On Thursday, the Antioch Police Department held its 2016 Awards Ceremony honoring many officers for their work performed over the past year.
Police Chief Allan Cantando stated that it was a great day to recognize its officers working int the community trying to make Antioch a better place for everyone.
“I don’t think our police department gets the recognition it deserves because we do not celebrate our successes. This is one opportunity where we can,” says Cantando. “As a police chief, this is very humbling and rewarding that people take it upon themselves to get things done and go above and beyond the call of duty.”
Here is a video of portion of the ceremony:
Officer of the Year Loren Bledsoe
Officer of the Year – Loren Bledsoe
“Civilian Employee” of the Year – Nahleen Cloninger
Volunteer in Police Services – Rick Flood
Retirements
- Rob Fromme – Nov 1994 – Dec 2014
- Nicholas Ward – Aug 2005 – Jan 2015
- Wardell Carter – not stated*
- James McMurry – Aug 1993 – Aug 2000 & Aug 2007 – Dec 2015.
- Michael Hulsey – April 1993 – Dec 2015
- John Vanderklugt – Feb 1993 – Feb. 2016
- Leonard Orman – June 1985 – Dec. 2015
Lifesaving – Ryan White, James Bedgood, Patrick Mayer, Meghan Miller
Officer Meghan Miller and Patrick Mayer were credited with a lifesaving award for an incident that occurred on December 15, 2015 where a subject was passed out in a vehicle (55-y/o male). AED was applied along with CPR. Due to quick response and resistive measures, the man survived.
Officer Ryan White was credited with a lifesaving award for an incident that occurred on May 5 where a 2-month-old baby was not breathing. He arrived to find the baby on the living room floor and began CPR for several minutes until an ambulance could arrive. By the time the baby got to the hospital, a heartbeat was detected.
Officer James Bedgood
Officer James Bedgood was credited for a livesaving award for an incident on April 7 where a male was passed out in his vehicle and not breathing and suffering from a heart attack. He began CPR and continued until an ambulance arrived and he was resuscitated.
Meritorious Service Awards
Amel Sahnic, Christopher Kidd, Jonathan Adams, Casey Brogdon, Randall Gragg, Mark Moraga, Ana Cortez, Samantha Peterson, Mike Mortimer, Tarra Nissen,
Commendation – Nahleen Cloninger
She received this Commendation for her role in the Arco hostage standoff last May 27 where a car was stolen, crashed and a hijacking at a gas station. Cloninger worked the main radio station and tracked the suspects cell phone, send out county wide bolo, organized a negotiations station, coordinated resources to the scene and worked the secondary channel.
Cantando called this a team effort, but having someone as talented as Cloninger in dispatch makes it a lot easier for everyone else to do the jobs that need to be done.
