• September 2016 – Police Chief Will Johnson participated in The Washington Post’ s Criminal Justice Summit with the US Attorney General’ s Office, legal experts and social activists to discuss efforts to improve the criminal justice system.
• September 2016 – Officers Leticia Brooks and Michael Bali received the Star of Texas Award by Governor Greg Abbott. Officer Brooks received the award due to a car crash that she was involved in 2006 while on duty. Officer Bali received the award after being shot in the line of duty in 2015.
• October 2016- The Arlington Foundation for Excellence in Education awarded Sgt. VaNessa Harrison with the Media Person of the Year Award and Officer Tonia Crutcher with the Woman of the Year Award.
• October 2016 – Deputy Police Chief LaTesha Watson was selected as top-40 law enforcement leader under the age of 40 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
• October 2016- Stephanie Gillespie was named the Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers.
• November 2016 – Lt. Christopher Cook was appointed to the National Information Officers Association as the Region 6 Board Member. NIOA is the largest group of public information officers in the world.
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