Crime & Safety

Bellevue PD Honors Officers And Citizens At Awards Ceremony Today

Twenty five awards will be presented at ceremony this afternoon

A total of 25 people are being recognized for outstanding work and valor at an award ceremony at 3 p.m. this afternoon, May 11, at Council Chambers, 450 110th Avenue N.E., Bellevue. 

The awards will include recognition of police employees of the Year; police lifesaving awards; twenty-five and thirty year service awards; civilian law enforcement merit awards; and commander awards for outstanding police work..

The following people will be recognized at the ceremony:

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Police Employees of the Year 2010 Recognition

Officer Craig Hanaumi  - Officer of the Year

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Police Support Specialist Bill Hawkins  - Staff Support Employee of the Year 

30 year Service Award                            25 year Service Award

Major Todd Simonton                                               Captain Jerry Litzau   

Captain Bill Bryant                                                     Captain Steve Lynch

Lieutenant Mark Lewis                                              Officer Kurt Rasco

Corporal Thurman Chinn

Civilian Awards

Several citizens assisted with the successful use of CPR or an AED (automatic external defibrillator, a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias):

Aaron Aiu                             

Jorge Herrera-Huerta             

Maureen McDermott             

William Clarke

Alexis Werth

Leslie Jaynes

 

Husband and wife team who assisted investigators with solving several burglaries:

Mingying Duan                      

Zhiqiang Zhang                      

Police Lifesaving Award

Officer Andy Hanke  -  successful use of AED in saving a local man’s life

Officer Thomas Moriarty -  successful use of AED in saving a local Bellevue School District employee

Corporal Andrew Popochock and  Officer Brenda Johnson - both assisted in a lifesaving AED application

Officer Jacob Bement - prevented a male from jumping off an I-405 overpass

Officer Craig Hanaumi - assisted in CPR that helped save a local citizen

Corporal Jason McElyea and Officer Scott Montgomery - both prevented a female from jumping off an I-405 overpass

Commanders Award           

Officer Bryan Hershberger - for exemplary performance with SWAT

Police Systems Manager Marnie Annin - for new technology systems implementation

CONTACT:    Officer Carla Iafrate, Police Public Information Officer, ciafrate@bellevuewa.gov, 425-452-4129 

--Information from Bellevue Police Department

 


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