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Detective Esmeralda Mendoza named Top Cop; sheriff's office recognizes officers after highway shootout
Summary
The Cochise County top‑cop ceremony named Detective Esmeralda Mendoza of the Bisbee Police Department this year; the sheriff's office also highlighted a separate medal of valor given to officers involved in a highway shootout with a suspect later identified as Jacob Netherby.
Detective Esmeralda Mendoza of the Bisbee Police Department was named this year's Top Cop by the Legacy Foundation, Sheriff Mark J. Daniels said on KWCD's First Watch. Daniels thanked participating agencies and organizers for running the annual recognition.
"We've never won it," Daniels said of his office; he described strong competition from multiple departments. He credited the Legacy Foundation for an outside review of…
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