Cottonwood Heights Police 1st Annual Recognition Program and Banquet

by Rob Aubrey on September 24, 2009

All Give Some, Some Give All

Cottonwood Heights 1st Recognition Program and Banquet

I had the privilege of attending the 1st Annual Recognition Program and Banquet for the Cottonwood Heights Police Department.

I’m here to tell you it was really fun and well done. The event was organized by Officer Michael Galieti and gang. This was not your typical rubber chicken dinner either, well there was chicken but they also had some serious beef.

A special thanks to Midvale’s Chief of Police Tony Mason and his gang for covering the shift so that all of the CHPD could attend.

The event was sponsored by Mayor Cullimore and the members of the Cottonwood Heights City Council: Don Antczak, Scott Bracken, Bruce Jones and Gordon Thomas.

The program started off with a tribute to “Our Star Spangled Banner” followed by the presentation of colors by the Cottonwood Heights Police Department Color Guard, then of course the singing of our National Anthem.

The evenings Master of Ceremony was KUTV 2 News Anchor Mary Nickles, what a consummate professional she was. Mary moved the program along with grace and style as she introduced the awards.

There were various awards and recognitions given and to present the awards were Chief Robby Russo, Assistant Chief Paul Brenneman, and Cottonwood Heights Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore. The special award of officer of the year award was given to Officer James Woods. Wow when you hear the long list of things that these dedicated officers do and the time that is put in both on and off the clock makes it easy to honor these folks.

Last but not least the key note speaker and a long time favorite of mine Salt Lake Tribune’s Humor Columnist Robert Kirby. Robert is a former Police Officer and told some really fun stories about being on the police force before becoming a writer in 1989. He also told us about his passion for Utah’s Fallen Officers and he is a proud member of the Board of Directors for the “Utah Law Enforcement Memorial” on the west lawn of the Capital Building. You can visit the web site www.UtahsFallen.org where you see the slogan, “All Give Some, Some Give All”.

Cottonwood Heights 1st Recognition Program and Banquet
I had the privilege of attending the 1st Annual Recognition Program and Banquet for the Cottonwood Heights Police Department.
I’m here to tell you it was really fun and well done. The event was organized by Officer Michael Galieti and gang. This was not your typical rubber chicken dinner either, well there was chicken but they also had some serious beef.
The event was sponsored by Mayor Cullimore and the members of the Cottonwood Heights City Council: Don Antczak, Scott Bracken, Bruce Jones and Gordon Thomas.
The program started off with a tribute to “Our Star Spangled Banner” followed by the presentation of colors by the Cottonwood Heights Police Department Color Guard, then of course the singing of our National Anthem.
The evenings Master of Ceremony was KUTV 2 News Anchor Mary Nickles, what a consummate professional she was. Mary moved the program along with grace and style as she introduced the awards.
There were various awards and recognitions given and to present the awards were Chief Robby Russo, Assistant Chief Paul Brenneman, and Cottonwood Heights Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore. The special award of officer of the year award was given to Officer James Woods. Wow when you hear the long list of things that these dedicated officers do and the time that is put in both on and off the clock makes it easy to honor these folks.
Last but not least the key note speaker and a long time favorite of mine Salt Lake Tribune’s Humor Columnist Robert Kirby. Robert is a former Police Officer and told some really fun stories about being a on the police force before becoming a writer in 1989. He also told us about his passion for Utah’s Fallen Officers and he is a proud member of the Board of Directors for the “Utah Law Enforcement Memorial” on the west lawn of the Capital Building. You can visit the web site www.UtahsFallen.org where you see the slogan, “All give some. Some give all”.

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