97 www.rnca.ca Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association Crime Stoppers Police/Peace Officers of the Year Award ~ 2015 Please call Crime Stoppers at any time at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) Remember, your call is anonymous. For over 20 years, Newfoundland and Labrador Crime Stoppers has taken pride in honouring officers in our province that go above and beyond the call of duty to make our communities and province a better place to call home. This year, to better represent all the enforcement entities in the province, the awards program expanded to also recognize peace officers employed throughout the province. The three awards winners for 2015 are: Left to Right: Staff Sergeant Donald Rogers, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Happy Valley Goose Bay Detachment. Constable Scott Mosher, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Corner Brook Region. Fishery Officer Sherry Pittman, Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Staff Sergeant Donald Rogers, RCMP, Happy Valley Goose Bay Detachment Staff Sergeant Donald Rogers is nearing 26 years of experience with the RCMP. He was promoted last year to the Happy Valley Goose Bay detachment as Staff Sergeant in charge. Happy Valley Goose Bay consists of 18 officers, 3 public servants, and over 12 guards and countless outside support staff. Once there, he quickly realized how busy that detachment was with thousands of both high risk criminal code files and prisoners. It is not uncommon for Staff Sergeant Rogers to deal with high risk protest for days on end while ensuring quality service is maintained to the public. Last year, Happy Valley Goose Bay housed close to 2,000 prisoners in the midst of extreme changes in administration of guard contracts. Staff Sergeant Rogers spent countless hours in addition to regular duties coordinating guard contracts, security clearances, etc., to ensure a seamless transition. In a most recent incident of a weeklong protest where Quebec Innu Protesters were blocking the Labrador Highway, at times with weapons, he was instrumental in bringing the Innu to several meetings with the RCMP that lead to a peaceful resolution. In addition to the positive solution, Staff Sergeant Rogers ensured Constable Scott Mosher, RNC Corner Brook Region Constable Mosher has worked with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary since 2007 and during that time has performed duties as a member of Patrol Services and currently as the Media Relations Officer, Drug Awareness Education Officer and Community Services Officer for the RNC in Corner Brook. In the past year, as one of Corner Brooks DARE officers, Constable Mosher was responsible for teaching 210 of the 250 elementary students in the Corner Brook area. This consisted of 11 one hour lessons for 9 grade six classes. This in itself displays leadership and commitment to the youth of Corner Brook. Amongst his peers and community, Constable Mosher is known as a leader that regularly demonstrates dedication, knowledge, reliability, respect, and compassion. For example, August of each year the RNC host a camp for the RNC Junior Police Academy. It is held at Killdevil Camp in Gros Morne National Park for approximately 30 campers of which are children who would not normally have the opportunity to camp with peers at such a facility. Constable Mosher goes above and beyond to Fishery Officer Sherry Pittman, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Employed with Fisheries and Oceans for approximately 14 years, Fishery Officer Sherry Pittman is stationed in Corner Brook. She holds a Field Supervisor position and other than responding to non-compliance issues of the day, she is responsible to plan and carry out a balanced enforcement program based on the priority species in the area. Fishery Officer Pittman is known for her professionalism and working relationships by routinely engaging fish harvesters and the public to educate and promote conservation and protection initiatives. No surprise, Officer Pittman is also known for her community work. Volunteering with the Law Enforcement Torch Run and its 2015 winter games, she assisted the organizing committee in lending a helping hand to make the event a special experience for the athletes involved. In 2014, a vessel capsized in the Bay of Islands and Officer Pittman and her partner came upon the overturned vessel. Two men were on the hull of the vessel and a third person secured to the bow of the boat was deceased. Informed that a fourth individual had drifted away Continued on page 127 Continued on page 120 Continued on page 112
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