Nominations for “Officer of the Year” are welcome one month before our Spring Training Conference. If you know of an officer that has gone above and beyond the call of duty, or does an extraordinary job everyday of the year, please take the time to submit their name for “Officer of the Year.”
2023 Officer Of The Year – Kassy Middagh – Muscatine Police Department
2021 Officer Of The Year – Officer Erin Bennett – Humboldt, IA
2021 Honorary Officer Of The Year – Officer Amber Williams – Humboldt, IA
2020 Officer of the Year – Officer Whitni Pena – Muscatine, IA
2020 Honorary Officer of the Year – Officer Jolisa Colman – Muscatine, IA
2018 Officer of the Year – Trooper Karen Yaneff
2016 Officer of the Year– Amanda Clark, Marion Police Department
2014 Officer of the Year – Donyell Raisbeck, Muscatine Police Department
Honorable Mention – Officer Jill Ohm, Sioux City Police Department
2012 Officer of the Year – Deputy Robyn Hoppman, Washington County Sheriff’s Department
2011 Officer of the Year – Officer Tiffany Creekmur, Mason City Police Department
2000 Officer of the Year – Detective Sergeant Mary Jo Lessmeier, University of Iowa
Honorable Mention – Sergeant Jeanne Christensen, Davenport Police Department
1999 Officer of the Year – Lieutenant Donna Bacus, Iowa State Patrol
1997 Officer of the Year – Senior Trooper Yvonne Ohlensehlen, Iowa State Patrol
1995 Officer of the Year – Sergeant Frankie Wilson, Davenport Police Department
1994 Officer of the Year – Officer Barb Stence, Algona Police Department
1993 Officer of the Year – Assistant Chief Kayne Robinson, Des Moines Police Department
1992 Officer of the Year – Sergeant Ann Meyer, Waterloo Police Department
1991 Officer of the Year – Phyllis Henry, Iowa State University Department of Public Safety
1990 Officer of the Year – Officer Joanne Pollock, Des Moines Police Department
1989 Officer of the Year – Detective Linda Cherry, Ankeny Police Department