Earlier this month I blogged about Constable Butt, one of the recipients of the Police Officer of the Month Award.
In the lead up to the Police Officer of the Year awards at the Toronto Board of Trade next week, I want to provide you with some background on the awards.
The Police Officer of the Month and Year Awards were initiated in 1967 by the Toronto Board of Trade young professionals. The purpose of the awards is to recognize officers of the Toronto Police Service who have made significant contributions to making Toronto one of the safest cities in the world.
Each month, nominations to the program are initiated through the Awards Co-ordinator, Professional Standards Unit. A panel of judges comprised of members of the Toronto media and a young professional from the Board of Trade evaluate the nominations on an individual basis. Each judge ranks the nominations and then submits his/her recommendation back to the Awards Co-ordinator in the Professional Standards Unit, who gathers the results and determines the recipients of the Police Officer of the Month Award.
The nominees are judged according to the following criteria:
1. Bravery
2. Humanitarianism
3. Superior Investigative Work, and
4. Outstanding Police Skills.
The monthly winners are then re-evaluated by the same panel of judges and one individual is chosen to receive the Police Officer of the Year Award.
Here is the list of winners for 2007:
JANUARY
Sgt. COXON, Shawna (7551)
Diversity Management Unit
FEBRUARY
PC GILBERT, Ronald (6384)
Mounted Unit
PC McCARTHY, Kristopher (7519)
Mounted Unit
PC STAVRAKIS, Michael (99666)
Mounted Unit
MARCH
PC BUTT, Amir (9210)
31 Division
APRIL
D/Sgt. BOTT, Bryan (6653)
43 Division
PC SMITH, Hunter (5153)
32 Division
MAY
Sgt. RAMJATTAN, Rick (2360)
31 Division
JUNE
PC INGLEY, Paul (9065)
55 Division
PC HALL, John (4589)
55 Division
JULY
PC LINDLEY, Keith (8257)
Public Safety & Emergency Mgt.
AUGUST
PC FUJINO, Alan (4658)
33 Division
SEPTEMBER
Det. WHITE, Paul (2208)
14 Division
PC GREAVETTE, James (7095)
52 Division
OCTOBER
PC MacINNIS, Matthew (65662)
54 Division
PC WOJTKIEWICZ, Victor (8706)
54 Division
NOVEMBER
S/Insp. FERNANDES, Cyril (6807)
Forensic Identification Services
D/Sgt. KEYS, Roger (3691)
55 Division
Sgt. NOLAN, David (1904)
55 Division
DECEMBER
PC TAN, Mark (8954)
42 Division
PC ANDERSON, Jennifer (9237)
42 Division
PC HILLIER, Frederick (8929)
42 Division
PC MORRISON, Trevor (8904)
42 Division
