Milestone: Footprint group picks 2019 Officer of the Year winners
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Chapter 74 of the International Footprint Association recognized 13 Officers of the Year from public safety agencies within Clallam County at their recent 12th-annual Officer of the Year Program.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters were nominated by their host agencies and recognized at the awards dinner at Sequim Elks Lodge.
Pictured are agency representatives (back row, from left) PenCom Communications Supervisor Susan Craig; Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict; Sequim Police Department Sgt. Sean Madison; Port Angeles Police Department Chief Brian Smith; Washington State Patrol Trooper Chelsea Hodgson; Chapter 74 Footprinter President George Eims; Clallam County Fire District 2 Chief Sam Phillips; Clallam County Fire District 3 Assistant Chief Dan Orr; Clallam County Fire District 4 Chief Gregory Waters and U.S. Border Patrol Agent in Charge Corey Lindsay, with honorees (front row, from left) PenCom Communications Officer Kyle Wagner; Sylvia Orth, Clallam County Sheriff’s Office records specialist; Sequim Police Specialist Josh Rees; Sean Ryan, Port Angeles Police Department officer; Washington State Patrol Trooper Jamieson T. Hodgson; Trisha Tisdal, Clallam County Fire District 2 EMT; Travis Anderson, Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighter/EMT; Lt. David S. Benzick of Clallam County Fire District 4, and U.S. Border Patrol Agent Douglas W. Kuperus.
The Footprinters also recognized CCFD2 Retired Assistant Chief Mike DeRousie and soon-to-retire Chief Sam Phillips for their years of service to the community.
Not present were: Danial Flint, Elwha Klallam Police Department Fish and Wildlife corporal; Clallam Bay Corrections Officer Randy Simonsen, and Andrew Lyon, Port Angeles Fire Department volunteer firefighter/EMT and U.S. Coast Guard chief machinery technician.
