Letters of Awards 2009
Employee of the Year 2009
Officer Darin S. Gilbert:
It is with great pleasure to award you the distinction as the 2009 Employee of the Year for the Farmington Police Department. This annual award is given to any full-time employee who stands well above other employees in the performance of their job and who contributes immensely to the mission of the Farmington Police Department.
During this last year, you took on several additional responsibilities in addition to your regular duties. These included managing a Holiday Enforcement grant from the Bureau of Highway Safety, setting up and running the physical agility test for the officers in the department and training four new patrolmen as the Patrol Training Officer along with Sgt. Cote.
As a senior patrolman in the department, it is clear that you are willing to take on a leadership role. This is essential in a small department as ours. It gives the younger, less tenured officers more options to ask questions and to seek guidance. It is an important function of a senior officer to take on additional responsibilities, but none more important than to assist less experienced officers getting started in a difficult career with the right information, attitude and direction.
For the reasons mentioned above, you have stood out and are the Farmington Police Department's "2009 Employee of the Year".
Once again, congratulations for a job well done.
Sincerely,
Richard E. Caton III
Chief of Police
Employee of the Quarter, Fall 2009
Officer William S. Tanner IV,
It is my pleasure to announce that you have been selected the Farmington Police Department Employee of the Quarter for the Fall of 2009.
During this quarter you attended the 18 week Basic Law Enforcement Training Program at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. During your attendance, you were selected by your class mates as President of your class. You also received three class awards.
Your leadership abilities were recognized by your class mates and they voted you as their class president. As class president, you made decisions for your class. This position also made you responsible for all your classmates while at the academy. At the graduation ceremony, you gave an excellent class speech.
While at the academy, you earned 3 class awards. The first was the Professionalism Award. The second was the Firearms Proficiency Award. The third was the Physical Fitness Proficiency Award. All three were earned as the result of hard work.
These achievements speak highly of your character and the character of the officers of the Farmington Police Department. These character traits assist us in meeting the goal of our mission statement of “To create a feeling of safety for people within the Town of Farmington”.
Once again, I want to congratulate you as the Employee of the Quarter for the Fall of 2009.
Sincerely,
Richard E. Caton III
Chief of Police
Employee of the Quarter, Summer 2009
Sgt. Peter Barton:
It is my pleasure to announce that you have been selected the Farmington Police Department Employee of the Quarter for the Summer of 2009.
During this quarter and throughout the last year, you have renewed your traffic enforcement efforts while continuing to meet your regular demands as an evening supervisor.
This increase in traffic enforcement has not gone unnoticed by the officers and supervisors of the Farmington Police Department. As you know, one of the goals of the Farmington Police Department is to reduce traffic crashes. One proven way to reduce crashes is by a high level of traffic law enforcement. Traffic enforcement also reduces criminal activity.
Your traffic enforcement has contributed to meeting our mission statement of “To create a feeling of safety for people within the Town of Farmington”.
Once again, I want to congratulate you as the Employee of the Quarter for the Summer of 2009.
Sincerely,
Richard E. Caton III
Chief of Police
Employee of the Quarter, Winter 2009
Bonnie Pomeroy:
It is my pleasure to announce that you are one of two employees selected as the Farmington Police Department Employee of the Quarter for the Winter of 2009.
This winter, the Farmington Police Department decided to participate in the Relay for Life, which is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Many local organizations participate in this fundraiser that culminates June 5th and 6th at the Mt. Blue High School.
All employees of the Farmington Police Department have volunteered their time to participate in this event at one level or another. However, you took a lead role in this project by volunteering to be the fundraising coordinator, scribe and treasurer. These functions are important for the police department’s “Blue Heat” team to be successful.
All police departments participate in community functions at some level. This is one of several ways the Farmington Police Department performs community policing by participating in community functions in addition to providing traditional law enforcement tasks.
Your work on the Relay for Life has contributed immensely to the “Blue Heat” team success. This community policing effort helps the Farmington Police Department meet its’ mission “To create a feeling of safety for people within the Town of Farmington”.
Once again, I want to congratulate you as the Employee of the Quarter for the Winter of 2009.
Sincerely,
Richard E. Caton III
Chief of Police