The annual Columbia Police Department Employee Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center from 6 – 8 p.m. More than 100 awards were received during the ceremony, with staff and citizens earning recognition for their outstanding service.
2017 CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR
Donald Bonaparte
2017 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Aaron C. Brown
2017 OFFICER OF THE YEAR
Eric J. Walker
2017 OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AWARD
Bob Brandi
Jamie Patterson
Kassy Alia
Sabrina Odom
McDonnell and Associates, PA
2017 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AWARD
Edgewood | Read Street Community Improvement Cooperative Council
Allen Benedict Court Community
Celia Saxon Community
Jaggers Plaza Community
Jones McDonald Community
T.S. Martin Community
Trezevant Community
2017 PARTNER AGENCY AWARD
Beth Drake, interim U.S. Attorney for the District of SC
Frank O’Neal, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Todd Hughey, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
2017 CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Carl W. Payne
2017 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Christopher M. Morris
2017 GOOD CONDUCT AWARD
John L. Grant
Jonnise L. Pierce
Markilo Q. Anderson
Sharon D. Robinson
Westley G. Fitch
2017 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dana L. Oree
Felicia Prince-Heath
George A. Drafts
Jennifer Jordan
Martin Ring
Mike Hemlepp, Jr.
2017 CHIEF’s AWARD
Chris M. Segars
City of Columbia Information Technology Department
Esseabasi S. Etim
2017 MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
George A. Key
Aldonyia L. Brooks
Alvie R. Vereen, III
Anthony B. Viehweg
Antonio D. Anderson
Ashley R. Hardesty
Benjamin D. Arrowood
Brittney A. Williams
Bryant L. Ham
Caleb A. Hubbard
Carl B. Wilhelm
Chad Walker
Cynthia J. Waggoner
Darren R. Robinson
Darring Hicks
Derrick A. Thornton
Dustin A. Williams
Gabriel P. Starcher
Harry F. Delage, III
James A. Fisher, III
Jason J. Davidson
Jeffrey A. Kraft
Jeremy D. Dhooghe
Johnathan A. Brayboy
Joseph M. Dwyer
Justin M. Seay
Magan Beattie
Mason L. Frier
Nicholas A. Gunter
Nicholas Q. Sexton
Rafael Douglas
Robert C. Calby
Shaun E. McDonald
Tacauma K. Lettsome
Timothy A. Carpenter
Torrey M. Smalls
Wilbert Jones, Jr.
William L. Wells
William N. Beattie
2017 LIFESAVING AWARD
Alec K. Maurer
Anthony B. Viehweg
Ashley N. Johnson
Benjamin D. Arrowood
Carl S. Brown
Christopher Flitter
Joseph J. Czeladko
Preston D. Avery
Richard M. Corley
Stevi Price
Trevor W. Heustess
Bruce C. Garrick
Justin M. Boyd
2017 RETIREE AWARD
Albert L. Frederick
Barbara L. Coleman
Jeffrey D. Dickey
Jennifer L. Meador
Jimmy Reed
John S. White, Jr
Mark A. Griggs
Martin J. Folding
Mary E. Holmes
Tammie L. Davis-Moore
Thomas E. Chance
2017 PERSEVERANCE AWARD
Arthur Thomas
Chauncey B. Duckett
Emmit D. Gilliam
George Potash
George R. Smith, II
George Simpson
George Wise, Jr.
Kimberly D. Wise – Lewis
Matthew D. McCoy
Nicholas A. Fortner
Nicholas Scott
Robert M. Henry
Valeria Moorer
Wayne Montgomery
William R. Hilton
Zachary J. Jackson
