Officer Awards

Service Awards


Monthly Awards   Toledo Police Home


Officers of the Toledo Police Department receive monthly and yearly awards. Below is the current list of awards click on the name to see who has received them.



Medal Of Valor
2004 2007 2010 2011
Det. Shelli Kilburn Det. Keith Dressel Officer Cherie Bryce Officer George Shaughnessy
Officer Scott Sterling Lieutenant Mark Collins
Sergeant Keith Miller
Officer Charles LeRoux
Officer Diana Trevino

The highest department award obtainable by an officer. It shall be awarded to a member who performs an exceptionally brave act that is of great personal danger to himself, an act so outstanding that it clearly distinguishes his bravery above and beyond the call of duty. In addition, it must be the type of deed that, if not performed, would not subject the officer to any justified criticism.



Distinguished Service Medal

2007 2011
Detective William Bragg Sergeant Daniel Raab
Detective Keith Dressel Sergeant Patrick Bergman
Detective Todd Miller Officer Brian Calzone
Officer Ward Lemke

The second highest department award obtainable by an officer. It shall be awarded for individual acts of heroism, not amounting to that required for a Medal of Valor.



Meritorious Service Medal

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Sergeant Paul Armola Sergeant Ronald Frederick Detective Jeremy Carey Officer Frank Armstead Sergeant Kevin Braun
Officer Edward Holland Officer Jeffrey Jackson Officer Tyson Coates Officer Eric Board Officer Raymond Espinosa
Officer Troy Meyers Officer James Mawer Detective Kenneth DeWitt Officer Bruce Cramer
Officer Shawn Parra Officer Cynthia Russell Officer Rodolfo Garcia
Officer Benjamin Schlosser Officer Wendell Smith Officer Leslie Hall (TaLieutenanton)
Officer William White Officer Melissa Stephens Officer Bill Hensley
Officer Stephen Zarecki Officer David Swantek Officer Jeffrey Jackson
Officer James Taylor Officer Jeffrey Lepiarz
Officer David Wieczorek Detective Roy Kennedy
Officer Gary Zolciak Sergeant Todd Miller
Officer Scott Mills
Sergeant Edward Mohr
Officer Joseph Petro
Officer Donald Scott
Officer Patrick Sutherland
Officer Joseph Taylor
Officer Charles Turner
Officer Dan Wagner
Officer Scott Williamson

Awarded to a department officer for his diligence and perseverance in performing a difficult task in which: a life or property was protected, a criminal was apprehended or a crime was prevented, in most cases without prior knowledge from an outside source. This service shall be above what is normally required or expected of a good police officer.



Blue Star Medal
2004 2007
Det. Shelli Kilburn Det. Keith Dressel

Awarded to any department officer who, on duty or in performing an act in a law enforcement capacity while off duty, has been killed or wounded.



Professional Service Award
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Officer James Bruzda Sergeant Leo Cutcher Officer Andre Antoine Officer David Baertschi Officer Robert Adams
Sergeant Mark Collins Officer Thomas Davis Officer David Baertschi Officer Cherie Bryce Officer Kevin Bigenho
Officer Abraham Cruz Officer Nicholas Estvanik Officer Michael Breeze Officer Sandra Ceglarek Detective Jeffery Clark
Detective Keith Dressel Officer Pamela Ford Officer Beth Cooley Sergeant Mack Collins Sergeant Tyson Coates
Officer Anthony Duncan Officer Thomas Ford Officer Lawrence Demski Officer Michael Comes Officer Dennis Cole
Sergeant Geoff Glover Officer Ronald Fuelling Detective Kenneth DeWitt Officer Theresa Conley Sergeant Paul Cunningham
Detective Brian Lewandowski Officer Cruz Gomez Officer Brian Gaylord Officer Bruce Cramer Officer Bryon Daniels
Detective Denise Muszyinski Officer Michael Greenwood Lieutenant Daniel Gerken Officer Jeffrey Dorner Detective Jerome Elmore
Detective Ron Permar Officer Christopher Johnson Officer Patricia Gomez Sergeant Mark Evanoff Officer Amy Herrick
Detective Jay Schramm Detective Alvin Jones Detective William Goodlet Sergeant Ronald Frederick Detective Shelli Kilburn
Detective Richard Singlar Officer Gregory Konzen Officer Herbert Higgins Officer Roberto Garcia Officer Michael Koperski
Officer Michelle Sterling Officer Anthony “Vince” Manera Sergeant Richard Hoover Officer Edward Gust Officer Michael Marotta
Officer Greg Szymanski Officer Michael Mitchell Lieutenant Cheryl Hunt Sergeant Timothy Hanus Officer John Mattimore
Officer Jeffrey Violanti Officer Douglas Przymierski Officer Barbara Hunter Detective Mary Jo Jaggers Officer Timothy Meyers
Officer Andre Woodson Officer Robert Rogalski Officer Mark Johnson Officer Eric Johnson Officer Jeffrey Middleton
Officer Joel Scherer Sergeant Edward Mack Officer Treva Lockett Sergeant Cheryl Przybylski
Officer Curtis Stone Officer Paul Marchyok Sergeant Anita Madison Officer Jeff Quigley
Officer David Swantek Officer Roger Minnich Sergeant Thomas Morelli Sergeant John Rose
Sergeant Ova Tate Detective Nora Mugler Detective David Morford Officer Cynthia Russell
Officer Timothy Tighe Sergeant Ashley Nichols Sergeant Ronald Parton Officer Benigno Salazar
Officer Michael Vasquez Sergeant Jeffrey Pachell Officer Duane Poole Officer Michael Skotynsky
Officer Richard “Eric” Whitman Sergeant Daniel Ray Officer Denis Powers Lieutenant Jeffrey Thieman
Sergeant Howard “Bill” Williamson Officer Michelle Price Officer Gary Rabbitt Officer Clifford Warstler
Officer Gary Zolciak Detective Timothy Rutkowski Officer Andrew Roth Officer Amy Wise
Detective Alexander Schaller Officer Amy Shaner Officer David Zielinski
Sergeant William Shaner Sergeant Kevin Smith
Detective Peter Siwa Officer Melissa Stephens
Officer Scott Sterling Officer Robert Summers
Detective Peter Swartz Officer Scott Swartz
Lieutenant Michael Troendle Officer Patricia Tatum
Lieutenant Brian Twining Officer Joseph Taylor
Officer Ronald Wilcox Sergeant Mark Taylor
Officer Clarence Young Officer Diana Trevino
Officer Richard B. Trevino

Presented in recognition of exceptional service to the department over a period of years. It will recognize an officer, or civilian employee, who has consistently conducted himself in a highly professional manner to include such traits as promptness, courtesy, dependability, cooperation, general knowledge, dedication and loyalty.



Letter of Recognition
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Detective Dennis Richardson Detective Brian Lewandowski Sergeant Todd Miller Officer Phillip Carroll Sergeant Edward Mohr
Officer Joseph Taylor Officer David O’Brien Sergeant Kevin Braun
Officer Douglas Przymierski
Officer Timothy Tierney

Awarded to a department member for service rendered, which does not come within the classification for a medal, but which the Awards Review Committee wished to formally recognize as an act of outstanding service.



Command Officer of the Year
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Sergeant Robert “Bumpy” Baumgartner Sergeant Waylond Rider Lieutenant Brian Twining Sergeant Michael Gilmore Sergeant Daniel Raab


Patrol Officer of the Year
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Detective Keith Dressel Officer David Baertschi Detective Kim Violanti Officer Thomas Davis Detective Blake Watkiss