During the evening of January 12, 2018, the Sahuarita Police Department (SPD) held its 3rd Annual Awards Ceremony at the Rancho Resort Clubhouse, 15900 Rancho Resort Blvd. In attendance were Sahuarita Mayor Tom Murphy and Council Members Duane Blumberg, Bill Bracco, and Kara Egbert.
The SPD recognized the efforts and quality work done by employees during 2017. Employees were presented with service pins noting career accomplishments related to special assignments or collateral duties. Additionally, listed below are those employees who received end of year awards in various categories.
- Leadership Award: Matt McGlone and Sgt. Juan Zamora.
- Lifesaving Award: Kaleb Allred.
- Employee of the Year Award: Holly Graves
- Chief’s Citation Award: Police Records Supervisor Julie Rosales
- Meritorious Award: Sam Almodova, Officer Tom Johnston, O&M Administrator Patti Kerr,
Lt. Matt McGlone, Cpl. Aaron Medina, Sgt. Carlos Navarrete, Officer Kelsey Santos, Cpl. James Velasquez, Officer Jesse Villanueva, and Sgt. Juan Zamora.
Lifesaving: During 2017, Commander Allred conducted a lifesaving Heimlich maneuver multiple times on a male who was choking to death in a local restaurant. The victim was unable to breath, collapsed, and had turned blue. He applied the maneuver four times, twice while having to support the full weight of the victim. These actions saved the man’s life.
Employee of the Year: Officer Holly Graves was selected by her peers and managers as Employee of the Year in recognition of her superior work and work ethic associated with her regular duties and a variety of projects and programs. Officer Graves assisted in patrol, training, management and development of grants, initiation of the SPD Body Worn Camera program, coordinated and participated in the Department’s first ever Tip A Cop event to Benefit Special Olympics, identified a quality system to track all department training, assisted staff in the records bureau for several weeks, responded to multiple emergency incidents while on her regularly scheduled time off, and worked as part of a project team updating the Department website and social media efforts.
Chief’s Citation: Police Records Supervisor Julie Rosales was presented with this award because of her overall work performance and superior work ethic. During 2017, Supervisor Rosales worked on several projects and programs, along with her regular duties. Supervisor Rosales made important advancements in the further development of Lexipol policies, Nixle to assist with public communication, has taught civilian and sworn staff in multiple areas such as, but not limited to, Spillman, State, and National Law Enforcement databases, and the new Spillman Report Writing Module. Supervisor Rosales made significant progress in SPD forms development by developing, updating, and creating multiple forms that assist employees, police reporting, and the public. In yet another area that will help with making the SPD more efficient and effective, Supervisor Rosales identified and initiated a software system to help produce Digital Training Bulletins that will greatly assist in the training of employees while maintaining an official record of the training.