Hartford Police Department
Commendations and Awards Recipients
November  12th, 2005

Chief’s Medal of Valor:
Det. Nestor Caraballo
Det. Edward Foster
Det. Jose Santiago 

Distinguished Service Medal:  
Capt. Joseph J. Buyak, III
Lt. John Betz
Lt. Mark Rubera-HPD Retired
Lieutenant Scott Sansom
Sgt. Donald Camp
Sgt. Charles Cochran
Sgt. Stephen Miele
Sgt. Garth Perri
Sgt. Francis Perrone
Sgt. Sean Spell
Sgt. Jason Thody
Sgt. Edward Yergeau
Det. Jeffrey Antuna
Det. Robert Burgos (2 Awards)
Det. Michael Cacioli (2 Awards)
Det. Tishay Johnson
Det. Richard Medina
Sgt. Robert Nelson
Det. Brandon O’ Brien (2 Awards)
Sgt. Felix Ortiz
Det. Steven Pepler
Det. Brenon Plourde
Det. Mark Rinaldi
Det. Pedro Rivera
Det. Gustavo Rodriguez (2 Awards)
Sgt. Shawn St. John
Det. Deborah Scates
Det. Michael Sheldon
Det. Jon Sherwood
Det. Dennis Sikoski
Det. William Ward
Off. Michael Allen
Off. Miguel Colon (2 Awards)
Off. Jorge DeJesus
Off. Reginald Early
Off. Carlo Faienza (2 Awards)
Off. Nazario Figueroa
Sgt. Robert Ford
Off. Leonard Grissette
Off. Christopher Heimerdinger
Off. Gary Hudson
Off. Renaul Johnson
Off. Steven Kneeland
Off. Donald Linde
Off. Mark Manson
Det. Michael Manson
Off. Anthony Martinez (2 Awards)
Det. Marcos Massa
Off. TJ McGrath
Off. Rafael Mena
Off. John Miller (3 Awards)
Sgt. William Mooney
Off. Kevin Nesta
Off. Shawn Nichols
Off. Patrick O’ Gorman
Off. Ian Powell
Det. Brian Salkeld
Off. Karen Spearman
Off. Pamela Stevens
Off. Christopher Sullivan
Off. Mark Vilcinskas
Off. Shelley Whitley
Det. Gregory Brigandi-West Hartford PD
Off. Brian Wilkinson-Meriden PD
Special Agent Robert Bornstein-FBI

Merit Award:
Assistant Chief of Police Michael J. Fallon
Lieutenant Harold Even
Lieutenant David Kenary-HPD Retired
Sgt. David Dufault
Sgt. Sergio Inho
Sergeant Daniel Meehan (2 Awards)
Det. Brenon Plourde
Det. Jose Santiago
Off. Christian Billings
Off. Mark Castagna
Off. Kevin Hart
Off. Jeffrey Hopkins
Off. Glenn Leger
Off. Israel Mantilla
Off. Dennis O’ Connor
Off. Edward Stoor
Off. Ryan Rea
Off. Marcel Washington
Special Agent Peter Borysevicz-DEA

Distinguished Citizen’s Award: 
Vincent Smith
Walter “Pete” Soucy

Police Citizen’s Award:
Joseph Cullen
Robert Ozyck
Hartford City Councilman Calixto Torres
Sammy Trimmier