Who is your Public Safety Champion?

The 2010 DeKalb Public Safety Champion Awards honor police officers and community members who have a positive impact on public safety.

Co-sponsored by the DeKalb Police Alliance and The Champion Newspaper, the winners will be recognized at the 4th Annual Police Officers Ball on October 30th at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia Hotel.

2010 Public Safety Champion Awards Nominees:

Police Officers:

·         Captain Myron Logan, DKPD

·         Education Specialist Janean Hightower, DKPD

·         Lt. Greg Ivanov, DKPD

·         Major Lionel Higdon, Commander Center Precinct

·         Master Animal Control Officer KD Hearst

·         Officer Glen Jefferson, Lithonia PD

·         Lt. Oliver Fladrich, Dunwoody PD

·         Chief John King, City of Doraville

·         Officer William “Rusty” Furman, Dunwoody PD

·         Officer Christopher Mack, DKPD

·         Officer A.T. Watts, DKPD

·         Lt. KT Hunter, DKPD, Tucker Precinct

·         Officer JA Obester, DKPD Headquarters

·         Deputy Clyburn Halley, Jr., DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office

·         Sgt. Larry Williams, Lithonia PD

·         Officer Daryl Yarbro, DKPD, North Precinct

·         Chief Tony Scipio, Clarkston PD

·         Officer Kenneth W. Sapp, DKPD

·         Officer Richard LePage, Jr., DKPD, East Precinct

·         Sgt. Roy Peeler, DKPD, East Precinct

·         Corporal Paul Conroy, Avondale Estates PD

·         Beth Burgess, DEMA

·         Sgt. Nicole Hines, East Precinct

Community Members and Organizations

♦Grant Knox, Volunteer Center Precinct

♦DeKalb County Traffic Engineering Division

♦Solicitor General Robert James

♦Jerry Cullen & James Floyd, Northwoods Neighborhood Watch Program (NWP)

♦DeKalb Officers Speak

♦Orrin Hudson, Be Someone, Inc.

♦Joscelyn O’Neil, Greater Towers Community

♦Joe Arrington, Les Chateaux Community

♦Joan & Arnold Kurth, North Briarcliff Civic Association NWP

♦Charlotte Booth and Wanda Moore, Henderson Estates NWP

♦Kru Olsen, Embry Hills NWP