Respect. Honor. Remember.



 June 2007:
Detective II John O'Toole, Los Angeles Police Department

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Detective Bryan McMahon, Lowell (MA) Police Department

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Master Officer Ken Hammond, Ogden City (UT) Police Department

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Corporal Luis Lopez, Montebello (CA) Police Department

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Trooper Jason R. Hypes, Virginia State Police

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Sergeant Alan Jenkins, Miami-Dade (FL) Police Department

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Patrolman Michael "Rocky" Bailey, Montana Highway Patrol

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Detective Shawn M. Monaghan, Fairfax County (VA) Police Department

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Detective Shawn M. Monaghan, Fairfax County (VA) Police Department

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Officer Tim Baumgarten, Arizona Game and Fish Department

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Lieutenant Kenneth Landwehr, Wichita (KS) Police Department

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Police Officer Christopher Hunter, Hoover (AL) Police Department

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Deputies Jennifer Fulford and Dwayne Martin, Orange County (FL) Sheriff's Office

  

OFFICER OF THE MONTH - APRIL 1997


OFFICER GEORGE HACKEY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

 November 2008:
Officer Justin Bowman, Chesapeake (VA) Police Department and Officer Brandon Bowman,Virginia Beach (VA) Police Department

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Senior Officer Specialist Melissa Foy, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

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Detective Thomas McHale, New York and New Jersey Port Authority Police Department (PAPD)

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Detective Sergeant John Jedrejczyk, City of Passaic (NJ) Police Department

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Detective Eric M. Kovanda, Bloomfield (CT) Police Department

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Officer III Andrew Taylor, Los Angeles Police Department

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Sergeant Travis Ash, Baker County (OR) and Sr. Trooper Christopher M. Hawkins, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife

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Officers Christopher Timms and Krzysztof Gesla, Baltimore (MD) Police Department

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Officer Brian Bobick, DC Metropolitan Police Department

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Officers Derrick Dottin, Alex Capobianco, Steven St. Hilaire, Somerville (MA) Police Department

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Officer Benjamin Henrich, City of Prescott (WI) Police Department

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Sergeant Stephanie Jackson, Tulsa (OK) Police Department

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Special Agents Donovan Williams and Kendall Beels, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security

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Detective Michael J. Madonna, Oakland (NJ) Police Department

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Special Agent Paul Buta, United States Secret Service

August 2007:
Corporal Philip Crosby and Patrolman Christopher Denton, Fayetteville (AR) Police Department

July 2007:
Detective Tina Lacertosa, Broward County (FL) Sheriff's Office

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Veteran police officers learn to trust their instincts, even if it means not sticking strictly to the book. George Hackey, a Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer knows all about trusting his instincts ... like the time 10 years ago when he spotted a gang of about 20 kids threatening to disrupt a neighborhood festival. Officer Hackey knew that trouble was only moments away. He had to remove the gang members, but how? Looking around for a solution, he spotted a Montgomery County Ride Along Bus. Using his police powers, he commandeered the bus and ordered the gang members aboard. The festival went off without a hitch.

George Hackey became a police officer in 1973 and, for the past 24 years, he has focused on helping young people. He believes in an "Andy Griffith type of policing where you get to know everyone." His tremendous success rate in reducing juvenile crime proves the philosophy works. So does the Governor's Citation he received for founding the "We Care Program" in Montgomery County — a program that provides young people with critical information to their well-being.

When he isn't working as a police officer and volunteering his time with kids, George Hackey is the Pastor of the Sharp Street United Methodist Church. One of his most rewarding moments came in church one Sunday when a former gang leader he had tried to help paid him a visit. The young man had been involved in drugs and gang violence and had spent time in jail for stealing a motorcycle. But, after his release, he married and became a solid citizen. That Sunday, he rose during the service and gave the congregation a testimonial on how George Hackey had made the difference in his life.

Officer Hackey credits his mother for teaching him to care about kids. The Montgomery County Police Department credits George for teaching kids to care about themselves. "George is the primary reason that Montgomery County doesn't have a gang problem," says his boss, Captain Al Dooley.

Dave Baker, a program specialist for the police department, explains the secrets of Officer Hackey's success this way. "Caring, compassionate and professional, George has a sense of respect for everyone, even the people he has to arrest."