Past Award Recipients

Don Byerley Memorial Award

1993 Officer Don Deramus, Tulsa PD
1994 Sgt. James Johnson, Tahlequah PD
1995 Officer Troy Fugate, Miami PD
1996 Officer Doug Driver, Owasso PD
1997 Officer Dale Henshaw, Ponca City PD
1998 Asst. Chief Michael Hedrick, Tyron PD
1999 Officer David Steiner, OKC PD
2000 Officer David Steiner, OKC PD
2001 Sgt. Mike Schoenberger, OKC PD
2002 Officer Ryan Perkins, Tulsa PD
2003 Deputy Russell Callicoat, Creek County Sheriff’s Office
2004 Officer Jason Kushmaul, Tulsa PD
2005 Justin Farley, Edmond PD
2006 MPO Gregory Roberts, Norman PD
2007 Officer Samuel Jackson, Tahlequah PD
2008 Sgt. Stephen P. Boyes, Tulsa PD
2009 Officer Patrick Morgan, OKC PD
2010 Officer Justin Hewett, Oklahoma University PD
2011 Dep. Heath Oldham, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office
2012 Trooper Rusty Callicoat, OHP
2013 Ranger Dustin Davis, Oklahoma Scenic River Commission
2014 Lt. John Tillman, Sand Springs PD
2015 Officer Nathanial Terrell, Tulsa PD
2016 Trooper Jonathan Cotner, OHP
2017 Trooper Romulus Gregory, OHP
2018 Officer Anthony Stacy, OKC PD
2019 Agent Vanessa Blain, Oklahoma ABLE Commission
2020 Sgt. Matthew Whittington, Lawton PD
2021 Officer Alex Herrera, Norman PD
2022 Officer Brandon Becker, Lawton PD2023 Trooper Jacob Dickinson, OHP
2023 Trooper Jacob Dickinson, OHP

Matthew Scott Evans Memorial Award

2000 Trooper Sheldon Robinson, OHP
2001 Trooper Cody Hyde, OHP
2002 Officer Larry Wood, Tulsa PD
2003 Traffic Division, Edmond PD
2004 Sgt. Ed Ferguson, Broken Arrow PD
2004 Trooper Gary Isbell, OHP
2005 Col. Gary Adams, OHP
2006 Officer Timothy Helton, Oklahoma State University PD
2007 Sgt. Rick Treadwell, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office
2008 Officer Keith Hibbert, Owasso PD
2009 Lt. Bob Pratt, Edmond PD
2010 Trooper Christopher West, OHP
2011 Trooper Shiloh Hall, OHP
2012 Officer Larry Woods, Tulsa PD
2013 Trooper Bobby Raines, OHP
2014 Lt Betsy Randolf, OHP
2015 Trooper Ryan Long, OHP
2016 Sgt. Tim Smith, Norman PD
2017 Lt. Barry Grippen, Norman PD
2018 Trooper Russel Cissne, OHP
2019 Officer Jonathan Grafton, Tulsa PD
2020 Sgt. Bryant Holloway, OKC PD
2021 Officer Devin Horton, Enid PD
2022 Trooper Colton Croft, OHP2023 Officer Stephen Parrish, Tulsa PD
2023 Officer Stephen Parrish, Tulsa PD

Fabrienne VanArsdell Memorial Award

1993 Officer Tim Stendel, Tulsa PD
1994 Capt. Tom Montgomery, Ponca City PD
1995 Motorcycle Squad, Tulsa PD
1996 Sgt. Mike Garner, Tulsa PD
1997 Oklahoma State University PD, Stillwater
1998 Muldrow Police Department, Muldrow
1999 Cpl. Stephanie Dowell, OSU PD, Stillwater
2000 Cpl. Scott Vickers, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office
2001 Norman Police Department, Norman
2002 Officer Tony Sandoval, Sapulpa PD
2003 Officer Debra Dickens-Holmes, Tulsa PD
2003 OHP Troop–D, Pittsburg County Detachment
2004 Officer Jessie Guardiola, Tulsa PD
2004 Officer Jeremy Lewis, Moore PD
2005 Motorcycle Unit, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office
2006 Officer Jeremy Lewis, Moore PD
2007 Officer Tracee Rathbone, Owasso PD
2008 Officer Tim Collins, Broken Arrow PD
2009 Officer Matt Crutchfield, Tulsa PD
2010 Sgt. Phillip Gordon, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office
2011 Officer Scott Oelke, Broken Arrow PD
2012 Trooper Tim Baker, OHP
2013 Trooper Kane Wyatt, OHP
2014 Deputy Sheriff Eli Jarjoura, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office
2015 Officer Patrick Chernisky, Broken Arrow PD
2016 Capt. Kelly Marshall, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office2017 Officer David Hickman, Tulsa PD
2018 Trooper Ray Robertson, OHP
2019 Officer Roland Gee, Stillwater PD
2020 Trooper Justin Garrison, OHP
2021 Officer Kyle Hoey, Tulsa PD
2022 Trooper Jasmuel Robertson, OHP
2023 Officer Remigiusz Ferenc, Tulsa PD

Nicholas Dees Memorial Award

2018 Investigator William Wheeler, District 23 Drug and Violent Crime Task Force
2019 Deputy Monika Blendowski, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office
2020 Trooper Aaron Nickell, OHP
2021 Oklahoma Highway Patrol Homicide Unit
2022 Chief Shelly Garrett, Kellyville PD
2023 Captain Paul Tryon, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office

Michael J. Garner Safety Advocate Award

2008 Richard Coberg, ORCPI
2009 Chief Daniel Bradley, Sand Springs PD
2010 Retired Chief Jim Cox
2011 Officer Matt Crutchfield, Tulsa PD
2012 Sgt. Jason Yingling, Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office
2013 LT. Erik Smoot, Oklahoma ABLE Commission
2014 Asst. Chief Craig Murray, Mounds PD
2015 Capt. George Brown, OHP
2016 Sheriff John Whetsel, Oklahoma County S.O.
2017 Trooper Rusty Callicoat, OHP
2018 Retired Officer Debra Dickens, Tulsa PD
2019 Lisa Ford, Broken Arrow PD
2020 Officer Larry Woods, Tulsa PD
2021 Sgt. Randy Champman, Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
2022 LT. Chris Arnall, OHP
2023 Sergeant LaMont Hill, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office