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Yorkville Police Department awards 3 officers for their commitment to service · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville Police Department awards three officers for their commitment to service.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Joey Weslow, this article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: Police Department recently gave special recognition to some of its
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  Speaker 1: officers for their work both within the department and out
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  Speaker 1: in the community. The department presented merit awards to officers
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Gerlac and Roman Sobbing, and presented a service award
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  Speaker 1: to Officer Luke Swanson during a city council meeting. Commander
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  Speaker 1: Patrick McMahon presented the merit awards. He said the awards
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  Speaker 1: are presented to officers who perform outstanding acts and display
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  Speaker 1: a high level of commitment to the Department, their fellow officers,
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  Speaker 1: and the community they serve. Gerlock has been with the
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  Speaker 1: department for a little under fifteen years. She trains next
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  Speaker 1: generation of office as an instructor with the Field Training program.
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  Speaker 1: Gerlock also helps lead the Tactical Medical Training Program and
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  Speaker 1: the Stop the Bleed instructional program. She invests herself fully
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  Speaker 1: in the development of each officer, ensuring they understand not
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  Speaker 1: only the mechanics of the job, but also the responsibility
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  Speaker 1: and professionalism it demands. McMahon said the Field Training officer
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  Speaker 1: is one of the most important roles in the department
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  Speaker 1: because it lays the foundation each new officer's career is
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  Speaker 1: built upon. He said. Gerlek's role in the medical Training
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  Speaker 1: and Stop the Bleed program strengthen the department. He said,
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  Speaker 1: She's poured tremendous amount of time and energy into ensuring
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  Speaker 1: our personnel are prepared to respond effectively to these critical incidents.
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  Speaker 1: McMahon said her instructions are delivered with a very high
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  Speaker 1: level of commitment that reflects her passion for her fellow
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  Speaker 1: officers and the community supporting Special Olympics. Since twenty twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: the apartment has raised more than forty eight thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: for the Special Olympics. McMahon said, Sobing has played a
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  Speaker 1: significant role is helping make the fundraisers a success. Subbing
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  Speaker 1: has been with the department around fifteen years. Since twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, he has helped coordinate the department's participation in
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  Speaker 1: the Polar Plunge and the cop on a Rooftop events,
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  Speaker 1: both which raise money for Special Olympics Illinois. All that success,
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  Speaker 1: Subbing is at the root of all of it. McMahon said,
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  Speaker 1: he's the one that pushes all of us to be involved,
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  Speaker 1: and he spends a lot of his own time working
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  Speaker 1: on it. Each one of these events requires extensive planning
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  Speaker 1: and coordination, not just within our department, but also with
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  Speaker 1: outside groups, including law enforcement and the Special Olympics. Subbing
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  Speaker 1: also helps coordinate the annual Battle of the Badge blood
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  Speaker 1: drive each February. Compassionate Crisis Intervention Deputy Chief Garrett Carlisle
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  Speaker 1: presented Swanson with a service award, said an incident in
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  Speaker 1: which Swanson intervened with a juvenile runaway safely getting her
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  Speaker 1: to return to her caretakers displays his level of commitment
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  Speaker 1: to the job and the community. Carlyle said Swanson earned
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  Speaker 1: her trust by displaying care and thoughtful service, ensuring a
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  Speaker 1: positive outcome for everyone involved. It tells me you see
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  Speaker 1: her not as a problem, not a call for service,
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  Speaker 1: but you see a person that has value and worth
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  Speaker 1: and you treat them as such. Carlyle said she actually
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  Speaker 1: recorded a testimonial for the home about her interaction with
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  Speaker 1: Swanson and how you literally changed her life. Carlyle said
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  Speaker 1: the incident shows how compassion should be used during crisis
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  Speaker 1: intervention situations, and how just one incident can not only
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  Speaker 1: change how a resident sees law enforcement, but can inspire
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  Speaker 1: a positive change in the community.