Each year during its annual awards banquet, Friends of the Dallas Police honors police officers and non-sworn employees who have been recognized by the Dallas Police Department in the past year for their strong leadership, courage and exceptional service including Officer of the Year, Non-sworn Employee of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Field Training Officer, Supervisor of the Year, and Reserve Officer of the Year.

Friends of the Dallas Police also honors top division non-sworn employee and officer of the year award recipients chosen by the Dallas Police Department in the following areas: Administrative and Support Officer of the Year, Administrative Non-Sworn Employee and Officer of the Year, Communications Non-Sworn Employee of the Year, Community Outreach Non-Sworn Employee and Officer of the Year, In-Field Support Non-Sworn Employee of the Year, Operations Officer of the Year, Support Non-Sworn Employee of the Year, Central Patrol Officer of the Year, North Central Patrol Officer of the Year, Northwest Patrol Officer of the Year, Northeast Patrol Officer of the Year, South Central Patrol Officer of the Year, Southwest Patrol Officer of the Year, and Southeast Officer of the Year.

Other top honors include Field Training Officer of the Year, Joe C. Jones Reserve Officer of the Year, Marvin R. Bullard Supervisor Non-Sworn Employee and Officer of the Year and Johnny Sides Rookie of the Year.

The highest honors given during the awards banquet are the Departmental James Taylor Non-Sworn Employee of the Year selected from the non-sworn top division employee winners and the Joe T. McCarthy Officer of the Year selected from the officer of the year top division winners.

At the 2017 Friends of the Dallas Police Awards Banquet, 115 police officers and non-sworn employees were honored for their strong leadership, courage and exceptional service demonstrated throughout the past year.

Congratulations to this years top award winners.

 

Dallas Police Department Officer of the Year Police Officer Joe King	Dallas Police Department Nonsworn Employee of the Year Stephanie Mendoza, Special Investigations Division	Reserve Officer of the Year Reserve Lieutenant D, Andrea Gadbury
Johnny Sides Rookie of the Year Police Officer Fernando Garcia	Field Training Officer of the Year Senior Corporal David Feinstein	Detective of the Year Detective Noe Camacho
Marvin R. Bullard Supervisor of the Year Sergeant Ivan Hunter	Nonsworn Supervisor of the Year Brian Hansen, Communications Division