2024 Public Safety Awards Recipients

The 2024 Public Safety Awards were held on Thursday, April 18 at the Brunswick Fire Hall. 

Frederick County Sheriff’s Office
Officer of the Year - Detective Jason Hansberger
Leadership Award - Deputy First Class Brady Parson
Distinguished Service Award - Deputy First Class Charles Jenkins Jr
Life Saving Award - Deputy First Class Zachary Myers
Unit Achievement Award - Washington/Baltimore High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (W/B HIDTA)

Maryland State Police
Officer of the Year - Senior Trooper Kevin Carter
Leadership Award - Sergeant Kenneth L. Cain, Jr.
Distinguished Service Award  - Trooper First Class Jason Rickard, Trooper First Class Gabriel Berger, Trooper First Class James Blumenauer, Senior Trooper Kevin Carter 

Brunswick Police Department
Officer of the Year - Senior Police Officer Chad Marshall

Mount Airy Police Department
Officer of the Year - Officer Gregory Gebhart

Frederick County Animal Control
Officer of the Year - Animal Control Officer Charlotte Branham
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Frederick Police Department
Officer of the Year - Officer First Class Shawn Fernholz
Meritorious Award - Assistant Emergency Communications Supervisor Jessica Clancy 
Distinguished Service Award - Officer First Class Kyrie Yackovich
Outstanding Telecommunicator of the Year - Emergency Communications Specialist III Sarena Bowers
Life Saving Award - Officer Garrett Hall
Civilian Employee of the Year - Communications Supervisor John White
Civilian Employee of the Year - Assistant Records Manager Jennifer Pearl

Frederick County Emergency Communications 
Leadership Award - Emergency Communications Specialist III Travis Unger
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Frederick County Division of Fire & Rescue Service 
Distinguished Service Award - Grant Manager Janet Jones
Silver Medal of Bravery - Station 5 Shift B: Battalion Chief Steve Schultz, Captain Jared Brown. Firefighter/Technician Damien Clark, Firefighter III Tre Roper, Firefighter III Scott Six, Firefighter I Dillion Eyler, Fire Medic III Cesar Lopez
Bronze Medal of Outstanding Performance - Fire Medic III Charles Hannaby 
Life Saving Award - Engine 12 /Ambulance 19: Lieutenant Matthew Wiles, Lieutenant John Arnold, Firefighter Technician Michael Schweitzer, Firefighter Technician Alan Hunter, Firefighter II Robert Rivera, Probationary Firefighter Anthony Mauro; Medic 2 - Fire Medic III Scott Deibler; EMS 902 - Lieutenant Michael Steele
Medic of the Year - Firefighter Medic III Jason Porterfield
Career Firefighter of the Year -Firefighter III Shawn Kessell
Supervisor of the Year - Captain Mike Leonard
Volunteer Firefighter of the Year - Captain Matthew Staley

Outstanding Citizen of the Year
Marvin Branham, Sr. 

Frontline Excellence Award
Frederick Health
Frederick County Health Department

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