PBA Events

On May 11, 2009 the City of Poughkeepsie PBA held an awards dinner at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel.  The City of Poughkeeepsie PBA would like to thank the awards committee, specifically Anthony Morrone and Edward Fenichel for all of the hard work and effort that went into honoring our members.  This years awards dinner showcased the hard work and dedication of the members of the City of Poughkeepsie PBA from 2006 to 2008.  The awards dinner was attended by Mayor John Tkazyik, City Administrator Michael Long,  Assistant Corporation Council Paul Ackermann and several members of the City Council.  Captains Steven Minard and Thomas Pape were in attendance.  Members of the Town of Poughkeepsie PBA as well as the Dutchess County Sheriffs Office PBA were also on hand.  The following is a list of awards which were issued on that night.  See the bottom of the page for a description of awards and award criteria.

                                                  

                                                                            

                                                                              

                                             

                                                                                                                            
 

 

 

To see the criteria for each award click on the award bar or the award name or scroll to the bottom of the page

 

2006

David Fernandez - Criminal Investigator(2)  X 2
Paul Hansut - Criminal Investigator(2)   X 2
Jeffrey Wright - Criminal Investigator(2)  X 2
Michael Barbagallo - Merit 2 / Merit 3 / K-9 Apprehension   
Edward Fenichel - Merit 2
Michael D'Amicantonio - Merit 2 / exceptional police duty  
Karl Mannain - Croix De Negotiator Laurel
Joseph Ciardi - Merit 2 / Merit 3(2)   X 2
Gary Gancaz - Merit 3
Phil Rutulante - Merit 3
Jeffrey Lee - Merit 3
Richard Poluzzi - Merit 3
Kyle English - Merit 3 / Outstanding Commendation  
Anthony Morrone - Merit 3
Joseph Brewster - Merit 2
Michael Longbard - Exceptional Police Duty
Matthew Cutler - Criminal Investigator
Justin Bruzgul - Exceptional Police Duty
Thomas Matthews - Merit 3
Robert Perrotta - Criminal Investigator(2) X 2
Theodore Alston - Criminal Investigator
Nannette Martin - Criminal Investigator
Bryan Cronk - Merit 2
Christopher Libolt - Merit 2
Todd King - Merit 2
George Camacho - Merit 3
John Falcone - Merit 3
Scott Richards - Merit 3 / Lifesaving  
Joseph Gatewood - Merit 3
John Morris - Merit 3
Joseph Herring - Merit 3  / Outstanding Commendation  
Michael Egan - Merit 3
Paul Featherston - Merit 3
Dale Kane - Merit 3
Greg McGinley - Exceptional Police Duty
Damon Brodhead - Merit 3
John Douglas - Merit 3
Lawrence Bartolotti - Criminal Investigator




2007

Gary Gancaz - Combat Cross / Merit 1 / Exceptional Police Duty  
Theodore Alston - Criminal Investigator
John Falcone - Merit 3 / Exceptional Police Duty  
Scott DiNonno - Merit 3
John Zeltmann - Merit 3
Erik Thiele - Criminal Investigator
Robert Perrotta - Criminal Investigator
Lawrence Bartoloti - Crimainal Investigator
Jeffrey Wright - Criminal Investigator(2) X 2
Wiliam Badner - Criminal Investigator
Rene Knapp - Merit 3
Dave Magistro - Exceptional Police Duty
Michael D'Amicantonio - Merit 3
Sean Fitzgerald - Merit 3
Karl Mannain - Criminal Investigator(2) X 2
Thomas Hauseman - Criminal Investigator(2) X 2
David Fernandez - Criminal Investigator
John Douglas - Criminal Investigator
Bryan Cronk - Criminal Investigator
Matt Tatar - Merit 3

                          


2008

Kris Adams - Merit 3(3) X 3
Steven Cowles - Merit 3
John Douglas - Merit 3
James Fiori - Merit 3
Chris Libolt - Merit 3(2) X 2
Thomas Matthews - Merit 3
Anthony Morrone - Merit 3 / Lifesaving  
Bradley Sukeena - Outstanding Commendation(2) X 2
Michael D'Amicantonio - Criminal Investigator / Unit Citation (NRU)
Joseph Ciardi - Criminal Investigator / Unit Citation (NRU)
John Zeltmann - Merit 3 / Criminal Investigator / Unit Citation (NRU)  
Scott DiNonno - Criminal Investigator / Unit Citation (NRU)
Sean McCarthy - Merit 3/ Criminal Investigator/ Unit Citation(NRU)  
Brett Orlich - Criminal Investigator / Unit Citation (NRU)
Lawrence Bartolotti - Criminal Investgator(2) X 2
Matthew Clark - Criminal Investigator
Karl Mannain - Criminal Investigator
Jeffrey Wright - Criminal Investigator
Michael Braren - Merit 2(2) / Merit 3 / Lifesaving X 2   
Garth Mason - Merit 2(2) / Merit 3(2) / Lifesaving X 2  X 2 
Bryan Cronk - Merit 3
Edward Fenichel - Lifesaving
Jeffrey Lee - Outstanding Commendation
Greg McGinley - Merit 3
John Stitt - Outstanding Commendation
Matthew Tatar - Merit 3
Robert Perotta - Criminal Investigator(3)
Melvin Clauson - Criminal Investigator
David Fernandez - Criminal Investigator
Thomas Hauseman - Criminal Investigator
Edwin Acken - Merit 1

Life Time Achievement Awards were presented to William Siegrest and Richard Poluzzi

 

Special Thanks To:
Maureen Kangas and the staff at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
Sandy Viola, Proprietor of Wings of Love Photography (www.wingsoflovephoto.com)

 

Awards and Awards Criteria

 

The Patriot – American Flag breast bar worn by any member     Back to top of the page

Medal of Honor Posthumous Black breast bar with gold stars – Medal with ribbon - presented to the family of a member killed in the line of duty  - Back to top of the page

Medal of Honor Green breast bar with gold stars – Medal with ribbon – Awarded to member for an outstanding act of courage in the line of duty with grave risk involved - Back to top of the page

Combat Cross Green breast bar with gold ends – Medal with ribbon – Awarded to a member who is involved in an exchange of gunfire or who successfully overcomes an attack upon himself/ herself or his/her partner where risk of immediate death by use of a weapon is inflicted upon himself/herself or his/her partner - Back to top of the page

Wounded in Combat – Three green fields broken by orange breast bar – Medal with ribbon – Awarded to a member who while in the line of duty receives a gunshot wound or other wound inflicted by a dangerous instrument or other deadly weapon while attempting to effect an arrest or prevent the escape of a person - Back to top of the page

Meritorious Duty 1st – Breast bar showing a blue field, white field and a green field with a gold star in the center. Awarded to a member for a highly unusual accomplishment preventing serious physical injury or death to a third party, or the immediate apprehension of an armed felon who has committed a violent felony with a weapon where death or serious physical injury has occurred and or there is substantial risk of injury to the arresting officer - Back to top of the page

 Meritorious Duty 2nd – Breast bar showing a green field, white field and a blue field.  Awarded to a member for the apprehension of a violent felon where the use of physical force was used or threatened - Back to top of the page

Meritorious Duty 3rd – Breast bar showing a green field, white field and a blue field broken by yellow.  Awarded for resolving an incident without injury to any parties where such an incident yielded itself to a substantial risk to a third party or the community at large - Back to top of the page

 Exceptional Police Duty -  Breast bar showing green field and white field broken by yellow.  Awarded to a member for a highly credible act or accomplishments to duty or service to the public or the apprehension of a suspect who is a major threat to the community - Back to top of the page

Outstanding Commendation Award – Breast bar showing blue field, white field, blue field broken by gold.  Awarded to a member for an outstanding act during the performance of his/her duties - Back to top of the page

Criminal Investigation Award – Breast bar showing blue field and white field.  Awarded in recognition of those members whose devotion to duty and investigative efforts, whether related to an individual case or a series of cases, are often overlooked, yet are important in the investigation and resolution of all types of cases - Back to top of the page

Croix De Negotiator Laurel – Breast bar showing light blue field, yellow field, green field, yellow field, light blue field.  Awarded to a member who in the line of duty successfully maintains composure, talk-down and with which prevented a life threat.
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Life Saving Award – Breast bar showing red field right and white field left.  Awarded to a member who in the line of duty successfully resuscitates a pulse less and/or breathless victim who’s alert action results in the saving of a life - Back to top of the page

Unit Citation – Solid blue breast bar.  Awarded to all members of an official unit, squad or detail who collectively as a unit have a direct impact on the quality of life through enforcement or innovative implementation of enforcement methods or improvement in the quality of life - Back to top of the page

K-9 Citation – Breast bar showing white field, red field, and black field.  Awarded to a K-9 handler and his dog for an outstanding accomplishment in the line of duty where the use of a K-9 team expedited the successful safe apprehension of a fugitive, missing person or where the risk to officers was too grave and the K-9 made it possible for a successful safe resolution.  The K-9 citation may also be awarded to a K-9 team where the K-9 successfully locates narcotics in the amount classified as an A-1 felony weight and where there is an actual arrest of a suspect and said suspect is charged with an A-1 felony crime based on the use of the K-9 team
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 Firearms Instructor Gold breast bar embossed “Firearms Instructor”. Awarded to any member of service who successfully completes the Firearms Instructor training course and is certified as a department firearms instructor

 Emergency Medical Technician Red field left, white field center and blue field right.  With the letters EMT in the center white field.  For paramedics the same bar with EMT-P in the center white field.  Awarded to any member who successfully completes and becomes certified as a New York State Emergency Technician or Paramedic

 Field Training Officer – Breast bar embossed with “Field Training Officer”.  Awarded to any member who successfully completes the FTO program and is assigned as a FTO

 Distinguished Service – Three yellow fields broken by green.  Awarded to a member who during the course of his duty brings public acclaim to the department and/or the Law Enforcement profession


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