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[APD Summer Awards Ceremony on August 26, 2026.]
TO, UH, THIS YEAR'S QUARTERLY AWARDS, UH, FOR AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FORENSIC SCIENCE.UH, REAL QUICK ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA, UH, WELCOME, HAVE OUR WELCOME, UH, INTRODUCTION AND OUR CALL FROM PROTECTION FROM, UH, CHAPLAIN FIOLA BURNS, SOME OPENING REMARKS FROM EXECUTIVES ASSISTANT CHIEF LEE ROGERS, OUR PRESENTATION BONIES TONIGHT, AND OUR FINAL THANKS IN FAREWELL.
UH, WE'RE ALSO STREAMING LIVE ON A TXN LIVE TONIGHT, AND THIS WILL BE RECORDED.
SO THOSE THAT COULDN'T JOIN US TONIGHT, UM, HAVE A COPY OF IT AS WELL AS THOSE OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE CAN SHARE THAT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, TAKING THE TIME.
IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE FRAME, FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE, THE UNDERSTAND THERE'S FOLKS FROM OUTTA TOWN.
SO THANKS FOR TRAVELING IN AND HELPING US RECOGNIZE OUR INCREDIBLE HONOREES TONIGHT.
I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WELCOME AGAIN TO THIS GREAT NIGHT.
I MAY INTRODUCE OUR ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE SHEET, LEE ROGER, UH, FOR OUR OPENING LAMAR.
THANK YOU CHAPLAIN BUR FOR YOUR KIND WORDS IN THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
SHE WAS, UH, OTHERWISE TIED UP AT AN VO PRAYER PARTY HEAGLE TO GET OUT OF, BUT AS I LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM, I MEAN, THIS IS PROBABLY A LOT MORE FULL THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST FEW TIME IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE.
SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TURNOUT.
I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO COME TO THESE EVENTS, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP HERE AND TO SHOWCASE THE AMAZING WORK WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH THE FAMILY THAT RECOGNITION THAT WE DO KNOW WHAT YOUR LOVED ONES ARE DOING DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE, UH, THOSE MILESTONES FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.
SOME OF THEM I HERE FOR REALLY LONG KIND OF TIME AROUND, UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE PROMOTED, FOR THOSE THAT RETIRED, AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE JUST DONE GREAT WORK, UH, THAT WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, THE DO CAST.
PREPARE WITH YOUR FAMILY, US EVERY DAY.
TWO ROGERS, UH, FOR THOSE HONOREES TONIGHT, WHEN YOU COME UP, UH, LIKE THIS ADDITIONAL FORMAT, YOU'LL COME UP ON THE RICE, UH, TAKE SHAKE TIME, PHOTOS AND SHAKE HANDS, AND THEN WE'LL WORK YOU RIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF FINISH.
A SOFT AGAIN, OUR RESPECTS AS YOU COME.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR SERVICE MILESTONES AND FIVE YEAR SERVICE REWARDS.
ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE START TO
UH, WE HAVE, FIRST UP IS JASON PARTER, POLICE RECORD TO ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR LILLIAN CHAUVIN, POLICE DISPATCHER, THREE, ANNES EDWARDS, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, THREE STACEY, NINE ONE ONE.
TWO CUSTOMER GARCIA, VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELOR, SAMUEL YEK, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINEES, SPECIALIST SR.
MARIA ISSA, BOTH FINANCIAL ANALYST.
COURTNEY COBO, VICTIM SERVICES COUNCIL.
THERE'S, AND AS HONOREES COME UP, IF YOUR FAMILY IS HERE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP AS WELL.
AND NEXT WE HAVE KRISTEN POOLE, POLICE DISPATCHER, THREE YEARS OLD, OH, RIGHT UNDER 10.
GRETCHEN HAMBURGER, POLICE, DIGITAL AB SPECIALIST TELL YOU, YAY.
JENNIFER O'CONNOR, POLICE DISPATCHER FREE.
JESSICA ANA, FORENSIC SCIENTIST.
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GENEVIEVE THOMAS, IMMERSED COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR, DELILAH VENT, FORENSIC SCIENTIST THREE, THAT TAKES US TO THE HUNDRED 33RD CADET CLASS, OR ANYBODY FROM THE 133RD.UH, THEIR MOTTO IS, I'M MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, SO WE RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEIR TENURE YEARS AT CERTAIN UNDER 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.
CASEY CALLAHAN, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR, CRYSTAL GALVAN, ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST, DAC AND RENEE MOORE, COORDINATOR FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST, FUL RECORDS FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING HONOREES, UH, CL DIXON POLICE OFFICER WITH OUR AIR SUPPORT OFFICER DIXON COURT UNIT.
HIS DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND THE GROWING MISSIONS OF THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT IS SECOND TO NUT.
YOU'RE ALL, YOU'RE ALL GREATLY APPRECIATIVE.
EVERYTHING HE DOES FROM THE FARMAN, THE PEOPLE OF ALCON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
SERGEANT BOB GILBERT, VERY SCHOOL, CONGRATULATIONS GLEN ON 20 YEARS.
JUDY, JUDY GWEN IS A NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKER TO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION.
JUDY'S AN AMAZING 9 1 1 OPERATOR, NO MATTER THE CALL.
SHE'S CALM, COOL, AND ELECTED.
JUDY IS PICKED TO SHARE HER KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF OPERATORS, AND IT IS A PLEASURE TO WORK FROM ERICA ROBERTS, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR.
NEXT FOR 20 YEARS IS JOAN HINKEY, POLICE DISPATCHER THREE WITH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
FOR 20 YEARS, JOAN HAS SELFLESSLY DEDICATED HERSELF TO BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR OFFICERS.
FIND EVERY SLEEPLESS NIGHT HOLIDAY WORKS AND CONSTANT VIGILANCE LIES.
JOAN'S RARE KIND AND STRENGTH AND DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
HER ABILITY TO HANDLE HIGH STRESS, EMERGENCY CALLS AND BE THE CALM AND THE CHAOS HIGHLIGHTS OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR TWO DECADES, JOAN AARON HODGES, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR.
THE MAN THAT NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, MR. FRED RODRIGUEZ, YOU TELL BY HIS EMPLOYEE NUMBER IS BACK WHEN THEY WERE THREE DIGITS.
FRED'S WITH OUR SEX OFFENDERS REGI APPREHENSION REGISTRY OR SOAR UNIT.
HE'S DEVOTED 50 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THE LAST 20 HAS BEEN AS, AS AS PROFESSIONAL STAFF, UH, 30 OF THOSE AS A SWORN OFFICER, AND HE'S WORKED IN VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS.
UH, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM AS A CONTINUED PART OF THE FAMILY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING HIM TONIGHT.
THAT'S FROM SERGEANT STEVE NASH WITH THE SOAR UNIT.
HE SAID 50 YEAR DESERVES A CUP.
NEXT WE HAVE RALPH SALAZAR WITH THE FORENSIC SUPERVISOR, KIM TOXOLOGY AND SEIZE DRUGS RALPH.
HERE RALPH HAS RECOGNIZED FOR 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE AUSTIN FORENSIC SCIENCE.
THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE, HE HAS EXCELLED AS A FORENSIC SCIENTIST AND SEES DRUGS.
AND AS THE CHEMISTRY SUPERVISOR CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING EXPERTISE IN LEADERSHIP, RALPH IS KNOWN FOR HIS RELIABILITY, EFFICIENCY, AND STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THE AREAS, TO HIS AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
FROM EMILY ESQUIVEL FROM FORENSIC SCIENCE MANAGER, CONGRATULATIONS RALPH.
NEXT WE HAVE CARRIE SOS, LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS SPECIALIST WITH CENTRAL RECORDS.
CARRIE HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SHE'S SHOWN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, EXCEPTIONAL WORK ETHIC, AND GENUINE WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS.
WHETHER ASSISTING COWORKERS, MENTORING NEW EMPLOYEES, OR SOLVING DAY-TO-DAY CHALLENGES.
SHE APPROACHES EVERY TASK WITH PATIENTS' KINDNESS AND EXPERTISE.
HER ABILITY TO COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY AND PROVIDE DEPENDABLE SUPPORT HAS EARNED THE TRUST AND RESPECT OF EVERYONE SHE WORKS WITH.
FROM TAMIKA SPENCE, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR WITH CENTRAL RECORDS, CONGRATULATIONS, GARY.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, 25 YEARS OF SERVICE STARTING WITH THE HUNDRED FIRST CADET CLASS.
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THIS MAN.DOUG FLOYD IS A SERGEANT WITH OUR HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT UNIT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SERGEANT FLOYD ON 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A MAJOR MILESTONE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT UNIT.
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WHITE HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT.
NEXT UP IS, UH, LIEUTENANT KENNETH MCDONALD.
LIEUTENANT MCDONALD IS HIS SEASONED SUPERVISOR WHO GENUINELY CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN HIS COMMAND.
HE SETS THE EXAMPLE FOR HIS TROOPS AND SUPERVISORS BY BEING ON THE STREET, READILY AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY HE CAN.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND STABILITY HE BRINGS TO BOTH FRANK SECTOR KNIGHTS, TO BOTH FRANK SECTOR KNIGHTS, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MILESTONE, SIR COMMANDER DAVID SHAN, FRANK SECTOR COMMANDER BILLY PARKS.
I DIDN'T SEE BILLY IN THE ROOM.
BILLY PARKS, UH, SERGEANT WITH ADVANCED EDUCATION.
AFTER 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED POLICE SERVICE, SERGEANT PARKS CONTINUES TO MAKE LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROFESSIONALISM AND MOTIVATION OF OUR ACADEMY CADETS.
THROUGH SKILLED INSTRUCTION, MENTORSHIP, AND CONSISTENTLY POSITIVE ATTITUDE, HE HELPS INSTILL THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN INTEGRITY, DISCIPLINE, AND COMMITMENT IN THOSE BEGINNING THEIR CAREER.
FROM LIEUTENANT ERIC BURNS, ADVANCED BURNS HEAD ADVANCED EDUCATION.
THANKS BILLY MICHAEL WILMORE, KRUM POLICE SERGEANT WITH CHILD ABUSE SERGEANT KREM, WI WILMORE KREM RYAN HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS, WORKING TO BRING EQUALITY AND JUSTICE TO THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY HE SERVES.
MIKE HAS BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND HAS LATERAL POSITION.
PASSION HAS MANY LATERAL PASSIONS RELATED TO HIS CAREER, INCLUDING INVOLVING IN THE PIPE AND DRUM CORPS, WHO YOU HEARD IN THE BEGINNING AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE L-G-B-P-O-A FROM LIEUTENANT CHRIS KEEN SPECIAL VICTIMS INVESTIGATIONS LIVE ROSIE.
DORK IS, DUKE IS DORK IS HERE, RIGHT SUPERVISOR.
DORK IS, WORKS WITH COMPASSION EVERY DAY AND COMES READY TO TACKLE ANY CHALLENGE THROWN HER WAY.
DORK IS IS A SUPERVISOR EVERYONE CAN LEAN, LEARN FROM, AND THEN TRULY ENJOYS HELPING PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR 25 YEARS FROM TIFFANY, ASSISTANT MANAGER, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
NEXT, WE'RE GONNA HONOR JESSICA GUERRERO, FORENSIC SCIENTIST FOR LAYTON, PRINCE JESSICA, CONGRATULATIONS ON 25 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN FORENSIC SCIENCE.
YOUR EXPERTISE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COMMITMENT TO QUALITY HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS, ADVANCING FORENSICS FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS AT SUPPORTING A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, YOU'VE EXEMPLIFIED THE QUALITIES OF AN EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEE THROUGH YOUR INTEGRITY, RELIABILITY, STRONG WORK ETHIC, AND WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT YOUR COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WELL-DESERVED MILESTONE.
TYLER BELL, KNAPP LATENT PRINT SUPERVISOR.
NEXT UP WE HAVE DON HANSON, A DETECTIVE IN THE CENTRALIZED BURGLARY.
YEAH, SHE'S PUTTING SOMEBODY BEHIND BARS.
UH, DETECTIVE HANSON IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND LOOKED UP IN THE UNIT.
SHE HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND HER EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE, AND DEDICATION TO THE UNIT ARE IRREPLACEABLE.
HER SUCCESS IS BASED ON HER DRIVE TO DELIVER EXCELLENT WORK IN AN EFFORT TO ENSURE VICTIMS RECEIVE JUSTICE.
SHE IS A NATURAL RELATIONSHIP BUILDER BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
FORMER SERGEANT, SERGEANT LAYLA, COMMERCIAL BURGLARY.
NEXT WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR PROMOTION HONOREES.
AND FIRST UP IS NICOLE CASTANOS.
HERE WE'LL RECOGNIZE HER PROMOTION.
SHE IS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF ALL APDS MOST VALUABLE ASSETS.
SHE'S DEMONSTRATED AGAIN AND AGAIN HER DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING BOTH SWORN AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THROUGH THEIR TOUGHEST MOMENTS AS WELL AS THEIR MOST JOYOUS OCCASIONS.
HER TENURE AT A PD IS A TESTAMENT TO HER LOYALTY, KNOWLEDGE,
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SKILL, AND ABILITIES.AND THIS PROMOTION IS A TESTAMENT TO HER WILLINGNESS TO TAKE A CHANCE ON HERSELF.
NICOLE WORKS HARD, GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND, IS A TEAM PLAYER AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT SHE'S WILLING THAT SHE'S A SHINING STAR IN THE HR SQUAD FROM CRYSTAL WALKER HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST.
MARIAH'S INTELLIGENCE, UH, CRIME.
YOU STEPPED INTO DIGITAL FORENSICS WITH A GOAL IN MIND, PUT IN THE WORK AND ACHIEVED EXACTLY WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO.
WE'RE ALL INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU AND TRULY INSPIRED BY YOUR DETERMINATION TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.
YOU'VE BEEN A HUGE ASSET TO DE YOU AND WE'LL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.
WE KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO AMAZING THINGS WITH YOUR NEW TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE POURED INTO DMU E DUS, EMU, AND FOR HELPING US SUCCEED IN OUR MISSION.
CONGRATULATIONS, MYRA MATHIS, RECORD MANAGEMENT DIVISION MANAGER, VIVIAN DONG VIVIAN HERE.
RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER PROMOTION, UH, TO BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
SHE'S A VALUED MEMBER OF OUR BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TEAM AND WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO CELEBRATE HER PROMOTION.
SHE CONSISTENTLY BRINGS POSITIVE DEDICATION, BRIGHT ENERGY THAT ELEVATES EVERYONE AROUND HER.
HER CONTRIBUTIONS STRENGTHEN OUR TEAM EVERY DAY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER WITH US.
FROM HEIDI WITTY IT SUPERVISOR SENIOR, CONGRATULATIONS VIVIAN, WELL DESERVED.
EXCITING TO HONOR THE NEXT, UH, PROMOTION FOR MISS SISSY JONES, OUR POLICE DIVISION MANAGERS FOR CENTRAL RECORDS.
I'M THRILLED WITH THE PROMOTION OF SISSY TO POLICE DIVISION MANAGER.
SHE BRINGS MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT EXPERIENCE TO THIS ROLE AND HAS CONSISTENTLY PROVEN HERSELF TO BE A TRUE FORCE MULTIPLIER.
THE LEVEL OF WORK, LEADERSHIP AND PROBLEM SOLVING SHE HAS ALREADY BROUGHT TO THE VERSATILE TERM PROJECT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME HAS TRULY REMARKABLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THAT SHE WILL ACCOMPLISH IN THIS NEW ROLE.
THIS PROMOTION IS SO WELL DESERVED.
FROM JANET THOMAS, POLICE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, K.
NEXT WE HAVE CELESTE JUAREZ, T COLE, TRAINING SPECIALIST AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE, CELESTE.
SHE DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION AND RELIABILITY, CONSISTENTLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND HER HARD WORK AND POSITIVE IMPACT.
MAKE HER A VITAL ASSET TO OUR ORGANIZATION.
FROM LIEUTENANT LORI MADANO, TRAINING OPS LIEUTENANT, CONGRATULATIONS, CELESTE.
WE HAVE A DOUBLE AWARDEE TONIGHT.
APPARENTLY COURTNEY'S UP AGAIN FOR A PROMOTION THIS TIME TO VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELOR LEAD IN VICTIM SERVICES.
OVER HER TIME WITH VICTIM SERVICES, COURTNEY HAS SHOWN STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND A CARE FOR OTHERS BY CONSISTENTLY BEING PRESENT FOR VICTIMS AND SWORN.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR HER NEW ROLE AND I KNOW IT'LL BE ONE THAT SHE DOES TO HER.
KRISTA, ELIA ELLISON, VICTIM SERVICES SUPERVISOR.
NEXT IS JESSICA KREITZMAN, CRIME INTELLIGENCE ANALYST SENIOR WITH OUR CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT.
JESSICA HAS MADE AN OUTSTANDING IMPACT DURING HER TIME WITH A PD FROM CRIME INTELLIGENCE ANALYST TO CRIME INTELLIGENCE ANALYST SENIOR.
SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM, A STRONG WORK ETHIC AND THE ICARE VALUES, EARNING THE RESPECT AND TRUST OF HER COLLEAGUES AND COMMANDERS.
HER CLEAR ACTIONABLE ANALYSIS HAS STRENGTHENED COMSTAT BRIEFINGS AND IMPROVED AWARENESS OF CRIME PATTERNS.
JESSICA'S DEDICATION, MENTORSHIP, AND COMMITMENT TO THE MISSION REFLECT HER DRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE.
YOUR HARD WORK IS WELL DESERVED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS FROM JESSICA SUMMERALL, CRIME INTELLIGENCE ANALYST SUPERVISOR.
JOSHUA LAKE, CRIME INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON STEPPING INTO YOUR NEW ROLE.
SHARED KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS DURING YOUR TIME WITH THE OCL TEAM.
WISHING YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS IN YOUR CAREER TODAY.
SCAN SCANLAN MANAGER, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY LIAISON.
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CONGRATS JOB.NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. MYRA MATHIS, POLICE DIVISION MANAGER, OPEN RECORDS, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND DIGITAL EVIDENCE UNIT.
I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME MYRA TO HER NEW ROLE AS POLICE DIVISION MANAGER.
SHE HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED SO MUCH DURING HER TIME AS THE DMU ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL SHE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH IN HER NEW ROLE.
JANET THOMAS, POLICE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
NEXT WE HAVE ALEXANDER PADILLA IS ALEXANDER.
YES, FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN IS CENTRAL RECORDS.
ALEX HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE ID UNIT WITHIN A WEEK.
HE IS COMPLETING TASK ON HIS OWN, NOT AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING HIM GROW PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
WELCOME TO THE TEAM ALEX FROM JACQUELINE HUBBARD, STEFFI'S, UNIT ID UNIT FINGERPRINT TECH SUPERVISOR.
NEXT UP IS MARY MORALES, FORENSIC SUPERVISOR.
MARY'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL, WORK ETHIC AND WORK EXPERIENCE HAS ALLOWED MARY TO EXCEL AT HER DUTIES WITHIN THE EVIDENCE UNIT AND MAKE AN IMMEDIATE POSITIVE IMPACT ON DAILY OPERATIONS.
THESE CHARACTERISTICS MADE MARY AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE FOR THE SELECTION AS EVIDENCE.
SUPERVISOR MARY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTION TO FORENSIC SUPERVISOR AND EVIDENCE.
JAMES GIS EVIDENCE FORENSIC MANAGER.
NEXT UP WE HAVE JOCELYN RIVERA, LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS SPECIALIST IN CENTRAL RECORDS.
SHE'S JOINED THE REPORT REVIEW FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
TAMIKA SPENCE, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR IN CENTRAL RECORDS.
CONGRATULATIONS IS AUDREY HERE, AUDREY ROBINSON, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN CRIME ANALYSIS.
SHE STARTED AS A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE WITH THE DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT UNIT.
DURING HER TIME WITH DMU, SHE STAYED FOCUSED ON AND HELPED WITH ADDITIONAL TASKS THAT CAME UP.
SHE SHOWS UP EVERY DAY WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE, READY TO HELP THE TEAM.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AS A PERMANENT EMPLOYEE WORKING ON CROSS ESTIMATES FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF YOUR A PD JOURNEY AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE YOU DO WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU'RE A HUGE ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE YOU ON MY TEAM.
MYRA MAP, THIS POLICE DIVISION MANAGER, EVIE LUHAN.
EVIE HERE, EVIE'S AN ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATE THREE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
EVIE WILL CELEBRATE THREE YEARS WITH A PD IN SEPTEMBER.
SHE STARTED AS AN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATE ONE AND WAS PROMOTED TO TWO TO A TWO AND HAS NOW BEEN PROMOTED TO A THREE.
DURING HER TIME HERE, EVIE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM INITIATIVE AND STRONG COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING HER TEAM AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS.
HER CAREER JOURNEY REFLECTS HER DEDICATION, ADAPTABILITY, STRONG WORK ETHIC AND PASSION FOR CONTINUOUS LEARNING.
AND PROFESSIONAL GROVE FROM ISHA COLLIER FINANCIAL MANAGER.
UH, BRANDY IS A CRIME AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST SENIOR IN THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT.
SHE'S CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL ANALYTICAL EXPERTISE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND INITIATIVE.
IN HER ROLE AS A CRIME ANALYSIS ANALYST, SHE EXCELS AT IDENTIFYING EMERGING CRIME PATTERNS, PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY INTELLIGENT PRODUCTS, AND SUPPORTING HER EFFORTS THOROUGHLY, TIMELY AND ACTIONABLE ANALYSIS.
HER COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY, COLLABORATION, AND INNOVATION HAS STRENGTHENED TEAM EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTRIBUTED TO MEANINGFUL, TO MEANINGFULLY TO ENHANCE OPERATIONAL OUTCOMES AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.
IN RECOGNITION OF HER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE, AND CONTINUED LEADERSHIP GROWTH
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BRAND IS HIGHLY DESERVING THIS PROMOTION AND THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT ACCOMPANY IT.FROM JESSICA SUMMERALL, CRIME INTELLIGENCE ANALYST SUPERVISOR, CONGRATULATIONS, BANDY.
SARAH SCRIBNER, HUMAN RESOURCES ADVISOR, AND HR.
SINCE JOINING A PD NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO AS A TEMP HR SPECIALIST, SARAH HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, GROWING THROUGH THE ROLES OF HR SPECIALIST, HR SPECIALIST, SENIOR, AND NOW HR ADVISOR.
SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, HELPING LEAD THE TRANSITION TO WORKDAY, AND CREATING AN OVERSEEING THE SUCCESSFUL NEW HIRE EXPERIENCE RETENTION PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION.
SARAH IS KNOWN FOR EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, HER WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHER COWORKERS AND HER EAGERNESS TO TAKE ON NEW CHALLENGES AND ASSIGNMENTS.
SHE'S ALSO INVESTED IN HER OWN PROFESSIONAL GROWTH BY EARNING HER P-S-H-R-A CP CERTIFICATION, GRADUATING FROM THE CITY'S LEAPS PROGRAM AND IS CONTINUING HER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE UT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SARAH'S DEDICATION INITIATIVE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKE HER AN INVALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR TEAM.
AND WE EXCITED TO SEE ALL SHE WILL ACCOMPLISH IN HER NEW ROLE.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM KRISTIN LING, HUMAN RESOURCES SUPERVISOR, AND NOW WE MOVE ON TO CAREER PRO PROGRESSION PROMOTIONS.
IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME ON THE SCREEN, GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOM.
SOPHIE AYALA, POLICE DISPATCHER TWO CHANDRE BEAN POLICE DISPATCHER TWO CHRISTOPHER CROCKETT, EVIDENCE CONTROL SPECIALIST.
DAISY GONZALEZ, FORENSIC SCIENTIST.
JENNA HALE, POLICE DISPATCHER.
VICTORIA LOPEZ, POLICE DISPATCHER.
TWO CHERYL MEDINA, POLICE DISPATCHER.
EMILY AM EMILY VERA, NINE ONE ONE.
ELIZABETH PICASSO, NINE ONE ONE.
AMARI RANGEL, FORENSIC SCIENTIST.
JULIET REED, FORENSIC SCIENTIST.
TWO, RAVEN ROHN, FORENSIC SCIENTIST.
TWO ANAYA RIVERA, FORENSIC SCIENTIST.
SONYA RODRIGUEZ, POLICE DISPATCHER.
SHAUNA SINGER, POLICE DISPATCHER.
TWO, JACOBY SHEPHERD, NINE ONE ONE.
AND MIA STITES, POLICE DISPATCHER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE CAREER PROGRESSION MOES.
SO WE'RE GONNA ACKNOWLEDGE NOW, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE SCREEN.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CEREMONY AT THE FIRST, UH, FIRST OF THE MONTH.
EVERY, EVERY TIME THE PROMOTION PROMOTION CYCLE COMES AROUND, WE TAKE THE TIME TO PUT THEM IN AN INTIMATE SETTING, SETTING SO THEIR FAMILY CAN BE THERE, PIN THEIR BADGES.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE OF THESE, MAKE SURE YOU TRY TO ATTEND THE NEXT ONE.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, STARTING THESE, UH, SWORN PROMOTIONS OUT AS THEY TAKE ON THEIR NEW ROLES.
SO I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE RECENT PROMOTIONS WE ACKNOWLEDGED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
RUDY KADINA, UH, GEORGE 600, UH, CORPORAL DETECTIVE JORDAN CAREY, JOHN CARRASCO, TRAVIS CORNELIUS, JUSTIN CUMMINGS, THOMAS GRIFFIN, JOHN MATTHEW HADAWAY, AND JESSICA TAP ALL PROMOTING TO THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND DETECTIVE.
NEXT WE HAVE SERGEANT ANTHONY ALLEGRETTI, JONATHAN BYNUM, RUSSELL HUDSON, JAMES MCDONALD.
AND LASTLY, WE RECOGNIZED LIEUTENANT PATRICK O'FARRELL FOR HIS PROMOTION TO, UH, PENDING PLACEMENT CURRENTLY ON THE HENRY 400.
SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OUR MOES.
AND NOW WE COME TO OUR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS, AND I'M GONNA ASK THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PRESENTING TO COME UP FIRST.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, DETECTIVE MIKE CASTILLA COME UP AND RECOGNIZE THIS TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS.
IF YOUR NAME'S ON THE SCREEN, GO AHEAD AND LINE UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROOM.
UM, SO WE CAN GET YOU RECOGNIZED HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
I'LL LET MIKE READ THE, UH, PARTICULARS.
I'M DETECTIVE CASTILLO WITH VHU.
UH, IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY MOPAC WAS SHUT DOWN THIS MORNING, THAT WAS ME.
OH, IF THAT AFFECTED YOUR COMMUTE.
SO, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME AMAZING PEOPLE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN HERE, AND I'M JUST, UH, IN THE ACTUAL WARD, THERE'S A, UM, A SUMMARY A OF SPECIFICS OF WHAT THOSE, UH, EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS DID.
BUT I'LL READ THE SUMMARY HERE.
ON JANUARY 31ST, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:48 AM A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE AT EAST SIXTH STREET IN THE SOUTHBOUND SURFACE ROAD OF NORTH IH 35.
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THE SUSPECT F GO AHEAD, HEAR ME.THE SUSPECT VEHICLE FLED THE SCENE.
BUT THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL TEAMWORK, INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AND LOCATED THE VEHICLE.
A PD HALO OPERATORS REVIEWED EXTENSIVE VIDEO FOOTAGE TRACING THE SUSPECT'S MOVEMENT FROM DOWNTOWN, AND IDENTIFYING THE VEHICLE AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.
PATROL OFFICERS AND DOWNTOWN UNITS PROVIDED CRITICAL ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING THE SUSPECT.
APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER, ONE WEEK LATER, BAR MANAGER SPOTTED THE SUSPECT DOWNTOWN, ALLOWING DETECTIVE OFFICERS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER AND TAKE THE DRIVER INTO CUSTODY.
FURTHER INVESTIGATION LED TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES WITH ASSISTANCE WITH THE AIR UNIT AND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS, UH, LOCATED, CONCEALED IN THE BACKYARD.
THE VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE SUBSEQUENTLY EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AND RECOVERED THE POSITIVE, POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED VEHICLE, WHICH CONTAINED EVIDENCE LINKING IT TO THE COLLISION.
THE DRIVER WAS INDICTED ON FELONY CHARGES AND THE PASSENGER WAS LATER ARRESTED FOR TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.
THIS CASE IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATION, AND THE WILLINGNESS OF DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO ASSIST AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INVESTIGATION, YOUR DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COMMITMENT TO BRINGING JUSTICE TO THE VICTIMS. FAMILIES ARE COMMENDABLE, PROUD TO WORK ALONGSIDE INDIVIDUALS WHO CONSISTENTLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
MIND YOU, I THINK THOSE GUYS ARE VERY BUSY.
UH, AMY ALCALA, DANIEL PRUITT, ANDRE SANCHEZ, STEVEN JOHNSON, WILL CARTER AND SARAH GNA, THEIR HALO OPERATORS.
UH, TIM KOBAL, JOSH JACKSON, UH, MICHAEL BRADBURN, ANDREW FEIG, JOSEPH KHAR, JASON MURRAY, JAVIER RODRIGUEZ, NICHOLAS WARREN, ANDY, YOU AND RILEY WOODS.
LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, SUPERIOR CITATION.
NEXT, I'LL ASK, UH, LIEUTENANT JOHN BROOKS TO COME UP TO RECOGNIZE A SUPERIOR CITATION AWARD FOR THE A PD CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT.
AND IF THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS ON THE SCREEN WILL START LINING UP.
UH, THOMAS ADAMS, RICARDO AGUILAR LOPEZ, OSCAR BOSA, JEREMY BOLEN, SEAN DONOVAN, BRIAN HORTON, MICHAEL SHO AND RUSSELL WYRICK.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THIS AWARD.
UH, REALLY THIS IS FOR A BODY WORK, A BODY OF WORK, UH, WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY CASE WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS, UH, RECOGNITION.
BUT, UM, WE JUST, UH, WROTE IT UP AS A GENERAL APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO.
UH, ESPECIALLY IN 2025, CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT FACED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN REPORTS INVOLVING ONLINE PREDATORS AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL.
THEY DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL DILIGENCE, INVEST BY INVESTIGATING OVER 500 CYBER TIP LINE REPORTS, ALONGSIDE HUNDREDS OF PATROL REFERRALS BEYOND THEIR RELENTLESS DAY-TO-DAY INVESTIGATIONS.
THE UNIT REVITALIZED PROACTIVE ONLINE CHAT OPERATIONS TO TARGET PREDATORS, ACTIVELY SEEKING TO HAVE SEXUAL, TO HAVE SEX WITH MINORS.
SIMILAR TO THE REAL WORLD, UH, WORLD OPERATIONS POPULARIZED BY INVESTIGATIVE MEDIA.
THE SUCCESS OF THESE OPERATIONS HAS LED TO THE ARREST OF DOZENS OF HIGH RISK OFFENDERS ATTEMPTING TO EXPLOIT CHILDREN.
THE CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT HAS DISPLAYED AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEIR WORK DEMANDS EXTRAORDINARY RESILIENCE AND PERSONAL SACRIFICE IN THE FACE OF DAILY EXPOSURE TO SEVERE TRAUMA FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION AND SUPERIOR SERVICE.
CHILD EXPLOITATION UNITS, HIGHLY DESERVING OF THE SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION.
GOT TWO OF THEM HERE TO ACCEPT THIS
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IT IS TRULY AMAZING WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY.SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THAT.
AND ANOTHER ONE THAT DOESN'T NEED MUCH OF A INTRODUCTION, UH, BUT I'LL ASK, UH, ADAM KAUFMAN TO COME UP SO HE CAN PAY THE, UH, RIGHT TRIBUTE TO MR. WILLIAM MOORE.
YOU GOT FIVE MINUTES? I WILL DO IT IN TWO.
I ACTUALLY DID IT BEFORE COMING HERE.
OFFICER MOORE HAS EXEMPLIFIED SERVICE ORIENTED LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER FROM CO-FOUNDING AND MANAGING THE A PD MARKSMANSHIP TEAM TO INSTRUCTING CADETS AND OFFICERS IN FIREARMS AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS, ASSISTING WITH ACADEMY TRAINING, AND MOST NOTABLY MANAGING THE AUSTIN POLICE JIUJITSU PROGRAM.
FOR OVER THREE YEARS, OFFICER MOORE HAS LED A PJJ WITH A TREMENDOUS POSITIVE IMPACT ON A PD OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NATIONWIDE.
HE HAS CREATED A STRONG PIPELINE FOR NEW OFFICERS TO CONTINUE TRAINING AFTER THE ACADEMY, AND HAS FACILITATED OVER 4,000 ADDITIONAL HOURS OF DEFENSIVE TACTICS TRAINING WITHIN A PD BEYOND A PD.
HE HAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO AGENCIES IN AT LEAST EIGHT OTHER STATES AND ALBERTA, CANADA, MOST NOTABLY THE GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA POLICE DEPARTMENT USED GUIDANCE FROM OFFICER MOORE AND A PJJ TO ESTABLISH NORTH CAROLINA'S FIRST VJJ EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WITHOUT OFFICER MOORE'S DRIVE, PASSION AND LEADERSHIP, A PJJ AND BY EXTENSION A PD WOULD NOT HAVE EARNED THE LEVEL OF RESPECT AND RECOGNITION IT HAS TODAY.
OFFICER MOORE HAS NOT ONLY EARNED AN A PD SUPERIOR SERVICE AWARD, BUT HAS HELPED LEAD THE DEPARTMENT, THE NATION, AND OUR INTERNATIONAL NEIGHBORS TOWARDS A SAFER FUTURE IN OFFICER USE OF FORCE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
NEXT I'LL GET, UH, CORPORAL JOSEPH GORDON TO COME UP TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEXT RECIPIENT.
I'M GONNA STAND IN FOR CORPORAL JOSEPH TONIGHT.
UH, STEVE SAMBA IS HE HERE? COME ON UP FOR THIS SUPERIOR CITATION OFFICER STEVE SAMBA HAS DE DEMONSTRATED AN ACCEPTABLE COMMITMENT TO SERVICE BY IDENTIFYING 33 SUSPECTS IN 23 BELOW, INVESTIGATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS FROM MAY, 2025 THROUGH MAY, 2026.
WITH THE NUMBER BOLO IDENTIFICATIONS CONTINUING TO GROW HIS STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HE PATROLS HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND HIS INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS, HAVE DIRECTLY ASSISTED DETECTIVES IN ADVANCING CASES AND OBTAINING WARRANTS SINCE MAY OF 2025.
OFFICER SAMBA HAS PERSONALLY MADE OVERALL 170 ARRESTS, MOST OF WHICH WERE SELF-INITIATED, GIVING HIM AN EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUSPECTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
HE ENCOUNTERS HIS INITIATIVE, EXPERIENCE, AND ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE SUSPECTS HAVE EARNED NUMEROUS COMMENDATIONS FROM DETECTIVES AND DEMONSTRATES A LEVEL OF DEDICATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING THAT CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE EXPECTATIONS OF A PATROL OFFICER.
FURTHER ENFORCING HIS SUPERIOR COMMITMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM CORPORAL JOSEPH GORDON OF THE IDA EIGHT HUNDREDS, GRETCHEN, LIEUTENANT MCDONALD.
HAVE HIM COME UP TO PAY TRIBUTE TO STEVEN DAVIS, SENIOR OFFICER WITH A FRANK EIGHT HUNDREDS SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION.
I AM KEN MCDONALD, UH, FRANK KNIGHT.
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LIEUTENANT.UH, THIS NOMINATIONS FOR SPO STEVEN DAVIS.
UH, SPO DAVIS', PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN DISRUPTING A SIGNIFICANT NO SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS OPERATION AND REDUCING RELATED CRIMES, INCLUDING ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES, AND THEFTS.
SBO DAVIS HELPED IDENTIFY SUSPECTS, COORDINATE AND SPECIALIZED UNITS, AND PLAYED AN INTEGRAL, INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE EXECUTION OF EIGHT RESIDENTIAL SEARCH WARRANTS.
THESE EFFORTS RESULTED IN SEVEN ARRESTS ON NINE FELONY CHARGES, ALONG WITH THE SEIZURE OF EIGHT FIREARMS, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF NARCOTICS, INCLUDING 65 GRAMS OF FENTANYL, 22 POUNDS OF PROMETHAZINE, 62 GRAMS OF AMPHETAMINES, 18 GRAMS OF LSD, FOUR, GRAMS OF ALPRAZOLAM, AND THREE GRAMS OF COCAINE.
SPO DAVIS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES INITIATIVE AND PERSISTENCE AND A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW AND THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
HE ACTIVELY SOUGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSIST MAJOR CRIMES AND APPLIED HIS KNOWLEDGE BEYOND THE NORMAL DUTIES OF A PATROL OFFICER.
HIS INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO REMOVING DANGEROUS OFFENDERS FROM THE COMMUNITY, DISRUPTING DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, AND PREVENTING ADDITIONAL CRIMES AND VIOLENCE.
SPO DAVIS'S DEDICATION TO PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY REFLECTS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND SERVICE AS DESERVING OF RECOGNITION.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE RECOGNITION, SUPERIOR CITATION.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UH, SERGEANT CAMPO? YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SPECIAL VICTIMS INVESTIGATIONS FOR US.
I'M ONE OF THE THREE SERGEANTS WITH THE CHILD ABUSE UNIT.
UH, LIEUTENANT KEEN WROTE THIS UP, WHICH I'M VERY HAPPY HE DID.
SO UNFORTUNATELY HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
HE HAD OTHER OBLIGATIONS HE COULDN'T GET OUT OF.
UM, BUT I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, ACCEPT, UH, WHEN HE ASKED IF I COULD COME UP HERE AND GIVE THESE THE SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION, UH, TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.
THE CHILD ABUSE UNIT, THEY WORK VERY HARD.
THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR JOB.
THEY WORK WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES AND, UM, THE HOSPITALS.
SO WITH WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA READ THE NAMES AND THEN I'M GONNA READ, UH, WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR SUPERIOR SERVICE CITATION.
MARIA ANOVA, MANUEL DELGADO, EVERHART, YAHIR HERN, CHASTITY SALAZAR, SUSANNA SANCHEZ, SCOTT ARMSTRONG, AMANDA LEWIS, MELANIE RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH JAK, DANIEL PORTNOY, ROSE PEREZ, RAY CASTILLA, VON KAVANAUGH, AND ERICA VALENZUELA.
AND ALSO, UH, RUSSELL CONSTABLE, WHO ALSO IS RECEIVING THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
ON APRIL 3RD, 2025, PATROL OFFICERS RESPONDED TO WELFARE CHECK AT AN APARTMENT WITH AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. AFTER A FAMILY MEMBER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE CHECKING ON SEVERAL CHILDREN, OFFICERS QUICKLY LOCATED SEVERAL OF THE CHILDREN, BUT WERE UNABLE TO INITIALLY FIND A YOUNG GIRL.
SHE WAS EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED CONFINED INSIDE A DARK BEDROOM CLOSET.
THE CLOSET DOORS HAVE BEEN SECURED FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH THE CHARGING CORD AND HEAVY BOXES PREVENTING HER FROM ESCAPING.
SHE WAS FOUND IN EXTREMELY POOR LIVING CONDITIONS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO DE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT.
MEDICAL STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE CHILD WAS SEVERELY MALNOURISHED AND REQUIRED SPECIAL NUTRITIONAL TREATMENT.
BECAUSE OF THE PROLONGED NATURE OF HER CONDITION.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS BELIEVE THE EXTENDED MALNOURISHMENT COULD RESULT IN PER PERMANENT COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.
THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION RESULTED IN FELONY CHARGES AGAINST THE CHILD'S MOTHER FOR INJURY TO A CHILD WITH SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.
INVESTIGATORS ALSO LEARNED OF ANOTHER DAUGHTER WHO HAD BEEN MISSING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WHOSE WHEREABOUTS REMAIN UNKNOWN.
THAT INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
THIS CASE REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT COORDINATION BETWEEN PATROL OFFICERS, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, INVESTIGATORS, PROSECUTORS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION AND PROTECTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN, AND HOLDING THOSE,
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UH, RESPONSIBLE, ACCOUNTABLE.THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF CASES LIKE THIS CAN ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT FOR PERSONNEL.
THE PEER SUPPORT TEAM QUICKLY STEPPED IN TO ASSIST THE, THOSE INDIVI INVOLVED, HELPING THEM PROCESS THE EVENTS AND CONTINUE THEIR WORK.
THEIR SUPPORT, ALONG WITH THE DEDICATION OF EVERYONE INVOLVED, DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION, AND RESILIENCE REQUIRED TO HANDLE THESE DIFFICULT INVESTIGATIONS.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
DO YOU HAVE CORPORAL MORENO HERE? SOMEBODY FROM THE HENRY ONE HUNDREDS.
WE'LL HAVE ERIC, UH, PASTORAL COME UP.
SENIOR POLICE OFFICER HENRY ONE HUNDREDS FOR THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026, OFFICER PASTOR WAS FIRST TO ARRIVE ON SCENE OF A STRUCTURE FIRE.
HE WAS INFORMED THAT A PERSON WAS TRAPPED INSIDE.
HE DIDN'T HESITATE UNDER CLEARLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BY BREAKING OUT A WINDOW AND PULLED A WOMAN TO SAFETY FROM THE SMOKE FILLED ROOM.
HIS QUICK ACTIONS THAT DAY LIMITED HER INJURIES AND PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN PREVENTING A TRAGIC OUTCOME.
RECOGNIZE HIM BY CORPORAL MELVIN MORENO WITH THE HENRY ONE HUNDREDS.
NO, LIEUTENANT PACIFICOS HERE, RIGHT.
ALFONSO CARDONA WITH A HENRY EIGHT HUNDREDS.
LIVE SAVING AWARD FOR ALFONSO CARDONA.
ON MARCH 19TH, 2026, OFFICER CORDONA RESPONDED TO AN ASSIST EMS CALL.
THE CALL TEXT INDICATED THE FOLLOWING, IPHONE FALL ALERT.
SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND SAYING MALE ISN'T BREATHING, TALKING ABOUT CPR AND NO RESPONSE.
THE ELDERLY MALE FELL OFF HIS BICYCLE AND A BYSTANDER QUICKLY ASSISTED AND PERFORMED.
OFFICER KONA, WITHOUT HESITATION TOOK OVER TSIS IN ADMINISTERING CPR TO THE ELDERLY MALE.
WHILE EMS WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET UP A DEFIBRILLATOR, EMS OBTAINED A PULSE AND STABILIZED A PATIENT, AND THEN THE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED.
DEL THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE PATIENT WAS STILL ALIVE AND CRITICAL, BUT STABLE CONDITION OFFICER KONA'S PROFESSIONALISM SWIFT ACTION WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THE PARAMEDICS.
I JUST CAME UP ON THIS SCREEN.
SAVE THE ELDERLY MALES LIVE EVERY SECOND COUNTS.
AND OFFICER KA PERFORM EXCEPTIONALLY WELL UNDER STRESS EXEMPLIFYING THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO LIFESAVING AWARD.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE, UH, CORPORAL JUSTIN FLANNERY WITH THE ADAM ONE HUNDREDS, OR WE'LL HAVE LIEUTENANT SIO WITH THE ADAM COMMAND.
PLAYING THE ROLE OF, UH, CORPORAL JUSTICE FLANNER TODAY WILL BE ME.
UM, THIS LIFESAVING AWARDS FOR OFFICER EDWARDS, UH, OR CONTRERAS, UM, AND CORPORAL RBA.
UH, THEY'RE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR COURAGEOUS AND DECISIVE ACTIONS DURING A LIFE-THREATENING INCIDENT AT TIM 100 NORTH CAPITAL, TEXAS HIGHWAY, SOUTHBOUND AT A HOTEL, UPON ARRIVING AND ENCOUNTERED A MALE SUBJECT WHO HAD INTENTIONALLY INFLICTED A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT FOREARM AND WAS EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS.
RECOGNIZING THE IMMEDIATE DANGER, BOTH OFFICERS QUICKLY APPLIED TOURNIQUETS AND SUCCESSFULLY CONTROLLED THE BLEEDING.
THEIR CALM, PROFESSIONAL, AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
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STABILIZE THE SUBJECT.ACCORDING TO EMS PERSONNEL, THE SUBJECT WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED WITHOUT THE OFFICER'S INTERVENTION.
THROUGH THEIR QUICK THINKING, COMPOSURE AND COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING LIFE, OFFICER EDWARDS OF CORPORAL R BARTON DIRECTLY PREVENTED A LOSS OF LIFE AND DEMONSTRATED THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE.
THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT STELVIO.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, SERGEANT SCOTT GUNTER WITH THE HENRY SEVEN HUNDREDS, ANOTHER LIFESAVING AWARD.
WELL, AND THESE TWO OFFICERS, UM, OFFICER PEREZ MOLINA IS A CAN DO, WILL DO, UM, GO TO EVERY CALL POSSIBLE, DO ANYTHING, ALWAYS VOLUNTEERING TO, TO WORK, WORK, WORK.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE'LL BE ON TWO LIFESAVING AWARDS FOR HER WORK ETHIC AND DESIRE TO SERVE.
AND, UH, SIR, I MEAN, OFFICER WILLIAM WALLACE, UM, IS TRULY A BRAVE HEART.
UH, HE CAN SMELL AND ARREST FROM THE SUBSTATION AND CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE.
UM, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL SHOW UPS OVER, BUT HE'S, HE WORKS REALLY HARD.
SO THESE ARE GREAT ADDITIONS TO, UH, PATROL IN GENERAL.
UH, JEN'S MOVED ON TO EVENINGS, BUT WE LOVE HAVING 'EM ON NIGHTS, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO SERVE HENRY SECTOR.
ON JUNE 27TH, 2025, AFTER MIDNIGHT, OFFICERS WILLIAM WALLACE AND JENNIFER PEREZ MOLINA RESPONDED TO A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN WHICH THE SOLE OCCUPANT DRIVER STRUCK A LIGHT POLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT MON TOP AND EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
OFFICERS WALLACE AND PEREZ MOLINA QUICKLY ARRIVED, BEGAN ALTERNATING CPR ON THE LIFELESS DRIVER.
AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF CPR, THE DRIVER BEGAN BREATHING BEFORE A FD ARRIVED AND TOOK OVER CARE.
THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO DEL SEAT ER, WHERE HE BEGAN TO WAKE UP AND BEGAN ANSWERING QUESTIONS TO STAFF.
THE DRIVER WAS EVENTUALLY DISCHARGED AND DEL SEAT, ER, DR.
HANZEL, SHE NOTIFIED, SHE NOTED IN HER DOCUMENTATION THAT THEIR EARLY CPR PROVIDED OFFICERS WALLACE AND PEREZ MOLINA MADE THE DRIVER'S SURVIVAL POSSIBLE AND HAS SAVED HIS LIFE SINCE THEN.
OFFICER WALLACE HAS EVEN SEEN, UH, THE DRIVER IN THE COMMUNITY WALKING AROUND.
EH, ON THE PAPER THAT, JESS, YOU COULD GO BACK TO GO IF YOU WANT.
SO SHE'S GONNA GET A TWO PEAK.
I BRAG ON JEN, IF I COULD BRAG ON RYAN.
RYAN'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD BECAUSE, UM, AS A, UH, DWI, UH, DRE WE CALL IT NOW, UH, HE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO UNIT, UH, YOU WOULD THINK THERE IS A FULL-TIME UNIT, AND HE TAKES IT TO HEART THAT REGARDLESS OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, EVERY NIGHT, HE HAD FOUR DWIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO IN THIS ONE NIGHT.
UH, AND SO HE IS RELENTLESS ON THAT SIDE, BUT ALSO IN EVERYTHING ELSE HE'S RUNNING TO THE SCENE TO DO WHATEVER HE CAN DO ON EVERY PATROL CAR.
SO, RYAN'S A GREAT ASSET, AS I MENTIONED ABOUT JEN, THE SAME ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025, AFTER 11:00 PM OFFICERS, RYAN SEVERN AND JENNIFER PEREZ MOLINA RESPONDED TO A SHOOT STAB CALL FOR SERVICE, IN WHICH THE FOOD TRUCK EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN CUT IN THE ARM BY AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS.
OFFICER SEVEN QUICKLY ARRIVED, APPLIED A TOURNIQUET BEFORE BOTH HE AND OFFICER PEREZ MOLINA PACKED THE WOUND APPLIED PRESSURE ELEVATED HIS ARM TO STOP THE BLEEDING.
OFFICER PEREZ MOLINA ADDITIONALLY PROVIDED ESSENTIAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE VICTIM IN SPANISH, FACILITATING IMPORTANT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN ER DOCTOR NOTED THAT THERE WAS A 17 MINUTE DELAY.
IN THE ARRIVAL OF EMS, WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE.
THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE ESSENTIAL SWIFT ACTIONS OF OFFICER SEVERN AND PEREZ MOLINA IN PREVENTING THE VICTIM'S MASSIVE BLOOD LOSS AND ULTIMATELY LOSS OF LIFE.
IF I COULD JUST ADD, UH, CORPORAL NONWEILER WAS THERE.
HE WAS LITERALLY JUST DRIVING BY, STOPPED TO HELP, AND ALL HE DID.
AND SO, UH, I, HE, HE DESERVES SOME, UH, GRATITUDE AS WELL FOR ALL, FOR STOPPING BY.
BUT THANK YOU, RYAN AND JEN, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
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THE NEXT WE'LL HAVE, UH, COMMANDER ZACH LAHOOD WITH, UH, IDA.IT IS MY, UH, IT IS MY HONOR TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER ZACHARY PORTERFIELD FOR A LIFESAVING AWARD.
ON MAY 30TH, 2026, OFFICER PORTERFIELD RESPONDED TO AN UNCONSCIOUS EMPLOYEE AT KNUCKLEHEADS TOBACCO, WHO SHOWED CLEAR SIGNS OF LIFE-THREATENING OPIOID OVERDOSE, INCLUDING BLUE SCRAP SKIN, AGONAL BREATHING, AND A FAINT PULSE.
OFFICER PORTERFIELD IMMEDIATELY ADMINISTERED NARCAN AND PERFORMED CPR FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES, AVERAGING 120 CHEST COMPRESSIONS PER MINUTE.
UNTIL EMS ARRIVED, THE EMPLOYEE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, OH, I'M SORRY.
THE EMPLOYEE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS SHORTLY AFTER.
AND EEM, A-M-E-M-S AND A FD TOOK OVER AND WAS LATER HOSPITALIZED FOR FOUR DAYS.
MEDICAL STAFF BELIEVED THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A FENTANYL OVERDOSE, AND STATED THAT OFFICER PORTERFIELD'S CPR COMBINED WITH NARCAN CONTRIBUTED TO SAVING HIS LIFE.
WHEN INTERVIEWED SEVERAL DAYS LATER, THE EMPLOYEE EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO OFFICER PORTERFIELD.
FOR HIS QUICK THINKING, DECISIVE ACTIONS AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, OFFICER PORTERFIELD WAS PROUDLY NOMINATE FOR THE A PD LIFESAVING AWARD.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE AUSTIN SAXTON, AND WE HAVE, UH, COMMANDER REED.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO READ THIS NOMINATION FOR OFFICER SAXTON WRITTEN BY CORPORAL ASHE, UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT.
SO ON MAY 3RD, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:43 AM OFFICER SAXON RESPONDED TO A SHOOT STAB CALL AT A NORTH CENTRAL APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH A FEMALE VICTIM STABBED TO THE UPPER BACK LEFT OF HER BODY BY A HOUSEHOLD KITCHEN KNIFE.
THE INCIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NATURE.
OFFICER SAXTON OBSERVING THE INJURY ON THE FEMALE VICTIM RECOGNIZED SIGNS OF THE INJURY, BLEEDING TO THE VICTIM'S LUNG AND TO THE, AND THE SEVERITY OF THIS TYPE OF INJURY.
OFFICER SAXTON WAS QUICK IN HIS ACTION TO APPLY A CHEST SEAL TO THE VICTIM TO PROVIDE LIFESAVING MEASURES.
OFFICER SAXTON CONTINUED MONITORING OF THE VICTIM'S CONDITION AND HANDLING THE VICTIM AND HANDED THE VICTIM OFF TO EMS PERSONNEL.
EXPEDITIOUSLY, I'VE OBSERVED OFFICER SAXTON CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENT MEDICAL TREATMENT KNOWLEDGE AND PROFICIENCY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
OFFICER SAXTON WAS FURTHER RECOGNIZED FOR HIS MEDICAL TREATMENT RESPONSE BY DEL SETON'S TRAUMA SURGEON.
OFFICER SAXTON IS WELL DESERVED TO EARN THIS LIFE-SAVING MEDAL HONOR CORPORAL CHRISTOPHER ASH.
NEXT WE HAVE A MEDAL OF VALOR.
THIS IS SERGEANT VANLANDINGHAM HERE.
OKAY, WE'LL HAVE OFFICER, UH, BRADBURN AND OSTRANDER COME UP.
UH, DPS TROOPER AND SENIOR POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL BRADBURN.
ON AUGUST 8TH, 2022, OFFICER BRADBURN BRADBURN CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A MOTORCYCLIST.
AND DURING THE PURSUIT, OFFICER BRADBURN OBSERVED WHAT HE, THAT HE WAS ARMED AND REPEATEDLY ORDERED HIM TO DROP THE FIREARM.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TROOPER AUSTIN OAND RESPONDED TO ASSIST AFTER HEARING A PURSUIT OVER THE RADIO.
THE INCIDENT ESCALATED WHEN THE SUSPECT ENTERED AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, POINTED A FIREARM AT THE DRIVER AND FORCED THE DRIVER TO LEAVE THE SCENE, CREATING IMMEDIATE THREAT TO AN INNOCENT CIVILIAN.
RECOGNIZING THE IMMINENT DANGER.
OFFICER BRAD BORN AND TROOPER ODER DISCHARGED THEIR FIREARMS, STOPPING THE AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING AND PREVENTING POTENTIAL SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH TO THE DRIVER.
OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY SECURED THE SUSPECT RENDERED LIFESAVING AID AND ENSURED THE VICTIM WAS SAFE, SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE HARM FROM SERGEANT CHRIS BAIN LANDINGHAM IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
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I THINK THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE COLLABORATION WE HAVE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, TOO, WITH ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ON HOW CLOSELY WE WORK TOGETHER ON THESE TYPE OF INCIDENTS.SO, UH, GREAT HIGHLIGHT AND NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR RETIREMENT HONOREES.
IF THEY'RE HERE, WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM TO COME FORWARD AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, DUSTIN ALVIS WITH OUR POLICE DETECTIVE.
HE'S GUN CRIME INTELLIGENCE UNIT.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK ALONGSIDE A DUSTIN AND THE CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE UNIT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
AFTER HONORABLY SERVING THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOR OVER 24 YEARS, FROM SERGEANT JONATHAN RILEY WITH THE GUN AND CRIME INTELLIGENCE UNIT.
FRANK CREESE, SENIOR POLICE OFFICER, NORTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES.
AS HE COMES UP, I'LL READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OFFICER FRANK CREE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
AFTER 36 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN AIRPORT POLICE, AND AUSTIN PARK POLICE, HOSPITAL POLICE, YOU SERVE WITH PROFESSIONALISM, LEADERSHIP, AND A HEART.
AS AN OFFICER, SERGEANT AND A LIEUTENANT, YOUR STEADY PROBLEM SOLVING MINDSET AND GENUINE EFFORT TO IMPROVE SITUATIONS AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS HAVE LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON THOSE AROUND YOU.
YOU'LL BE MISSED, AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER.
FROM LIEUTENANT DARRYL BONE, EDWARD DAYS, I'M GONNA LET YOU SAY A FEW WORDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY 36 YEARS IS A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL RIDE.
UH, STARTING AT THE HOSPITAL BACK IN 1990, WHEN BRACK, THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING CAME.
UH, THEN HAVING TO GO TO PARKS AND THEN AIRPORT, AND THEN BACK TO A PD WORKING IDA PATROL FOR SIX YEARS.
I CAME FROM A, AS A LIEUTENANT FROM P UH, PSM, BACK TO A PATROL OFFICER, AND WENT BACK TO WORK IN PATROL FOR SIX YEARS.
THERE WAS SOME GOOD TIMES, AND THEN THE DRS WAS A KIND OF CAPPED IT OFF, BUT IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL CAREER IN THE THREE, SIX YEARS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND SERVING THE PEOPLE.
AND BEST OF PART OF IT IS ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND HERE I GOT TO WORK WITH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE, THE BEST PART OF IT.
WAS THIS THE PICTURE THAT YOU CHOSE? NO.
WE, WE CAN TAKE THE TIME TO PULL IT UP AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE.
UH, SO CHRISTINA DIVIN, AFTER A QUARTER CENTURY WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIEUTENANT CHRISTINA DIVIN, HAS EARNED HER RETIREMENT.
SHE'S THE EPITOME OF PROFESSIONALISM AND HARD WORK.
NO TASK WAS EVER TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL FOR LIEUTENANT DIVIN.
HER TIRELESS WORK ETHIC AND DEDICATION WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN RETIREMENT.
I, UH, WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS PHOTO CAME THE DAY AFTER SHE RETIRED.
SHE SENT ME A MESSAGE SAYING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GET FAIRY FAIRY HAIR, I THINK.
AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE HUMOROUS THAT THE PERSON THAT FOUGHT SO HARD FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM, NO PINK HAIR, NO PINK NAILS, NO PINK HANDCUFFS, NO ANYTHING WOULD SEND ME THAT PICTURE THE DAY AFTER RETIREMENT.
SO I CAN TELL THAT YOU WERE ENJOYING IT.
WELL, I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU AT A LOSS FOR WORDS TALKING UNDER A OFFICIAL LOSS.
I KNOW, UH, CHRIS COULDN'T JOIN US TONIGHT, BUT THIS IS AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS WELL.
UH, OFFICER CHRIS FRIERSON, SENIOR POLICE OFFICER WITH ADAM ONE HUNDREDS.
I WANNA THANK OFFICER FRIERSON FOR EXEM EXEMPLARY CAREER WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, CONTINUALLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND SETTING A STRONG EXAMPLE.
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AND HIS DEDICATION, HE HAS BEEN A THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT EVERY OFFICER SHOULD STRIVE TO BE.CONGRATULATIONS ON 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AND ENJOY YOUR WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT.
FROM S SERGEANT BRIAN PRUS WITH THE ADAM ONE HUNDREDS.
ALBERTO WITH US SENIOR POLICE OFFICER AIRPORT, TWO HUNDREDS.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE WHILE AT THE DEPARTMENT.
LIEUTENANT IRV WILLIAMS, THE MAN OF MANY WORDS AT THE AIRPORT.
AND WE HAVE MELBY MELBY ERTA FOR VICTIM SERVICES, SUPERVISOR AND VICTIM SERVICES.
KACHINA, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TRA WHERE'S TRACY? I DIDN'T SEE HER.
TRACY MORRIS WITH THE VICTIM SERVICES MANAGER.
IT'S MAN MIGHT HAVE WALKED IN LATE.
UH, MELBY HAS DEVOTED 26 YEARS TO PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE CRISIS RESPONSE AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF CRIME IN AUSTIN.
THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, SHE HAS HELPED SHAPE AND STRENGTHEN THE VICTIM SERVICES DIVISION THROUGH HER DEDICATION, EXPERIENCE, A COMMITMENT TO THOSE WE SERVE.
DEEPLY RESPECTED BY HER COLLEAGUES.
MELBY HAS BEEN A TRUSTED SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT.
HER IMPACT ON THE DIVISION, AND THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK ALONGSIDE HER WILL LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY.
FOR 26 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO VICTIM SERVICES, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
YOUR COMPASSION AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO VICTIMS WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT AND BEST WISHES FOR THIS NEXT CHAPTER.
I WOULD ADD MELBY ALSO, UM, PERCEIVED A PROMOTION TWO MONTHS AGO TO THE VICTIM SERVICES SUPERVISOR POSITION.
SO WE HAD TO PICK BETWEEN THE TWO, OR SHE WOULD'VE ALSO BEEN, UH, RECOGNIZED TWICE TONIGHT.
YOU WOULD KNOW IF BILLY WAS HERE.
WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE TO HONOR BILLY HURST, A POLICE SERGEANT WITH A REST REVIEW.
EVERYONE KNOWS BILLY, YOU RARELY NEED EVEN NEED TO SAY HI.
HE'S ONE OF THE MOST DEPENDABLE PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET, ALWAYS READY TO HELP OTHERS.
WHETHER THEY ASK OR NOT, USUALLY THEY DON'T ASK.
ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE MOMENTS OF HIS CAREER WAS HIS LEADERSHIP DURING THE ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE TO ADAM SECTOR, WHEN HE PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY PURCHASED BODY CAMERA, CAPTURED A SUSPECT, POINTING AN AR 15 DIRECTLY AT HIM BEFORE FLEEING THAT FOOTAGE HELPED DEMONSTRATE THE REALITIES OFFICERS FACE, AND I BELIEVE SIGNIFICANTLY ACCELERATED A'S ADOPTION OF BODY CAMERAS.
BILLY HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT.
HE'LL BE GREATLY MISSED FROM LIEUTENANT BOB SMITH, THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION, SPECIAL VICTIMS INVESTIGATIONS.
BILLY RICHARD MILLER, SENIOR POLICE OFFICER ADAM, UH, AIRPORT.
FIVE HUNDREDS, AGAIN FROM LIEUTENANT IRV WILLIAMS. SO ELOQUENTLY PUT, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU.
YOU MADE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SACRIFICES BY LEAVING EARLY.
SO ANOTHER COULD STAY AT THE AIRPORT THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
LIEUTENANT IRV WILLIAMS SPEC OPS AIRPORT AND DETECTIVE ROBERT MITCHELL IN BURGLARY.
DID YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? WE CAN GO BACK.
ROBERT MITCHELL, DETECTIVE IN BURGLARY.
DETECTIVE ROBERT MITCHELL IS TRULY MISSED AROUND THE OFFICE.
HIS UNIQUE WAY OF MOTIVATING OTHERS IN THE UNIT WAS COMICAL IN COM, IN THE COM WAS COMICAL AND EFFECTIVE.
HE DID GREAT WORK IN THE UNIT AND CONSISTENTLY LED THE UNIT IN WARRANTS WE WISH HIM A LONG AND HEALTHY RETIREMENT OUT ON HIS FISHING BOAT FROM SERGEANT EVA, COMMERCIAL BURGLARY.
CONGRATULATIONS, CINDY CYNTHIA PENA, ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST WITH A MISSING PERSONS UNIT.
CINDY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE, YOU'VE GIVEN OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS.
WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THIS NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU'VE TRULY EARNED THIS RETIREMENT, AND I HOPE IT'S FILLED WITH HAPPINESS, RELAXATION, ADVENTURE, AND TIME TO ENJOY THE THINGS YOU LOVE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, YOU WILL DEEPLY BE MISSED.
MICHELLE MCCUNE, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR.
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LASTLY, I'LL UH, TURN IT OVER TO EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF LEE ROGERS AGAIN FOR SOME CLOSING REMARKS.AGAIN, THANK YOU TO, UH, TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.
IT'S, UH, IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A, UH, SUCH A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD COMING TO THESE.
IT'S GREAT TO, UH, BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND ALL THAT OUR RETIREES HAVE DONE.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED AND GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD SO MANY RETIREES THAT CAME TONIGHT SO THAT WE COULD CELEBRATE THEM AND REMIND THEM OF HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS.
SO, AGAIN, TO OUR RETIREES, THANK YOU, UH, ONE LAST TIME.
BUT I'M ALSO DELIGHTED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH ALL OF THESE OTHER SERVICE MILESTONES.
IT JUST LETS US KNOW THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME, WE WILL CONTINUE, UH, TO HAVE THE GREAT WORK THAT, THAT YOU SHOWCASE.
THANK YOU TO THE FAMILIES FOR COMING OUT.
AGAIN, I, I CAN'T THANK THE FAMILIES ENOUGH FOR SHARING YOUR LOVED ONES WITH US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND WE HOPE THAT AN EVENING LIKE THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OF SAYING THANK YOU TO YOU, THE FAMILIES, FOR WHAT YOU SHARE WITH US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
BECAUSE WE DO APPRECIATE AND LOVE, UH, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS 'CAUSE THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL.
WE WANT TO THANK, UH, OBVIOUSLY CHIEF DAVIS, THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, LEE ROGERS, MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, THE A PD AWARDS COMMITTEE, WHO MAKES ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
UH, OUR PIPES AND DRUM, SENIOR CHAPLAIN CRAYOLA BURNS FOR OUR OPENING, UH, PRAYERS AND REMARKS, UH, A TXN FOR BROADCASTING THIS AND OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION TEAM FOR GETTING THINGS OUT.
A PD HR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, A PD AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS PLANNING TEAM, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, ALL THE INDIVIDUALS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO DUBLIN COLLINS, OUR AWESOME COLLEGE INTERN WHO HELPED PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S A BIG TASK, UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE FOLKS THE RIGHT WAY.
SO THANKS TO ALL THEM FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.
REMINDER, IF YOU'RE WITH FAMILY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS UP HERE AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS IN THE BACK.
IF YOUR INDIVIDUALS WERE NOT HERE TONIGHT, PLEASE PICK THOSE UP SO YOU CAN TAKE 'EM BACK AND, UH, DISPLAY THEM APPROPRIATELY AND ENJOY THE, UH, REFRESHMENTS WE HAVE OUT BACK SAFE TO DATE.
OUR NEXT, UH, QUARTERLY AWARDS WILL BE, UH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH FROM ONE 30 TO THREE 30.
SO THANK YOU AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.