ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
Hiram Grau - Director
NEWS
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT |
| Date: March 14, 2012 | Trooper Mike Link |
| Time: 1:33 p.m. | 618.346.3524 - Office |
| 618.973.3050 - Cell | |
| mike.link@isp.state.il.us |
COLLINSVILLE, IL – On March 14, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. the Illinois State Police, District 11 and Zone 6, held their annual Awards Ceremony. Awards were given by the Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police to officers for their efforts in making area roadways safer. Service pins were awarded to employees for their years of service to the Illinois State Police. Below is a listing of the awards.
Illinois Department of Transportation awards – Presented by Richard Allan, Law Enforcement Liaison with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety.
Alcohol impaired drivers are annually responsible for a significant number of personal injury and loss of life traffic crashes. The following officers received achievement awards based on the number of total career arrests they have made for driving under the influence (DUI).
Trooper Scott Becker – 700
Trooper Derek Cullen – 300
Trooper James Korte – 100
Trooper Kyle DeGroot – 100
Trooper John Baudino – 75
Trooper Eric Heberer – 75
Trooper Chad Thompson – 75
Trooper Calvin Dye – 50
Trooper Keith Cameron – 50
Sergeant Donald Stalcup – 50
Trooper Erica Carns – 25
Trooper Robert Lilly – 25
Trooper Nick Homann – 25
Trooper Darrell Scruggs – 25
Aggressive traffic enforcement and promoting the increased use of seatbelts on Illinois roadways results in the saving of lives and prevention of injuries due to traffic crashes. The following officers received achievement awards for enforcement of mandatory seat belt laws over their career.
Trooper Dontrell Harriel – 3,000
Trooper Jarrod Leckrone – 3,000
Trooper Shaun Dannenbrink – 2,000
Master Sergeant Ignacio Escobedo – 1,000
Trooper John Schleper – 1,000
The following officers received achievement awards for speeding citations issued through their career.
Trooper Jarrod Leckrone – 7,000
Sergeant Craig Campbell – 5,000
Trooper Dwayne Moore – 5,000
Trooper Kyle Seger – 4,000
Trooper Jeffrey Snyder – 4,000
Trooper Damien Colon 3,000
Trooper Devin Watts – 2,000
Sergeant David Filkins – 1,000
Trooper Chad Thompson – 1,000
Trooper Scott Becker – 1,000
Trooper Shaun Dannenbrink – 1,000
Illinois State Police District 11 awards – Presented by Captain Brad Parsons, District 11 Commander.
Illinois State Police District 11 is responsible for keeping roadways in Monroe, Clinton, Bond, St. Clair, and Madison counties safe for motorists. Enforcement of state laws and federal regulations assists in providing for safer roadways. The following officers received awards for their enforcement efforts during the 2011 calendar year.
Trooper Derek Cullen – 55 DUI arrests.
Trooper James Randolph – 69 alcohol arrests.
Trooper Jarrod Leckrone – 1,025 occupant restraint arrests.
Trooper Jarrod Leckrone – 2,640 total activity (Includes citations, warnings, assists, Motor Carrier Safety inspections, field reports, crash reports and tow reports).
Trooper Jeffrey Snyder – 1,009 speed arrests.
Trooper Eric Heberer – 116 criminal arrests.
Trooper Zachary Heard – 200 Motor Carrier Safety inspections (Patrol Officer).
Trooper Brian Ropac – 981 Motor Carrier Safety inspections (Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer).
Illinois State Police District 11 Service Pins (years of service) – Presented by Commander Scott Abbott, Region IV Commander (for those with 20 years of service and over) and Captain Brad Parsons, District Commander (for those with up to 15 years of service).
5 years
Trooper Keith Cameron
Trooper Kyle DeGroot
Trooper James Korte
Trooper Darrell Scruggs
Trooper Kyle Seger
10 years
Telecommunicator Beckie Ploof
Trooper Jason Devino
Trooper Todd Padfield
Trooper Mark Leitschuh
15 years
Trooper Wayne Bradshaw
Trooper Darren Eads
Trooper Larry Lohman
Trooper Michael Schmitt
20 years
Truck Weight Inspector Blane Gordon
25 years
Master Sergeant Patricia Jackson
Master Sergeant William White
Trooper Neil Short
Truck Weight Inspector James Korte
Illinois State Police Zone 6 Service Pins (years of service) – Presented by Commander Scott Abbott, Region IV Commander (for those with 20 years of service and over) and Captain James Morrisey, Zone Commander (for those with up to 15 years of service).
5 years
Trooper Derek Weh
10 years
Special Agent Steven Jackson
Special Agent Sean King
Special Agent Patrick McGuire
Special Agent Tyson Melvin
15 years
Special Agent Brian Ewing
Special Agent David Lanier
25 years
Master Sergeant Brian Clements
Master Sergeant Todd Warren
Illinois State Police District 11 Telecommunicator (TC) of the Year (2012) award presented by Commander Scott Abbott.
TC DeAnn Rizzi received the 2012 Telecommunicator of the year award for her distinguished service and outstanding abilities she displays as a TC. Her professional skill and devotion to duty reflects the highest credit upon the ISP and District 11.
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