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October 30, 2015

Honorees for September Members of the Month

Deputy Rose is originally from Buffalo, New York. He started with the Sheriff's Office in October 2014 as a road patrol deputy. During the month of September, Deputy Rose was involved in the case of a missing person who suffered from dementia. The professional and caring manner with which Deputy Rose handled that situation so impressed the missing man's family that they wrote a letter to the local newspaper expressing their gratitude. The family said, "With all of the bad press police get lately, Deputy Rose left us with renewed faith, and we thank him and all who helped." Another example of Deputy Rose's caring personality was when he was the backup officer for another deputy on a traffic stop. The driver was ultimately cited and, as a result, unable to continue driving the vehicle. When the driver couldn't make contact with anyone to come pick him up, Deputy Rose volunteered without hesitation to drive the person home so they would not have to walk home late at night. The driver was very thankful and notified the on-duty supervisor of how professional Deputy Rose was. Deputy Rose is committed to serving his community with heart, dedication and in a professional manner.

LE Member of the Month

Deputy Gerald Rose

CO Member of the Month

Cpl. Christina Christensen Support Services Member

of the Month

Jason Francis

Cpl. Christina Christensen is from Bristol, TN.

She started her career here at the Charlotte

County Sheriff's Office February of 2004.

She was promoted to the Housing Corporal

in June of 2008. Christina has performed

exceptionally well since being assigned to A-

Squad Housing. She has been an asset to our

Team in so many ways. I am impressed with

her knowledge base, interpersonal skills,

organizational skills, ability to handle situa-

tions, provide feedback and follow through.

She works well on an individual basis and in

a team concept.

She is the junior Corporal on the squad but I

find her assisting and guiding more senior co-

workers. She is forward thinking and demon-

strates the ability meet and exceed her su-

pervisor's expectations.

She is motivated in reaching the rank of Ser-

geant while balancing her personal life, work

career and continuing her education by seek-

ing a bachelor's degree. Excellent job.

Congratulations Jason Francis, Support Ser-vices Member of the month. Jason started with the Sheriff’s IT Division on May 12th, 2014. Upon hiring, Jason was assigned to the Detention Bureau where he immediately acclimated to the existing systems. Jason demonstrated early that he possessed the skills and drive necessary to be assigned to larger, more complex projects. Jason’s technical expertise was instrumental in the implementation of the recent tablet project in detention. He coordinated with Zuercher Technologies, to make changes and to fix bugs in the tablet software. He worked closely with the county and contract personnel during implementation of the wire-less network in the detention facility, which provided the means for the tablets to com-municate wirelessly with the network soft-ware. He quickly familiarized himself with a product not previously found in the CCSO repertoire…Apple iPads. He researched Apple software and found a product which enabled control and ongoing maintenance of the tablets once they were deployed. Jason was born in New Jersey and moved to Cape Coral when he was 10 years old. He currently resides in Punta Gorda with Janelle, his lovely wife of 2 ½ years. Addi-tionally, they are the proud parents of 4 month old twin boys.

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October 30, 2015

Promotions

Cpl. John Mills

Cpl. Rebecca Allese

Lt. Rocco Casano

Cpl. Dustin Paille

Cpl. Aaron Williams

Cpl. William Garlick

Sgt. Jason Zakowich

Cpl. Paul Dempster

Cpl. Howard Nuzum

Sgt. William Maymon

Sgt. Melissa Cheng

Cpl. Garland Collins

Sgt. Nikki Wagner

Lt. John Heck

Lt. Renee Fillez

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20 Years of Service

Cpl. Paul Guyton and Cpl. William Houghton

15 Years of Service

Francine Tolmas and Concetta Telesco (missing from Photo) were honored for 15 years of service.

10 Years of Service

DFC Mark Geyer

5 Years of Service

October 30, 2015

Showing their support and commitment to end Domestic violence are left to right back row: Lt. Long, Paxton Kilby, Ben Cheng, Lt. Kilby, Debra Cheng. Front Row Angeliris Rominger, Clerk Rominger, Sgt. Cheng, Mary Thompson, Christian Thomason and Blake Thompson.

Promotions continued and Years of Service

Pink Heals SWFL Truck

Lt. Waterhouse represents!

Captain Michael Casarella

Lt. Waterhouse participated in the oral boards at the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The board consisted of a Major, 2 Captains, and 1Lieutenant from SCSO and Lt. Waterhouse was the only out-side source.

Susan Moskwa

Sheriff Bill Prummell presented a Sheriff’s Office Community Partner Coin to Boys & Girls Clubs of Charlotte County. Left to right: Lt. Darrell Caparo, Jessica Anderson, Sheriff Prummell, Lynn Dorler, Nicholas Worden, and Tanya Orr.

Domestic Violence Walk

On October 16th the Pink Heals SW FL Truck visit-ed an Englewood Area woman.!

Deborah Maikowski was promoted to Supervisor of Records recently.

Boys & Girls Club Partners

Thank you for your many years of service and congratulations on your promotion Cpl. James Chenard

Retirement & Promotion

Good luck in your future endeavors and thank you for your service Janet Frazee.

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October 30, 2015

Crisis Intervention training class

Safe Kids America

New Addition to

our family

Community Policing and Crime Prevention all

teamed up with Save Kids America to assist with

helmet fittings. Left to Right Dan Cotton, Farrah

Fishman, Bill Miller, Karen Cline and Lou Henyecz

Bryson Edward Gilmer, August 12, 2015

Proud parents are DFC Justin & Steffany Gilmer..

Fall Festival– A Family affair

Megan Burkard (Charlotte Behavioral Coordinator),DFC. Matthew Wagner, DFC. Jessica Bryant, Dep. Nico-las Suarez, Dep. Jonathan Farrands, Dep. Daniel Cotton, DFC. Robert Gay, Dep. Robert Lister, Dep. Peter Gennette, Sgt. Randal Whitney, DFC. Kenneth Hill, Sheriff Prummell, DFC. Timothy Knopick, Dep. Richard Mancilla, Dep. Cody Forbus, Dep. Jason Jones, Dep. Booker Richardson, Dep. Christopher Burn Dep. Gerald Rose, DFC. Billy Tuck, DFC. Paul Underwood, DFC. Luke Adamchik, Jillian Reich (Instructor/Agency Liaison), Dep. Cristino Rentas, Sgt. Renee Filliez (Instructor/Agency Liaison), Not Pictured: DFC. Dustin Paille

Kathy Ayers, Ronald Beck, Kevin Bordner, Ernest Boss, William Bu-chisky, Eric Burke, Russell Epeards, Chad Fox, Christopher Kearney, Shelbie Lister, Elizabeth Martinez, Ronnie Pressley, Bill Prummell III, Scott Sarver, Staub Daniel, Brad Stender, Robert Tuck, Nicholas Westlake, Daniel Wharton, Chris-tian Wymer and Brent Hertenlehner

August PTO Class attendees

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CCSO November Birthdays

October 30, 2015

Employee Benefits Fair

Alex Scott honored

Jennifer Scott accepts the Award for Altar Server of the Year from Father John Fitch on behalf of her son Alex.. Alex received this honor along with his friend Casmire Przybylinski in the background. Alex was an altar server at St. Charles Borromeo Church for many years.

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS From the Benefits Fair: 50” Smart TV - BETH FRAIOLI Key West Trip - MICHELLE KAUFMAN Tote Bag from Cigna – Johnna Filipowicz Gift Bag from Star & Shield – Melody Shiner Gift Bag from Star & Shield – Michelle Tressmer Gift Bag from Florida Blue – Craig Brandon Gift Basket from Employee Assistance Fund – Elizabeth Bertuzzi Gift Basket from by Kays Ponger – Ron Mueller $50 Publix Gift card donated by MAP – Sergio Bertuzzi $50 Publix Gift card from MAP – Diane Barton Turkey Roaster from by Washington National – Marty Schmunk Snoopy and $25 Gift card from by MetLife – Connie Telesco

CCSO Explorer Scouts made a 70’ rappel from the Justice Center for fun!

Explorers on the move