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Muscatine police recognize co-responder and veteran assistant chief
Summary
The Muscatine Police Department presented a Medal of Merit to Amy Gold for sustained mental-health co-response work after the Hy-Vee homicide and honored Assistant Chief Steve Snyder for 37 years of service, crediting him with programs including MSORT and ABLE.
Chief (speaker 13) presented a Medal of Merit to Amy Gold and a separate medal honoring Assistant Chief Steve Snyder at the Dec. 2 council meeting.
The chief described Amy Gold’s role in launching the department’s co-responder program in 2022, her sustained, on-site outreach to Hy-Vee employees and coordination with the CBI and employee assistance programs after the Hy-Vee homicide, and her multiple follow-up contacts in the week after the incident. "Amy, you made our department shine in 1 of the most trying moments I, as a chief, have ever been involved in," the chief said.
The department also recognized Assistant Chief Steve Snyder’s 37 years of service. The chief credited Snyder with founding the department’s canine program, launching a multi-county Special Response Team (MSORT) and bringing the ABLE peer intervention program to Muscatine to reduce internal complaints. The chief described MSORT’s growth in staffing and available equipment and noted donated equipment now funds roughly $750,000 to $1,000,000 in MSORT equipment with an annual operating budget of about $40,000.
These recognitions were ceremonial; no council action was required.
