On Friday, March 4, 2022, Chief Garcia and staff joined City of Lakeland, FL – Government executive staff and City Commissioners in honoring LakelandPD members who went above and beyond their normal duties in 2021. The following awards were bestowed:
OFFICERS OF THE YEAR
OFFICER BRENT BEHRENS
OFFICER EMILY SUTTLE
DETECTIVE OF THE YEAR
DETECTIVE DAVID WATERMAN
CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR
TIFFANY STILWELL
CHIEF’S AWARDS
CHARLES DORMER
TRACY GRICE
MEDAL OF VALOR AWARD
OFFICER BRENT BEHRENS
LIFESAVING MEDAL
OFFICER HIRAM CUEVAS
SERGEANT JOSHUA SCHECKER
OFFICER JAKE OGDEN
OFFICER EARL FERNANDEZ
OFFICER ALEXANDAR ĆORALIĆ
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
OFFICER ROBERT “CODY” VAUGHN
OFFICER FREDRICK LEWIS
OFFICER OSCAR WESLEY
TIFFANY STILWELL
DETECTIVE DAVID WATERMAN
OFFICER EMILY SUTTLE
SERGEANT MICHAEL FULLER
OFFICER MELANIE SULLIVAN
OFFICER NATHAN SMITH
OFFICER BRENTON HALSTEAD
OFFICER DE’ANGELO ANTHONY
OFFICER BRIAN PURDY
MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION
SERGEANT MARK EBY
OFFICER DAVID BROWN
OFFICER MICHAEL “ALEX” HAYES
OFFICER ANTON JEFFERSON
OFFICER PARKER KELLERMAN
OFFICER JASON MCCAIN
OFFICER JOSEPH NOVIS
SERGEANT WILLIAM “BILL” PETITT
OFFICER CEDRIC HOLTON
SERGEANT JOHN “CHAD” RENEW
OFFICER KENNETH JONES
OFFICER STEVEN “TODD” BAILEY
OFFICER STEPHEN POPE
OFFICER BRENT BEHRENS
OFFICER EDWIN SANCHEZ
OFFICER MICHAEL CARDIN
OFFICER EMILY SUTTLE
OFFICER ROBERTO GARIBALDI
DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE
OFFICER ALEXA JONES
OFFICER CHRISTOPHER MCKEE
OFFICER CESAR BARONA
OFFICER JAVIER PEREZ
OFFICER JOSHUA DOROFY
OFFICER KENNETH JONES
OFFICER MATTHEW GRANAS
OFFICER SHELSEY FERNANDEZ
OFFICER MOHAMED SHAW
OFFICER JOSHUA COLLINS
OFFICER JOSEPH NOVIS