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Deputy Teresa VanDorpe of Eaton County DSA

2021 P.O. of the Year: Deputy Theresa VanDorpe

September 3, 2021

In the early morning hours on July 14, 2020, around 6:45 a.m. in the Quality Dairy Store in Eaton County, a 77-year-old male was tragically and critically stabbed by a man who refused to put on a mask...

2021 P.O. of the Year: Corporal Renae Peterson, Lieutenant Dan Clanton, & Officer Seth Gonyea

September 3, 2021

In the late afternoon of May 24, 2020, a carjacking was reported in the 200 block of Winchester Street in Monroe. Later, Central Dispatch advised Monroe Officers that the vehicle was seen disabled at ...

Washtenaw County Deputy Sheriffs Association Group photo

2021 P.O. of the Year: Washtenaw County DSA/COA

September 3, 2021

On September 16, 2020 midday, Washtenaw County Central Dispatcher Denise Raich received a call from an anxious neighbor reporting that shots were coming from his neighbor’s home and that he had sust...

Midland City POA's Charles Brown and Tyler Hollingsworth

2021 P.O. of the Year: Officers Charles Brown & Tyler Hollingsworth

September 3, 2021

On December 24, 2020, Christmas Eve, a tragedy occurred. A domestic assault was reported at a residence in the 1500 block of West Union Street in the city of Midland. Officers Charles Brown and Tyler ...

Isabella County DSA's Deputy Todd Graham and Deputy Thomas Szidik

2021 P.O. of the Year: Deputy Todd Graham and Deputy Thomas Szidik

September 3, 2021

During the late evening of November 15, 2020, many law enforcement units, including the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department, responded to an armed robbery alert that had just happened at a Speedway...

Dearborn Heights Police Department - Officers received POAM Police Officer of the Year awards

2021 P.O. of the Year: Officers from the Dearborn Heights Police Department

September 3, 2021

On the summer afternoon of August 29, 2020, the Dearborn Heights Police Department responded to a call to investigate an armed gunman at the Cherry Hill Apartments. The Department was informed by the ...

Deputy Angela Susan Miles of Houghton County DSA

2021 P.O. of the Year: Deputy Angela Susan Miles

September 3, 2021

On April 12, 2021, just after 9 p.m., shots were fired from a residence on West 21st Street in Hubbell. The caller, who was the resident of the home, said he heard the suspect shoot off four rounds wi...

Calhoun County DSA Corporals Brenton King and Jennifer Jackson

2021 P.O. of the Year: Corporals Jennifer Jackson and Brenton King

September 3, 2021

On September 27, 2020, the Dearborn Police Department was contacted by a female resident at an apartment complex on Park Street, stating that a male had a knife to her neck. Officers were immediately ...

2021 P.O. of the Year: Deputy Suleiman Sumbal

September 2, 2021

On July 11, 2020, Calhoun County Sheriff Department Deputy Suleiman Sumbal was requested to assist a Marshall City Police Department Sergeant to serve a mental health pickup order to a suspected menta...

Calhoun County DSA Officer Brandon Hatch

2021 P.O. of the Year: Deputy Brandon Hatch

September 2, 2021

Just after midnight on September 5, 2020, Battle Creek Police Officers engaged in a vehicle pursuit. The driver had been swerving in and out of traffic and driving erratically before the chase began. ...

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