Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo presented Award of Valor to officers.
Dauphin County recognized several local law enforcement officials on Tuesday.
District Attorney Fran Chardo awarded police officers, attorneys and other law enforcement officials for their outstanding bravery and service at an annual award ceremony at the Dauphin County Courthouse.
“Their central goal is safeguarding the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution to every American citizen,” Chardo said.
The following awards were presented:
- Lieutenant Robert “Bo” McCallister Memorial Award for Outstanding Service as a Patrol Officer—Patrol Officer Brian Aponte-Lorenzo, Susquehanna Township Police Department
- Detective Samuel Thomas Kohr Memorial Award for Outstanding Service as a Detective—Sgt. Adam Tankersley, Middletown Borough Police Department
- Detective Willie Holland Memorial Award for Outstanding Career Service as a Police Officer—Retired Chief County Detective John Goshert
- LeRoy S. Zimmerman Award for Outstanding Service by a Prosecutor—Deputy District Attorney Chelsea Robbins
- Lieutenant Dennis H. DeVoe Memorial Award for Excellence in Emergency Response—Dauphin County Dispatcher Ryan Rodgers
- District Attorney’s Award for Outstanding Service by Citizens—Jankail Adams, employee at UPMC and volunteer with community organizations
- District Attorney’s Award for Outstanding Service by a Probation/Parole Officer—Dauphin County Juvenile Probation Officer Bernard Rendle and Dauphin County Adult Probation Officer Kate Connelly
- The District Attorney’s Award of Valor
- Deputy Director of Public Safety Andrew Somma, Susquehanna Township Police Department
- Lt. Alexander Wagner, Susquehanna Township Police Department
- Officer Patrick Walsh, Swatara Township Police Department
- Officer Shayne Barber, Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police
- Officer Jonathan Miller, Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police
- Officer Anthony Glass, Swatara Township Police Department
Awards honored officials for serving as role models, volunteering their time and pursuing justice.
The valor award was given to a group of police officers to honor their bravery in breaking in entering a building to rescue a two-year-old hostage from an armed felon after a six-hour standoff.
“It’s what we train for every day, prepare for every day, but we hope never comes. Unfortunately, it did come, and the men standing here to my left executed flawlessly,” said Lt. Alexander Wagner, a recipient of the award.
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