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Plano Police hold 50th awards banquet honoring officers and volunteers
Summary
The Plano Police Awards Banquet celebrated the department's 50th anniversary and recognized officers and volunteers with awards including life-saving honors, medals of valor and employee of the year distinctions.
Plano Police hosted an awards banquet to mark the department's 50th anniversary and present annual honors to sworn officers, civilian employees and volunteers.
The ceremony recognized life‑saving awards for Officer Julia Anderson, Officer Richard Hernandez and Officer Kyle Boyd. Medals of valor were named for Officer Amanda Rust, Officer Matthew Odom, Officer Richard Hernandez, Officer Lauren Garcia and Officer Ryan Moreland. Detective Josh Dollar was named Support Services/CISD Officer of the Year. Patrol Officer of the Year was awarded to Officer Bridal Epstein. Officer Ian Austin was named 2024 Rookie of the Year. Emily Jackson received 2024 Civilian of the Year, and Jessica Arguello was named 2024 Civilian Supervisor of the Year. Sergeant Richard Glenn was selected as 2024 Sworn Supervisor of the Year. The PCPAAA (Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association) Volunteer of the Year was Frank Gucas; co‑Rookies of the Year were Jay Herold and Glenda Herold.
The event's emcee was Maria Guerrero from Channel 5 News. Remarks of congratulations were delivered by Mayor John Muns and City Manager Mark Israelson. Speakers thanked banquet sponsors and the volunteer organizations that support the department.
The remarks in the transcript were ceremonial in nature and described awards and recipients. No formal policy decisions, motions, votes or directives were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
