Four Wright City Police Officers were recognized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving during the organization’s “Heroes for Heroes” event held May 7 at the River City Casino in St. Louis.
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Four Wright City Police Officers were recognized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving during the organization’s “Heroes for Heroes” event held May 7 at the River City Casino in St. Louis.
The officers were recognized specifically for their work in driving while intoxicated cases and being part of a unit that had at least 50 DWI arrests in the last year.
The officers recognized included Sgt. Chris Ninness and officers Greg Monroe, Robert Parkinson and Carmen Martin. According to Police Chief Tom Canavan, the department had 55 DWI arrests last year.
Canavan said his officers don’t do the work for the recognition.
“They do it because they are dedicated to public safety,” he said.
He said it was unfortunate in a way that the department had so many DWI arrests in the past year, but it shows his officers are out on the streets working hard to keep the community safe. Canavan said that DWI cases take a lot of work, from the initial stop through the handling of testing and paperwork, an initial stop can result in four to five hours of work on just one case in a night.
“I appreciate their efforts in keeping our community safe,” he said.
Monroe said it was an honor to be recognized for his work by MADD.
“Glad to feel like I made a difference,” Monroe said. “It (the award) is positive reinforcement on the work we do.”
Sgt. Chris Ninness had this to say about the recognition, “it means we stopped people who made bad decisions from having permanent repercussions on others and that our dedication to that effort was recognized by an organization striving to protect everyone from drunk driving.”
“To me it means being a part of a great group of officers striving to save lives through DWI enforcement,” Parkinson said.
Martin, one of the department’s newer officers, said, “Impaired driving remains one of the leading causes of traffic fatalities. Although we cannot prevent every incident, every impaired drive we remove is a step toward saving lives.”
The recognition May 7 included not only Wright City officers, but some 160 officers in the St. Louis metro area, who were also recognized for their work in combating drunk driving.
