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Snow did not stop sheriff's office award ceremony
Friday, Feb. 5, 2010
 Click here to enlarge this photo Staff photos by DARWIN WEIGEL
Dep. Roscoe Kreps was named Deputy of the Year by Sheriff Mike Evans on Saturday at the Calvert County Sheriff's Office's annual awards banquet at the Calvert County Fairgrounds. Kreps had also been named county Employee of the Month.
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Despite the wintery blast the county saw last Saturday, law enforcement officers were dressed for tropical weather wearing Hawaiian shirts for the Calvert County Sheriff's Office annual awards banquet.
The program and banquet, which involved much preparation, were all set, so Sheriff Mike Evans said the "Night on the Island" was a go in spite of the snow, and it went well.
Most of the people were able to get there, except a few guests from the state's attorney's office and some county commissioners, Evans said, adding, "Susan Shaw made it."
The Calvert County Fairgrounds building was decked with luau decorations and a whole cooked pig with an apple in its mouth, was laid out as a center piece, Evans said. The pig was cooked by Johnny Gott, Assistant Patrol Commander First Sgt. Todd Ireland's father-in-law, he said.
Ireland's wife Shirley and Jessica Jones, both of the sheriff's office, put the event together.
"It was a big group effort," Evans said of the affair.
After the feast, awards were presented to law enforcement officers and correctional officers as well as some community members.
Deputy Nicholas DeFelice of the Calvert Investigative Team was awarded Detective of the Year.
"I was very shocked" to get the award, DeFelice said, wanting to acknowledge that investigations are more of a team effort.
"We do work on all assignments together," he said, adding, "I appreciate the recognition."
A few officers earned more than one award as individual efforts and team work were recognized by the sheriff.
Five deputies and three detectives first class earned the Outstanding Performance award, which requires at least three out of four of the following criteria: 50 criminal closures, 20 DUI arrests, 10 controlled dangerous substance or drug arrests and 500 traffic stops in 2009. Along with an Outstanding Performance award, Deputy Roscoe Kreps was also awarded Deputy of the Year, Deputy James Norton earned Rookie of the Year and Dfc. Mark Fitzgerald was awarded Top Gun, with Dfc. Thomas Rickard also earning a Sheriff's Excellence award and Deputy Frank Winston earning a Sheriff's letter of recognition.
Commander of the Patrol Division, Lt. Dave McDowell, selected Sgt. Brian Bowen as Patrol Supervisor of the Year after conferring with the sheriff. Many of the top producers were under him in his unit and his success is a measure of their success, McDowell said.
"I just think he was exemplary," he said, adding, "I have the utmost confidence in all the patrol supervisors, they do a fantastic job."
Milton Crump, administrator of the Calvert County Detention Center, also handed awards out to his employees with Sgt. Phil Bradford being named Corrections Supervisor of the Year and John Hotchkiss as Correctional Officer of the Year.
Award recipients Top Gun
Dfc. Mark Fitzgerald
Calvert County
Detention Center
Sgt. Carter Gray
Outstanding Performance
Dfc. Aaron Locke
Dfc. Mark Fitzgerald
Dfc. Thomas Rickard
Dep. James Norton
Dep. Roscoe Kreps
Dep. Ian Umphrey
Dep. Frank Winston
Dep. Christopher Waldron
Deputy of the Year
Dep. Roscoe Kreps
Deputy of the Year, Beaches
Dfc. David Gatton
Rookie of the Year, sheriff's office
Dep. James Norton
Rookie of the Year, detention center
CO1 Christopher Gray
Correctional Officer of the Year
CO1 John Hotchkiss
Civilian of the Year
John Lippert
Detective of the Year
Dep. Nicholas Defelice
Pride and Professionalism
Cfc. Travis Harrod
Detention center
Cfc. Shawn Brooks
CO1 Breann Kohlieber
Cpl. Wayne Brooks
Administrator Awards
Conmed Detention center
Sgt. Richard Nauman
Lt. Paul Norris
Susan Evans
Academic Achievement
Detention center
Cfc. Miguel Gonzales
Explorer of the Year
Patrick Morris
Explorer
Sheriff Salute
Kara McMurray
Samuel Bourassa
Jason Mulhearn
Geoff Gerrish
Chris Idol
Team Excellence, detention center
Sgt. Phil Bradford's Team
Community
Supervision Unit
Sheriff's Excellence
Sgt. Timothy Fridman
Dfc. Vaughn Johnson
Cpl. Vladimir Bortchevsky
First Sgt. Todd Ireland
Det. Sgt. Michael Moore
Dep. Thomas Rickard
Lt. Richard Thomas
Dfc. Philip Foote
Dfc. James Smith
Dep. Seth Mitchell
Dfc. Christopher Sloane
Det. Scott Brown
Sheriff
Commendations
Dep. Roscoe Kreps
Sgt. Michael Hurlock
Dep. Jeffrey Hardesty
Dfc. Robert Traas
Dfc. Brianne Gray
Dfc. Kevin Hall
Dfc. Michael Naecker
Sheriff Letter of Recognition
Amanda Finch, ACD
Johnny Coates, CDO
Dep. Frank Winston
Dep. James Norton
Cpl. James Wahlgren
Cpl. Anthony Moschetto
Dfc. Brianne Gray
Det. Nicholas Defelice
Unit Citation
First Sgt. Todd Ireland
Cpl. Richard Wilson
Cpl. Gary Shrawder
Cpl. James Wahlgren
Cpl. Anthony Moschetto
Cpl. Thomas Phelps
Cpl. Robert Selkirk
Dfc. Christopher Childress
Dfc. Edwin Bradley
Dfc. Carl Fischer
Det. Nicholas Defelice
Dep. Christopher Wells
Dep. Ian Umphrey
Cpl. Vladimir Bortchevsky
Warrant Fugitive Unit
Sgt. Craig Kontra
Dfc. Mike Tomlinson
Dfc. Elvis Carter
Dfc. Gary Ward
Dfc. Robert Traas
Jessica Joy
Linda Brooks
Supervisor of the Year
Sgt. Brian Bowen (CCSO)
Sgt. Philip Bradford (CCDC)
Special Recognition CCDC
Donna Grover
Amanda Mills
Sheriff Salutes
Control Center
States Attorney's Office
Maryland State Police
Public Safety
Bill Smith
Heath Starkweather
Sheriff's Office
Community Partners
Splash ‘N Dash
Harold's Auto Body
Wentworth's Collision Works
James Bateman
