EVENT RECAP: Marana Police Awards Ceremony 2025

Published on April 10, 2025

The Marana Police Department held its awards ceremony at the Heritage Highlands at Dove Mountain on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

• Whitney Dell Veneri, Records Clerk 
•  Jennifer Hider, Senior Crime Analyst
• Gloria Wheeler, Dispatcher (not pictured below)

BADGE PINNING

(New officers hired in 2024) *not all pictured here*

#605 Mic’hael Brooks, #610 Anthony Pruett, #611 Joe Klein, #612 Bob Murray, #613 Kyle Hartsuck, #614 Robert Kitchens, #615 Matthew York, #616 Zachary Joyner, #617 Michael Johnson

• Whitney Dell Veneri, Records Clerk 
•  Jennifer Hider, Senior Crime Analyst
• Gloria Wheeler, Dispatcher

PROMOTIONS

• Brian Neuman, Detective

• Jerry Ysaguirre, Sergeant 

CHIEF’S UNIT CITATION AWARD

• DART (Direct Action Response Team) Sgt. Abel Samano, Ofc. Alec Alvarez, Ofc. Eric Slabaugh, Ofc. Esteban Norzagaray, Ofc. Frank Oesterling, Ofc. Chris Cabrera

• CIU (Criminal Investigations Unit) Sgt. Renee Huerta, Sgt. Ira Sewell, Det. Debra Kesterson, Det. Brad Clifford, Det. Vincent Jenkins, Det. Crystal Chavez, Det. Tiffinnie Banghart, Det. Timothy Fane, Det. Brian Neuman, Ofc. John Shafe 

• Background Investigations Unit Sgt. Jose De La Torre, Sgt. Joe Miller, Volunteer Tom Cox, Jim Brown, Tom Sommerville, Matthew Rippy, Leanna Hitchcock, David Samorano

CHIEF’S CITATION OF EXCELLENCE AWARD

• Sergeant Joe Miller 

• Whitney Dell Veneri, Zatina Horton, Steffani Johnson, Nichole Kaiser, Jen Mangialardi, Michele Murrieta, Araceli Olivito, Ana Ortiz Escarcega, Taylor Pitzer, Maricela Romo, Joy Tabaj, Sandra Wonder

VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR

• Jim Kaletka and Linda Bueltmann

CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR 

(*Not pictured below)

• Jennifer Mangialardi

OFFICER OF THE YEAR

• Stephanie Rivera

LIFESAVING AWARD

• Ofc. Robert Kitchens, Ofc. Anthony Pruett, Ofc. Josh Terpstra, Ofc. Robert Youdelman
• Ofc. James Riegert

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

• Mary Lou Deckert – Community Member
• Sgt. Art Figueroa Sgt. Chris Warren Ofc. Nick Goering Ofc. Lucas Wilkinson

MEDAL OF VALOR

• Ofc. Brad Gill, Ofc. Jake McCarthy, Ofc. Max Wozniak

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