Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office presents fourth‑quarter and year‑end awards to deputies and civilian staff

The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office presented fourth‑quarter and year‑end awards on Thursday, honoring deputies and civilian staff for investigative work, high case entry volume and life‑saving action.

The ceremony recognized CSA Luis Torres as civilian of the fourth quarter; Deputy Jonathan Skraw as uniform deputy of the fourth quarter; Deputy Alexander Apodaca as nonuniform deputy of the fourth quarter; Danielle Sadio (name announced at the ceremony; a nomination memo referenced “Miss Cedillo”) as civilian of the year; Deputy Jonathan Skraw as uniform deputy of the year; and Deputy Steve Aldridge as nonuniform deputy of the year. The presentations included summaries of nominees’ actions and nomination memos read at the ceremony.

The awards signal internal recognition of investigative productivity and community‑safety work. For example, the nomination read for Deputy Jonathan Skraw credited him with 98 arrests (86 felonies), recovery of three firearms, 19 traffic stops, 401 person contacts and clearing 36 warrants during Metro unit operations; the presenter said those figures represented roughly 46% of warrants cleared during Metro unit activities and 33% of Metro unit arrests for the period cited. A nomination read for the civilian award noted that the staff member identified as Miss Cedillo entered 7,686 felony warrants in 2023, which the presenter said equated to about 60% of the unit’s felony warrant entries that year and roughly 57% so far this year.

The citation for Deputy Alexander Apodaca described a multidisciplinary response that engaged multiple units to address repeated calls involving a juvenile in possession of firearms; the memo credited his coordination with helping ensure the safety of the juvenile and family. The citation for Deputy Steve Aldridge summarized an off‑duty life‑saving intervention while Aldridge was participating in an out‑of‑state duathlon: he performed nearly eight minutes of CPR until other participants and emergency medical crews arrived and an AED restored a heartbeat; the presenter said the individual later survived and received a stent.

Nomination sources were read aloud by ceremony staff; nominators named in the presentations included Sergeant Cardellon (CSA Luis Torres), Sergeant Daniel Skartwed (Deputy Skraw) and Chief Deputy David Funes (Detective Apodaca). Erin Klein was named as the civilian supervisor who submitted the nomination referenced for the civilian of the year, though the ceremony used two different surnames in readings of that nominee (see clarification below).

The awards portion concluded with an invitation to light refreshments and photographs in the lobby.

Clarifying details: the ceremony presenter read nomination memos and supplied the numerical totals cited above; no formal vote or public hearing accompanied the awards. The ceremony announcement used the name Danielle Sadio for the civilian of the year but the nomination memo excerpt read at the event referred to “Miss Cedillo”; the transcript gave both references and did not resolve the discrepancy.