AVAILABLE ON THE STREETS TO HANDLE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND BACKUP REGULAR PATROL OFFICERS WHEN THE DEPARTMENT NEEDED THE MOST THANK YOU LIEUTENANT DIVIN FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, WHICH CLEARLY CONTRIBUTED TO SUCCESSFULLY KEEPING MORE SWARM PERSONNEL ON PATROL AT THE TIMES WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE MOST NEEDED, WHILE ALSO STRIVING TO MINIMIZE THE OVERALL NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE OFFICERS CORPORALS DETECTIVES REQUIRED TO WORK PATROL BACKFILL.
AND I WILL ADD THAT THIS WAS A VERY STRENUOUS JOB THAT CHRISTINA CONTINUED EVEN AFTER LEAVING THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER.
UH, THERE WERE WELL OVER 400 OFFICERS, CORPORALS AND DETECTIVES THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING BACKFILL.
AND SHE HELPED TO MANAGE AND BALANCE THAT.
AND WE DIDN'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
BUT OVERALL, I THINK YOU DID A FABULOUS JOB.
NEXT WE HAVE AM MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
AND THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY COMMANDER, UH, STANSKI, THIS ONE TOO.
AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE.
AND SO CHIEF MASON IS GONNA READ THIS ONE.
SO THIS AWARD, UH, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO, TO REPRESENT OR BE ABLE TO, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT, UH, THIS INCREDIBLE TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME COME TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE SITUATIONS IN A PEACEFUL MANNER AND TO BE ABLE TO SAVE LIVES.
SO, UH, COMMANDER STAND HAD WROTE THIS UP FOR, UH, A SWAT TEAM AND AS WELL AS NEGOTIATORS, EOD, UM, OUR, UM, DRONE TEAM, POLICE TECHNOLOGY UNIT, AND INTEL UNIT TO BE ABLE TO ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
UH, WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, THEY HAD THREE HIGH STAKE CALL OUTS, UH, THAT WERE ALL REPORTED, AND THEY ALL RESPONDED TO THE FIRST CALL HAPPENED AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING.
UH, THAT RESPONDED TO AN INDIVIDUAL WITH TWO DIFFERENT YEARS OLD.
THE DAY TOOK TWO IN, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE THE HOME.
UH, HE HAD TWO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WARRANTS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS, BE ABLE TO TALK HIM OUT OF THE HOME.
NEGOTIATORS PLAY A A HUGE ROLE.
UH, DRONES WERE ABLE TO GO INTO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND BE ABLE TO GIVE US INFORMATION AS WELL AS EOD WITH THE ROBOTS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US ACCESS TO THE, TO THE, UH, UH, THE RESIDENCE.
THE SECOND CALL CAME OUT AROUND NOON.
IT WAS ALSO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF.
UH, HE POTENTIALLY HAD, UH, EXPLOSIVES IN THE HOUSE, ET CETERA.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS TO BE ABLE TO ALSO GET HIM OUT.
THE THIRD ONE RESULTED IN OUR TEAM BEING ABLE TO COVER FOR TRAVIS COUNTY.
AT THE TIME, ALL THE TEAMS IN THE CENTRAL AREA, UH, ARE ALWAYS ON CALL, BUT THEN WHEN THEY CAN'T BE ON CALL THAT WE COVER FOR EACH OTHER, UH, WE RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, BUT WITHIN TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD A LOT OF HIGH SURVEILLANCE OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME.
UH, HE HAD KNOWN TO HAVE EXPLOSIVES AND FIREARMS WITHIN HIS, HIS, UH, HOME.
UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, CALL HIM, UH, AND BE ABLE TO WORK OUT A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO GIVE
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HIM OUT PEACEFULLY.UH, I WILL ADD TO THE SECOND CALL.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ON A FOUR STORY AND HE AT ONE POINT BROKE OUT THE WINDOW AND HE TIED A NOOSE TO HIS NECK AND HE WAS ABOUT TO STEP OUT THE WINDOW IF ANYBODY BROKE IN.
SO, UH, SWAT AS WELL AS OUR NEGOTIATORS CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO, UH, RESOLVE THAT THE SITUATION PEACEFULLY.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE ROOM AS WELL AS THE NAMES ON THE, ON THE FLOOR, ON THE BOARD, UH, TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THEM HERE TODAY AND TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TRAINING.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DEDICATION, AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING ON THE PAGER AND BEING AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF ANY OF YOU ARE HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FOR A PHOTO, LET ME KNOW.
IS ANYONE HERE? OH, WE'RE COMING UP.
SO WHILE, WHILE THEY'RE WALKING UP AND WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING PHOTOS, THEN I'M GONNA READ ALL THE NAMES HERE.
IS IT? YEAH, THAT'S, IS THAT, IS THAT THE RIGHT SLIDE? OKAY.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT, NO, KEEP GOING.
THIS IS A COMPLETELY, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HELP.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HELP, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AWARD.
THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AWARD.
SO THIS IS FOR THE, BUT SINCE Y'ALL ARE OKAY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
WE'LL GET IT SORTED OUT SINCE Y'ALL ARE UP HERE.
THIS IS THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD FOR THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR A MEDAL OF, OF, UH, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE WHEN THEY RESPONDED AND PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN RESOLVING THREE SEPARATE HIGH RISK SWAT CALLOUTS.
DO WE HAVE TWO FOR THE SAME? THAT'S IT.
WHAT? THIS ONE? THE MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I THINK I'M BACK ON TRACK NOW.
FOR THIS HAZARDOUS DEPLOYMENT, THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY COMMANDER JAMIE JOBS.
UM, I JUST, INSTEAD OF READING ALL THIS, I'LL JUST TO
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KIND OF AD LIB IT.UM, RSRT MEMBERS ARE JUST AWESOME.
AND THEY RESPOND TO THINGS OTHER THAN JUST CROWD SITUATIONS.
UH, A CALL WAS COME OUT FOR, FOR MUTUAL AID, UH, CAME OUT FOR MUTUAL AID BACK AFTER THE, UH, JULY 4TH HISTORIC FLOODS.
UM, BURNETT COUNTY ASKED FOR OFFICERS TO HELP SEARCH FOR FLOOD VICTIMS. AND WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS OF, UH, THE REQUEST GOING OUT TO SRT MEMBERS, WE HAD FILLED, UH, TWO SQUADS.
AND THE SRT MEMBERS DEPLOYED JULY 7TH AND EIGHTH, UM, WALKING THROUGH THE FLOODED AREAS, SEARCHING FOR FOR VICTIMS. AND THEN ALSO THE, THE DIVE TEAM.
YOU MIND GOING BACK ONE SLIDE.
IT WAS THE, UH, LAKE PATROL AND DIVE TEAM.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY.
THEY ALSO DEPLOYED, UM, AND ALONG WITH, WITH SRT, UM, AND PART OF SRTS, OUR MOUNTED PATROL, UM, THEY WORK WITH US CLOSELY.
THEY DEPLOYED WITH US AS WELL, UH, INTO THE FLOODED AREAS.
LAKE PATROL AND DIVE TEAM, THEY DID JUST A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THEIR OWN LOOKING FOR, FOR VICTIMS. UM, BUT IT JUST SHOWS THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE, THE TRUE DEDICATION AND CARING OF THESE OFFICERS.
SERGEANTS, CORPORALS DETECTIVES.
UM, FOR THE SRT MEMBERS, THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT.
UH, THEY HAVE THEIR FULL-TIME JOB DOING WHATEVER THEY ARE, WHEREVER THEY'RE, THEY'RE ASSIGNED IN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, THE LAKE PATROL DIVE TEAM, THOSE GUYS JUST GO OUT AND DO IT.
THEY JUST KNOCK IT DEAD EVERY DAY.
UM, I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE PROFESSIONALISM, ALL THESE PEOPLE, BUT, UH, THEY REALLY ANSWERED THE CALL, UH, WHEN THAT HISTORIC FLOOD HAPPENED, UH, OVER JULY 4TH.
AND IS ANYONE FROM, UH, FOR THAT AWARD HERE.
I'M NOT EVEN GONNA TRY AND ADVANCE THE FLOOD RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE IT'S A HOT AND THE, SO IF Y'ALL, Y'ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE, COME ON UP.
IS THIS THE RIGHT SLIDE? OKAY.
OKAY, SO WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP, I'LL DO, HOLD ON, LET ME DO IT THIS WAY.
SO, OFFICER BISHOP, CORPORAL BOWMAN, DETECTIVE AK.
OFFICER HART, HOW ARE YOU DOING? THANK YOU.
OFFICER HAVELIN, LIEUTENANT JOLA, SERGEANT NAUS, OFFICER KONG.
DETECTIVE LAUREN, SERGEANT LATHAM.
DETECTIVE SMITH, SERGEANT TURNER.
AND NEXT UP WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION FOR LIEUTENANT WHITE.
AND THIS IS FOR MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD.
AND WHILE HE'S MAKING HIS WAY UP FRONT, IF I COULD HAVE DETECTIVE BOWMAN.
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SERVICES COUNSELOR.DETECTIVE ZAMBRANO UP HERE, PLEASE EXCUSE ME.
THE A PD VEHICULAR HOMICIDE UNIT INVESTIGATES ALL FATAL CRASHES IN THE CITY, FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES SUCH AS MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER, AND INTOXICATION, MANSLAUGHTER WHEN WARRANTED, FOLLOWING A SHARP RISE IN TRAFFIC.
DEATHS STARTING IN 2020 AND PEAKING AT 120 IN 2022.
FATALITY IS BRIEFLY DECLINED, BUT ARE CLIMBING AGAIN WITH SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE CASES IN 2025, DEMANDING EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION.
NOTABLE INCIDENTS INCLUDE A FATAL CRASH INVOLVING A FIRE TRUCK AND OFFICER INVOLVED COLLISION INVOLVING THE DEATH OF A CHILD AND A MASS CASUALTY EVENT ON I 35 THAT RESULTED IN FIVE FATALITIES AND NATIONAL ATTENTION.
TODAY IS MY FIRST DAY WITH MY VOICE BACK.
VHU HAS ALSO SOLVED COMPLEX CASES SUCH AS DOUBLE MURDER DURING SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IN 2024 AND TWO.
SEPARATE FATAL HIT AND RUNS LINKED TO A SINGLE SUSPECT, ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE ARMED ROBBERIES.
DESPITE OPERATING WITH ONLY ONE CRISIS COUNSELOR, ONE SERGEANT AND NINE DETECTIVES TWO ON CALL.
24 7 VHU MANAGES A HEAVY WORKLOAD ASSISTING OTHER INVESTIGATIVE UNITS IN HANDLING MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS FATAL INVESTIGATIONS.
THEIR WORK INVOLVES LENGTHY ON SCENE INVESTIGATIONS, FORENSIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION, DRONE MAPPING, AND SEARCH WARRANTS.
BEYOND THE TECHNICAL DEMANDS, DETECTIVES FACE THE EMOTIONAL TOLL OF INTERACTING WITH VICTIMS' FAMILIES AND CONFRONTING TRAUMATIC SCENES REGULARLY.
THE DEDICATION AND RESILIENCE OF THIS TEAM ARE CRITICAL TO BRINGING JUSTICE AND CLOSURE IN AUSTIN'S MOST SERIOUS TRAFFIC RELATED CASES.
AND NEXT WE HAVE A MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD FOR THE HOMICIDE UNIT THAT, UH, WAS COM SUBMITTED BY COMMANDER EARLY.
IS COMMANDER EARLY HERE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO, OH, THERE YOU ARE.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE HOMICIDE UNIT, I'M TALKING ABOUT A PD HOMICIDE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT FORENSICS DEPARTMENT.
LEMME JUST START OFF BY SAYING TO THIS GROUP, IT IS MY HONOR EVERY DAY TO WORK FOR YOU.
AND IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS AWARD.
FOLKS, THE BEST HOMICIDE UNIT IN THE NATION WORKS RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
LET'S GET UP AND GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THE AUSTIN POLICE HOMICIDE UNIT HAS ACHIEVED A 100% CLEARANCE RATE FOR ALL HOMICIDES COMMITTED IN 2023.
MARKING THE FIRST TIME THIS MILESTONE HAS BEEN REACHED IN NEARLY TWO DECADES.
THE FINAL ARREST MADE ON MAY 7TH, 2025 IN CONNECTION TO A HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2 20 23, SECURED THE UNIT'S COMPLETE RESOLUTION OF ALL 2023 HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2005 THAT A PD HAS REACHED A 100% HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATE AND A CALENDAR YEAR.
THAT YEAR AUSTIN RECORDED 26 HOMICIDES, ALL OF WHICH WERE SOLVED IN COMPARISON.
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SAW 75 HOMICIDES MAKING THIS ACHIEVEMENT EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE INCREASED VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY OF MODERN DAY INVESTIGATIONS.THE NATIONAL HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATE FOR 2023 IS 57.8%.
TO QUOTE SERGEANT NATHAN SEXTON.
WE FEEL THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS A REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY WHO CARE ABOUT JUSTICE AND HOLDING THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS ACCOUNTABLE FOR TAKING THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
THIS IN TURN, HAS HELPED MAKE THE THE COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE.
THIS IS A PROUD MOMENT FOR OUR UNIT, REACHING THIS LEVEL OF RESOLUTION AS A REFLECTION OF THE DEDICATION, INNOVATION, AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE FOR THE FAMILIES OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS. I'M GONNA LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE.
LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.
IS THAT THE RIGHT SLIDE? IS THAT THE RIGHT SLIDE? YES.
LIEUTENANT BAILEY VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELOR.
OFFICER ADEENA, DETECTIVE CHANDLER.
DETECTIVE CONNOR, ADMIN ASSISTANT.
CHIEF FITZGERALD, SERGEANT GEPHART.
DETECTIVE IAN, DETECTIVE HERNANDEZ, VICTIM SERVICES, UH, ROSEMARY HARM.
MATTHEW JONES, LIEUTENANT KOVAC VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELOR.
OFFICER MARTINEZ, CRIME INTELLIGENCE ANALYST.
OFFICER NEILS, DETECTIVE PENA, VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELOR.
SERGEANT SEXTON, DETECTIVE BITLER, DETECTIVE VALENZUELA, DETECTIVE WHIT, AND OFFICER IAN? YES.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? IT'S BEEN A MINUTE.
YOU DOING RIGHT? GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AND NEXT WE HAVE A PURPLE HEART AWARD FOR OFFICER TANNER COTO, PRESENTED BY SERGEANT BLAKE.
UM, IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT OFFICER TANNER SOLENTO WITH THE PURPLE HEART.
ON APRIL 15TH, UH, OFFICER SOLENTO RESPONDED TO A PURSUIT INVOLVING VIOLENT ROBBERY CREW RESPONSIBLE FOR A SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES.
UM, HE POSITIONED HIMSELF ON EAST WILLIAM CANNON TO DEPLOY SPIKE STRIPS.
UM, HE RELIED SOLELY ON AIR ONE FOR UPDATES.
AS OTHER OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THIS, THIS CREW OF ROBBERS, UM, OFFICER SOLENTO SUCCESSFULLY SPIKED THE SUSPECT'S TIRES.
BUT LESS THAN A SECOND LATER, HE WAS STRUCK BY AN UNINVOLVED MOTORIST.
HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED AND SEPARATED SHOULDER REQUIRING RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND A LONG RECOVERY.
BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS, THE SUSPECTS CRASHED SOON AFTER ALL THREE, UH, OFFENDERS WERE APPREHENDED.
UM, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR EIGHT STOLEN VEHICLES, INCLUDING SIX TAKEN AT GUNPOINT.
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UM, THEY WERE CAPTURED AFTER A COORDINATED MANHUNT BY MULTIPLE SPECIALIZED UNITS, VIOLENT CRIMES, TASK FORCE AIR ONE ROBBERY AND PATROL OFFICER SOLENTO PLACED HIMSELF IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND HIS FELLOW OFFICERS, HIS COURAGE, SACRIFICE, AND SERIOUS INJURY IN THE LINE OF DUTY TO MAKE HIM FULLY DESERVING OF THIS PURPLE HEART.UM, I HAPPENED TO BE ON SCENE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
HE WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO SAFETY WHILE HIS ARM WAS STUCK LIKE THIS.
HE MADE SURE TO TELL ME TO SAY ON THE RADIO, TELL HIM WE GOT GOOD SPIKES.
WE'RE HONORED TO GIVE YOU THE AWARD, BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF ALWAYS PROGRESSING AND HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, THE SHIFT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO GIVE YOU A, UM, PEDESTRIAN IN THE ROADWAY, CITATION,
AND NEXT WE HAVE A PURPLE HEART AWARD.
THIS IS FOR DETECTIVE ANTHONY PORTER, AND IT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED BY LIEUTENANT BROOKS.
I DON'T HAVE A TICKET TO GIVE YOU OR ANYTHING, BUT
AND, UM, UH, WE'VE BEEN PUT THROUGH THE RINGER IN RECENT YEARS.
UH, ON MAY 19TH, 2024, PORTER WAS DEPLOYED TO DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AS PART OF SRTS RESPONSE TO A PRO-PALESTINIAN, UH, PLANNED PROTEST.
DE DETECTIVE PORTER WAS ON A SKIRMISH LINE WITH OTHER OFFICERS.
WHILE THOUSANDS OF MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTORS MARCHED PAST THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S MANSION, AS IS COMMON WITH PROTESTS, THE CROWD CONTAINED SEVERAL AGITATORS WHOSE GOAL WAS TO DISRUPT THE PEACEFUL PROTEST TO GAIN ATTENTION AND FURTHER THEIR CAUSE.
DETECTIVE PORTER WATCHED AS ONE SUCH AGITATOR WAS BEING DETAINED BY OTHER OFFICERS.
HE EVADED FROM THEM AND RAN TOWARDS THEM.
HE ACTED QUICKLY TO DETAIN THE SUSPECT WHO WAS REPORTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY SIX FOUR AND 200 POUNDS.
UH, AS A RESULT OF THE SUSPECT'S ACTIVE AGGRESSION, PORTER SUSTAINED A TORN BICEP TENDON, WHICH REQUIRED SEVERAL MONTHS OF LIGHT DUTY PAIN AND PHYSICAL THERAPY IN ORDER TO RECOVER.
AND IS SERGEANT RODRIGUEZ HERE FOR A PURPLE HEART AWARD? FOR DETECTIVE DANIEL JACKSON? IS DANIEL JACKSON HERE? NO.
AUSTIN POLICE RESPONDED TO A CHECK WELFARE AT 10 0 2 8 CHANNEL ISLAND DRIVE.
AFTER A NEIGHBOR REPORTED NOT SEEING THE RESIDENT FOR SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, DETECTIVES DANIEL JACKSON AND CHRIS VAN BUREN OBSERVED SIGNS OF NEGLECT AND AFTER RECEIVING APPROVAL, FORCED ENTRY INTO THE HOME.
DWAYNE, I'LL MISS SKIP THE LAST NAME.
CONFRONTED THEM WITH A SHOTGUN AND OPENED FIRE.
BOTH DETECTIVES RETREATED AND CALLED FOR BACKUP.
THE SUSPECT CONTINUED FIRING, HITTING THE POLICE VEHICLE AND A NEIGHBOR'S HOME.
DETECTIVE JACKSON WAS SHOT AND LATER RESCUED BY A CANINE OFFICER.
BOTH DETECTIVES RETURNED FIRE DURING THE INCIDENT.
THE SUSPECT EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED AND WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AG ASSAULT ON A PUBLIC SERVANT AND TWO COUNTS OF DEADLY CONDUCT.
DETECTIVE JACKSON SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS LEFT ARM AND FACE REQUIRING SURGERY AND REHABILITATION.
HE RETURNED TO DUTY BUT HAS LASTING NERVE DAMAGE.
HIS ACTIONS WERE RECOGNIZED AS HONORABLE AND HE WAS RECOMMENDED.
HE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS PURPLE HEART NOMINATED BY SERGEANT MELANIE RODRIGUEZ.
CONGRATULATIONS, DETECTIVE JACKSON.
AND NEXT WE HAVE A PURPLE HEART WITH VALOR FOR HEATHER CAROS.
AND TO PRESENT THIS IS LIEUTENANT ROSS SHOOK.
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OFFICER HEATHER EVAS IS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART WITH VALOR FOR INJURY.SHE SUSTAINED THE LINE OF DUTY ON FI ON MAY 25TH, 2025, WHILE RESPONDED TO DISTURBANCE CALL.
SHE WAS SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED WHEN A SUSPECT THREW AN OBJECT THAT STRUCK HER IN THE FACE, CAUSING HER TO FALL, EXPERIENCING SEVERE PAIN AND BRIEFLY LOSING VISION.
DESPITE HER INJURIES, OFFICER EVASO QUICKLY RATED FOR HELP AND THEN ASSISTED HER PARTNERS OF DOING THE SUSPECT USING A PHYSICAL FORCE AND MUL MULTIPLE TASER DEPLOYMENTS.
AFTER THE SUSPECT WAS DEPLOYED, SHE WALKED OUT UNDER HER OWN POWER TO EMS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO DEL SEAT MEDICAL CENTER.
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE FACIAL LACERATIONS, A SINUS FRACTURE, BROKEN OR BROKEN ORBITAL BONES AND TRAUMA TO HER LEFT EYE REQUIRING EMERGENCY SURGERY.
SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURES REVEALED A RUPTURED RETINA AND RESULTING IN LIKELY PERMANENT CENTRAL VISION LOSS.
OFFICER CAVASSO HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND RESILIENCE, CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN THE ARREST.
DESPITE HER SERIOUS INJURIES, HER COURAGE UNDER EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE HER HIGHLY DESERVING OF THIS PURPLE HEART WITH VALOR.
AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE RETIREES, TRULY WANT TO THANK THE AWESOME WOMEN AND MEN THAT WORK AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BOTH ARE SWORN AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF UNDERSTAND REGARDLESS OF THE WRITE-UPS, THE PHENOMENAL WORK IS STILL OCCURRING DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND THEY DON'T DO IT FOR THE RECOGNITION, THEY JUST DO IT 'CAUSE THEY LOVE SERVING THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND LOVE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO KEEP OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY SAFE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND THANK YOU TO THE SUPERVISORS AGAIN FOR WRITING THEM UP AND SUBMITTING THEM FOR FOR AWARDS.
OH, MOVING ON TO OUR RETIREMENT HONOREES.
ARE YOU HERE? HOW DO YOU MAKE IT OUT THE DOOR BEFORE I DID.
I WAS AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY WHEN HE CAME THROUGH.
YOUR HARD WORK AND PROFESSIONALISM WILL BE MISSED AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING THE PROFESSIONAL YOU ARE.
TERRY, ARE YOU HERE, MA'AM? NO.
YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENT.
TERRY HAS BEEN THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL, PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVE WITH HER.
LIEUTENANT MCCLURE SERVED WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 29 YEARS AS A LIEUTENANT.
HE SERVED IN RTCC, RISK MANAGEMENT, INTERNAL AFFAIRS OPS, LIEUTENANT AND VIOLENT CRIMES INVESTIGATION.
HE WAS A TRUE LEADER IN OUR UNIT AND WE WILL MISS HIM GREATLY AL.
ENJOY ALL THE CRUISES FOR US COMMANDER COURTNEY DANIEL, CONGRATULATIONS SIR.
CONGRATULATIONS, BRYANT ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.
HE'S PROBABLY BACK ON THE EAST COAST SOMEWHERE, UH, ON YOUR RETIREMENT AND THE COMPLETION OF YOUR LIFE.
LIFELONG SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF ALSO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.
NEVE, MA'AM, ARE YOU HERE? LUISA WAS FUNNY AND SERIOUS AT THE SAME TIME.
SHE HELPED ME WITH NUMEROUS JOBS TO HELP THE TEAM.
SHE WAS MY SOUNDING BOARD AND WAS A GREAT ASSET TO OUR TEAM.
TAMIKA SPIN, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR.
DETECTIVE POE, ARE YOU HERE? NO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VALIANT AND UNWAVERING
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YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SUPPORT.THANK YOU FOR YOUR CAREER OF DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHILD ABUSE UNIT.
YOU'VE IMPACTED SO MANY PEOPLE OVER YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU GET TO BEGIN THIS NEW CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS, DETECTIVE OFFICER JORGE ROJAS.
JORGE WORKED RECRUITING FOR ALMOST A DECADE AND BECAME A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE SYSTEM.
WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE UNIT, ANYTIME I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THINGS WORKED OR WHY WE DID THINGS, I KNEW WHO TO ASK.
JORGE WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO VOLUNTEER AND THE LAST TO COMPLAIN.
HIS RETIREMENT IS A REAL BLOW TO THE EFFICACY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALL TRULY ENJOYED WORKING WITH GEORGE AND HE'LL BE MISSED FOR HIS RELENTLESS, CHEERFUL NATURE AND THE POSITIVE ENERGY HE BROUGHT EVERY DAY.
THAT'S FROM LIEUTENANT MORRIS.
SERGEANT RAPHAEL, ROSALES ROTH.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE, AND LEADERSHIP WILL BE MISSED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SELFLESS SERVICE TO THE SWAT TEAM AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS WELL DESERVED.
AFTER 23 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DONNA, YOUR RETIREMENT MARKS THE END OF AN INCREDIBLE CHAPTER AND THE BEGINNING OF A WELL-DESERVED NEW ONE.
YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, KINDNESS, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT HAVE LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON EVERYONE WHO'S HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
MICHELLE MCCUNE, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR.
ARTHUR WORMLEY, COURT SERVICES.
CONGRATULATIONS, OFFICER WORMLEY.
YOU STOOD WATCH OVER AUSTIN'S COURT WITH HONOR AND RELIABILITY.
YOUR SERVICE KEPT OUR COMMUNITY AND COURTHOUSE SAFE.
WISHING YOUR RETIREMENT FULL OF PRIDE AND PEACE.
I THINK I SAW HIM IN A LIBERTY HILL.
ISD OR LEANDER ISD UNIFORM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, JUST TELLING FOLKS.
AND CHIEF DAVIS FOR CLOSING REMARKS.
THANK YOU ROBIN FOR AN EXCELLENT JOB AS ALWAYS, HIM SEEING.
UM, AGAIN, I WANNA CLOSE OUT BY THANKING EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL INSPIRING STORIES AND THEY'RE ONES THAT WERE JUST CAPTURED EVERY SINGLE DAY.
GOOD WORK IS BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, BY OFFICERS ON EVERY CALL, EVERY SHIFT, UM, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO I WANNA THANK THE SUPERVISORS, I WANNA THANK THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK TIME TO WRITE THESE COMMENDATIONS UP TO WRITE AND TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE.
THAT IS WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO AS WE RECOGNIZE GOOD WORK AT EVERY SINGLE LEVEL.
SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE THAT AND KEEP THAT GOING.
AND, UM, THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
THAT MEANS STANDBY FOR, FOR THOSE.
WE'RE ALMOST, WE'RE ALMOST, I'M GONNA GET Y'ALL OUTTA HERE.
UH, JUST A FINAL THANKS, UH, TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THIS AWARD CEREMONY.
I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT IF Y'ALL COULD READ IT FOR ME PLEASE BEFORE Y'ALL HEAD OUT, I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND JUST A REMINDER TO, UH, TO OUR SUPERVISORS THAT ARE HERE, IF THERE WAS A AWARD PRESENTED TO ONE OF YOUR PERSONNEL AND THEY WERE NOT HERE, IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU STOP BY THE AWARDS TABLE AND PICK UP THOSE SO YOU CAN DELIVER 'EM PERSONALLY TO YOUR PERSONNEL.
WE GREATLY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
ALSO, THIS WILL REMAIN HERE TO TAKE PHOTOS.
IF, UM, YOU MISSED A PHOTO OR YOU WANT SOME MORE PHOTOS, THIS WILL BE UP HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO TAKE PHOTOS.
ALSO, THERE ARE SOME REFRESHMENTS IN THE BACK.
'CAUSE IF NOT, I WILL PUT ABOUT FIVE COOKIES IN MY POCKET AND PRETEND I ONLY TOOK ONE.
PLEASE TAKE, TAKE ALL THE SNACKS AND STUFF BACK THERE, PLEASE WITH YOU.
UM, AND WITH THAT, NOW, HOLD ON, LET ME FLIP ONE MORE SLIDE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL I COVERED THAT ONE.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WHO ORGANIZE THE AWARDS, PUT THEM TOGETHER, GET EVERYBODY HERE, DO ALL THE SLIDESHOW AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
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GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.