May 6, 2021
In an age when police have come under intense scrutiny, we are proud of the majority of the work of law enforcement right here in our backyard.
Just consider a couple of local “top cops” who recently were honored by their peers.
City police Agent Brittany Alexander, an eight-year veteran of the force, was awarded the department’s highest honor Officer of the Year when that program was resurrected this year.
It was the first time the honor was given in a number of years and an honor the department had wanted to restart for some time, according to police Chief Damon R. Hagan.
Authorities said that many of the victims who were targeted were local gardeners and landscapers. They were robbed when they were away from their cars and trucks, police said. And then the tools that were stolen became the suspects' weapons before they fled the scene, police said.
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