Snellville Police Department officers honored with annual awards

SNELLVILLE - Mayor Barbara Bender said the city's police department is "the best police department in the state" Monday.

So when Snellville Police Department Chief Roy Whitehead had to name the winners of the annual SPD awards at Monday's council meeting, he said he had tough choices to make.

"Each of them deserve an award," Whitehead said.

However, Whitehead was able to pair the list of winners to 11.

Here they are:

Not pictured are Lt. Rob Pendleton – Citizens Police Academy and Sgt. Philip Poole - Explorers.

Officer of the Year – Brett Chism

Investigator of the Year – Det. Kevin Seay

Supervisor of the Year – Lt. Zach Spahr

Civilian Employee – Maureen Lee

Reserve Officer of the Year – Leroy Ranel

Terry Carpenter – Criminal Investigations

Lt. David Matson – Georgia Office of Highway Safety

Sgt. Austin York – DUI Enforcement

Community Oriented Policing (COPS) Officer of the Year – Scott Hermel