FARMINGTON – The Police Department’s employee awards were given to a hard-working secretary and dispatcher and an officer whose investigations have led to several drug-related arrests.
Police Chief Jack Peck awarded Bonnie Pomeroy as the 2010 Employee of the Year. The award is given to full-time employees “who stand well above other employees in the performance of their job and who contributes immensely to the mission of the Farmington Police Department.”
Pomeroy, who has been with the department since 2004, was recognized for taking on several responsibilities in addition to her regular duties, Peck said. Pomeroy is credited with securing grants for equipment from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety and keeping training activity records required of the officers as part of the Maine Law Enforcement Challenge.
Pomeroy is also recognized for her fund raising activities for the Relay of Life which supports the American Cancer Society’s funding research. The Farmington Police Department’s team, Blue Heat, held regular barbeque’s and had several residents “arrested” and held in a mock jail set up in Abbott Park until money was raised for “bail,” which all went to the charity.
“More importantly,” Peck said, is Pomeroy’s, “positive attitude when dealing with the public and co-workers, sometimes in various stages of crisis, is infectious and does not go unnoticed.”
Officer Brian A. Ross, who has been with the department for nearly seven years, was named Employee of the Quarter for the Fall of 2010. Ross, who works with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, was recognized for having investigated six marijuana trafficking cases, eight prescription drug diversion cases, one cocaine trafficking case, one methamphetamine possession case, and made 10 arrests between September and December of 2010 while assigned to the MDEA.
Among his cases, Ross was a part of the team that investigated the case which resulted in the arrests of two people in connection with hundreds of marijuana plants stolen from a police storage building in Farmington.
Peck said Ross’ “knowledge of current and emerging drug trends, drug identification and chemical field testing, and drafting affidavits for search warrants followed by the orderly collection and preservation of evidence” is “a valuable resource to the community and local law enforcement agencies.”
