The Mobile Police Department capping off National Police week with its Law Enforcement Recognition Banquet. The department’s top officers were honored for their hard work -- including 2022 Officer of the Year.
The celebration is for calendar year 2022 -- a year the department was down by 70 officers. Still -- they managed to get the job done and this year are honoring double the recipients than last year.
“Why do they do it? -- I would simply say it’s the same reason I got into law enforcement -- is there is a sense of calling or purpose to do something greater than yourself. And the fact that they do it for the low pay and the fact they do it for very low public recognition -- really says a lot to that calling,” said Chief Paul Prine, Mobile Police.“To the family members -- thank you for what you do for your officer -- we cannot do it without you.
Surrounded by his family -- a very humble homicide investigator Cpl. Julius Nettles took home the top honor -- Officer of the Year. “The scenes that we respond to -- the people that we engage -- obviously at the worst moment in their lives. And so we really essentially gain strength and energy from each other -- where I fall short -- one of the other members of the homicide unit pick up the slack.
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