Wichita Police Department

Honors Employees for the Year 2010

Officer Barton Norton #1471 Officer of the Year	Crime Scene Supervisor Cory Rodivich Non-Sworn Employee of the Year	Reserve Officer Paul Holmes Cooper/McKee Volunteer of the Year
The 2010 Officer of the Year award will be presented to Officer Barton E. Norton, a 20-year veteran. In nominating Officer Norton, Lt. Alan Prince noted that Officer Norton has "an outstanding ability to conduct thorough and competent investigations and is persistent when it comes to following up on leads…(he) treats every burglary scene as if it was his own house that was broken into regardless of the loss." Officer Norton has been credited with having a major impact in reducing crime in the core area of the near north 41-beat through foot patrol, community involvement and extensive follow-up on crime scene DNA and fingerprint results he has personally collected, resulting in the arrest of six burglary suspects this year.	The Non-Sworn Employee of the Year is Crime Scene Investigations Supervisor Cory M. Rodivich. C.S.S. Rodivich has been in the Technical Services Bureau as a C.S.I. since 2003 and a supervisor since 2008. He served as the Interim Commander of the Technical Services Bureau earlier this year. In nominating his co-worker for Non-Sworn Employee of the year, C.S.S. Alex Dean noted that C.S.S. Rodivich has "assumed the role of command responsibility for the detection, collection, and preservation on several major crime scenes" in 2010. He also noted that C.S.S. Rodivich is the only C.S.I. on the WPD certified by the International Association for Identification. He also holds the honor of being the first Kansas law enforcement professional to have completed the 10-week National Forensic Academy, University of Tennessee.	The 2010 Cooper/McKee Volunteer of the Year is Wichita Police Reserve Officer Paul C. Holmes. Reserve Officer Holmes served as a police officer and detective on the WPD from 1976 to 2009, when he "officially" retired and joined the Reserve Unit. In nominating Reserve Officer Holmes for this award, Reserve Deputy Chief Galen Davis noted that Reserve Officer Holmes had dedicated 1,281 volunteer hours throughout his 19-month reserve career. During this time, he developed an innovative and productive "felony criminal repeat offender identification program." As a result of this program, 195 offenders have had state, federal and county probation revoked and 200 people have been sent to state or federal prison.