PHOTOS: 2024 Ocoee Police Department Night of Excellence

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Ocoee Police Department hosted its annual Night of Excellence awards and recognition ceremony Friday, Feb. 2, at HighPoint Church.

This year's event yielded about 150 attendees, including Ocoee PD officers and retirees, friends, and family members.

Several city of Ocoee elected officials also were in attendance, including Assistant City Manager Craig Shadrix and commissioners Ages Hart, Rosemary Wilsen, Scott Kennedy and Richard Firstner.

Chaplain Keith Tower served as the master of ceremonies and the Ocoee PD Honor Guard presented the colors before officer Duane Hunt sang the national anthem. Robert Young served as the invocation chaplain and Acting Chief Vincent L. Ogburn gave the opening remarks.

Tower and Obgurn helped present the awards and recognitions.

Recognitions included new hires, years of service anniversaries, promotions and retirees.

The following special awards were given: Community Partners of the Year, Haylen Casey; Business Partner of the Year, DBA McDonald's and Texas Roadhouse; Volunteer of the Year, HighPoint Church; Civilian of the Year, Pin Pananont; and Officer of the Year, Detective Fabiola Talley.

The event concluded with closing remarks made by Deputy Chief Chris McKinstry and a benediction by Young.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.