Townwest Sertoma Club

2007 Sertoma Law Awards Banquet
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Thanks to all our Sponsors and Guests!

Guest speaker Major John Harris, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
"Celebrating the Highway Patrol's 70th Anniversary"

Don Welch presenting Troop B Award to Trooper Aaron Lockney #544.	Don Welch, Troopers Aaron Lockney, Jon Moser, Shannon Glover and Captain Larry Jackson.
911 Center Nominees Debbie Plumlee, Amanda Boyett, Sally Pittser and Pam Kritikos with Gene Griffith.	911 Center Nominees, 911 Center Director Dale Hunter and Gene Griffith.
Leonard Wood with TCSO Nominees Sgt. Shannon Clark and Deputy William Ramsey.	Leonard Wood with Sgt. Shannon Clark, Deputy William Ramsey and Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz.
Roy Heim of Townwest Sertoma with Major John Harris, OHP Command.	911 Center Sally Pittser with TCSO Deputy William Ramsey.

SERTOMA LAW AWARDS PROGRAM 1989-2007

In 1988, Lieutenant Greg Turley of the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office came to the Townwest Sertoma Club with an idea. He wanted to know if the club would be interested in sponsoring a Tulsa County Deputy Award Program. The club readily agreed to sponsor the award each year by reviewing three nominees and coordinating the banquet. The first “Tulsa County Deputy of the Year” award ceremony was held at the Candlewood Club in 1989 at a combined Southside and Townwest Sertoma Awards Banquet. It was a great success for the Sheriff’s Office and the Sertoma Clubs.

Southside Sertoma Club members joined Townwest in 1990 to present the first “Sertoma, Troop B Trooper of the Year” award. This award was presented to a single nominee from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop B. Troop B covers the Tulsa metropolitan area.

In 1991 we presented the first “Tulsa Metropolitan Officer of the Year” award. This award is a competition among federal, state and small town law enforcement agencies who do not have their own awards program. The first winner came from Owasso, Oklahoma. Others to follow came from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, and the Treasury Department’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agency.

In 1994 we honored the first recipient of the “Tulsa Emergency Telecommunicator of the Year”. This award is presented to one of the four quarterly winners within the Tulsa Emergency Communications Center. Each of the four are honored at the banquet and one of them is selected to receive the top award.

Guest speakers for the banquets have been selected from outstanding individuals that have made a significant impact on our lives through their support of law enforcement. Representative Rob Johnson sponsored and guided the Automatic Fingerprint Computer Identification System (AFIS) through the state legislature in his rookie year. Senator Dick Wilkerson has been a leader of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation during the Camp Scott investigation and an outstanding senate supporter of law enforcement. S. M. “Buddy” Fallis achieved such recognition as a Tulsa County Prosecutor that each of those following him strives to reach the “high performance and professionalism Buddy achieved”.

Clinton E. Riggs, former Deputy Chief of the Tulsa Police Department, made his mark on Tulsa though his innovative steps in education of law enforcement officers. His invention of the “Yield” sign brought national recognition. Ron Palmer guided his Tulsa Police Department to new highs of professionalism. Tulsa County Judge E. R. “Ned” Turnbull gained a reputation as a tough assistant district attorney and an even tougher judge. Craig Roberts retired from the Tulsa Police Department as a helicopter pilot, was a former military sniper, and is an accomplished author. Mark Collier stands above most prosecutors in Tulsa County as a man who will take risky cases and prosecute for maximum penalties. Federal Prosecutor Scott Woodward presented his views of the shrinking world vs the expanding role of law enforcement officers.

Paul Killian, Resident Agent in Charge of the Tulsa FBI Office presented the operation structure of FBI Offices. Ron Trekell, is retired from the Tulsa Police Department and is a Tulsa Historian who researches and speaks on Oklahoma lawmen and outlaws. Randi Miller, stepped into the political field first as a City of Tulsa Councilor and then as Tulsa County Commissioner. KOTV Channel 6 News Anchor Lori Fullbright shared the humor and heartbreaks of police reporting at the 2005 banquet. Jay O'Meilia, Tulsa Artist was our 2006 guest, presenting his work on law enforcement monuments and memorials. Major John Harris of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol was our 2007 guest speaker, representing OHP 70th Anniversary of Service.

Recipients of the Sertoma Law Awards are selected for outstanding contributions to their community. Some have been selected for hundreds of hours of community service. Others were selected for their significant individual contributions. Some recipients have displayed courage and tenacity in their law enforcement jobs that caused them to stand out among for the rest for a period of time. All were selected for their positive contribution in “SERvice TO MAnkind”, the SERTOMA motto.

Tulsa County Deputy of the Year Winners
1988 Deputy Lyndall Cole
1989 Deputy Harry “Red” Wakefield
1990 Deputy Keaton Littlefield
1991 Deputy Bill Purifoy
1992 Deputy Dan Fritz
1993 Deputy Herb Calvert
1994 Deputy Kirk Mercer
1995 Sergeant Phillip Cervantes
1996 Sergeant Mark Stevens
1997 Deputy Ron Brasel
1998 Deputy Garland Thompson
1999 Sergeant Sherri Carrier
2000 Deputy Randy Chapman
2001 Deputy Tim Wilkens
2002 Sergeant Billy Dobbs
2003 Deputy Jeremy Yerton
2004 Sergeant Rick Treadwell
2005 Deputy Jack Reusser
2006 Deputy William Ramsey

Winners of the Sertoma, Troop B, Trooper of the Year award
1989 Trooper Bruce Lyons, #577
1990 Trooper Ed Rentie #613 and Trooper Mike Sexton, #736
1991 Trooper Ward Oliphant, #661
1992 Trooper Freda Daugherty, #194
1993 Trooper Mark Zumwalt, #222
1994 Trooper Dennis Dutsch, #93
1995 Trooper Tommy Hobbs, #184
1996 2LT Larry Jackson, #74
1997 Trooper Johnny Fairres #486
1998 Trooper Patrick Mays, #308
1999 Trooper Ron Davis, #483
2000 2LT Ron Davis, #81
2001 Trooper Darrick Eades, #190 & Trooper Ricky Humdy, #543
2002 Trooper Ricky Humdy, #543 & Trooper Darrick Eades, #190
2003 Trooper Darrick Eades, #190
2004 Trooper Lance Schroyer, #376
2005 Trooper John Moser, #471
2006 Trooper Aaron Lockney, #544

Winners of the Telecommunicator of the Year Award
1993 Rose M. Plunk
1994 Lisa Harley
1995 Harold Bittick
1996 Lynn Emery
1997 Lee Shawver
1998 Gerald Miller
1999 Allie Wilson
2000 Christia Bodolato
2001 Penny Bechtold
2002 Jodi Holloway
2003 Tara McDaniel
2004 Joni O'Keefe
2005 Sue Ann Willis
2006 Sally Pittser

Leonard Wood, Sergeant Shannon Clark, Deputy Jack Reusser, Deputy Will Ramsey and Sheriff Stanley Glanz	Leonard Wood and Deputy Jack Reusser
Don Welch, Trooper Steve Eason, Trooper Darrick Eades, Trooper John Moser and Lt Kevin Robinson	Troop B table
Gene Griffith, Joey Phillips, Ricky Stanley, Sue Ann Willis and Pamela Heape	Gene Griffith and Sue Ann Willis
Walter Dean Bright and Jay O'Meilia	Roy Heim and Jay O'Meilia
Tulsa County Sheriff Guests	Southside Sertoma Guests
Townwest Sertomans	Townwest Sertomans

Tulsa County Deputies	Sgt. Rick Treadwell, Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
Troop B, Oklahoma Highway Patrol	Lance Schroyer of Troop B, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Gene Griffith and 911 Center Nominees	Joni McClain and 911 Center Employees
Lori Fullbright, KOTV Anchor	Lori Fullbright, Joe Dutton and Roy Heim