Deputy of the Year	Citizen of The Year
Reserve Deputy of the Year	The Oklahoma Buckle Down Awards

LANCE RAMSEY - Deputy of the Year

Former Recipients

Deputy Lance Ramsey has been a distinguished Deputy with the Tulsa County Sheriff s Office for over 22 years. During 2009, he was assigned to the Tulsa County Metro Drug Task Force as an Investigator. He has written over 300 search and arrest warrants for suspects in drug-related cases. Deputy Ramsey has accounted for over 50% of the Task Force statistics during the year, which included the recovery of over a half million dollars in narcotics, pills and marijuana and over one quarter million dollars in assets. He arrives early to set up activities by doing surveillance of suspects and vehicles. He does trash pulls early in the mornings to gather intelligence information and evidence that provides valuable leads to the Task Force members. In one case alone, Lance received information from an informant and through discovery, he was able to pull together the seizure of six hundred pounds of marijuana. His findings resulted in two significant arrests, which led to additional arrests and seizures, taking users, dealers and drugs off the streets of Tulsa County. In addition to his assigned duties, Lance is also a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT). He volunteers his time for community events, and runs each year in the Law Enforcement Torch Run supporting Special Olympics of Oklahoma. Deputy Ramsey’s eagerness and loyalty to the Sheriff s Office is demonstrated daily. His ability and talent as an investigator and peace officer have earned him a highly-respected reputation among law enforcement officers.

FRANK DAGGS - Reserve Deputy of the Year

Former Recipients

	Frank Daggs has been working with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office since 1989 and has been a valuable asset to our reserve program. In 2009, Frank donated more than 292 hours and has been volunteering in many different capacities at the Sheriff s Office on a regular basis since he joined. Reserve Deputy Daggs has demonstrated the essence of support consistently throughout the years. When we have had an urgent need for reserves, Frank has always stepped up and delivered. In October of 2009, we were contacted, on very short notice, by the Tulsa County Health Department to assist with an H1N1 flu shot clinic. Due to the brief amount of time given to assemble a group of volunteers, we had difficulty gathering enough help for this call-out.
Even though Frank had just recently gone through personal surgeries, he showed up and refused to go home until the clinic closed. Because of the epidemic at that time, the day turned out to be one of Tulsa County Health Department s largest number of citizens to ever receive inoculations for the flu. Frank’s assistance with this immense endeavor was above and beyond the normal efforts. Anyone who knows Reserve Deputy Daggs will agree that he is selfless, generous, noble, respectful, and has always put others ahead of himself. Frank is truly appreciated by everyone who is a part of our office and the Reserves program. He is a model of what law enforcement officers should signify, as well as what the reserve program stands for. Frank is an outstanding Officer, but more importantly Frank is our friend.

MS. ZAIDA KEPFORD - Citizen of the Year

	Ms. Kepford, a former lawyer from Mexico City, is now a U.S. citizen and operates a language translation business. During 2009, the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center was undergoing numerous inspections by various agencies. Many inspectors were concerned because our prisoner related forms were not available in Spanish. Zaida was highly recommended by local attorneys to assist us with the task of translating our forms into proper Spanish. Ms. Kepford wanted to volunteer her services to the Tulsa County Sheriff s Office, believing she would be making a great contribution to the Hispanic prisoners incarcerated in our jail. As our relationship with her grew, she became very active in building bonds and bridges between our office and numerous ethnic groups throughout Tulsa County.
She is now a certified District Court Translator, which enables her to assist with verbal translation at the jail facility, as well as other divisions within the Sheriff s Office.

Deputy of the Year

Former Recipients
1988 Deputy Lyndall Cole
1989 Deputy Harry 'Red' Wakefield
1990 Deputy Keaton Littlefield
1991 Deputy Bill Purifoy
1992 Deputy Dan Fritz
1993 Deputy Herb Calvert
1994 Deputy Kirk Mercer
1995 Deputy Phillip Cervantes
1996 Deputy Mark Stevens
1997 Deputy Ron Brasel
1998 Deputy Garland Thompson
1999 Sergeant Sherri Carrier
2000 Deputy Randy Chapman
2001 Deputy Tim Wilkens
2002 Sergeant Billy Dobbs
2003 Deputy Jeremy Yerton
2004 Sergeant Rick Treadwell
2005 Deputy Jack Reusser
2006 Deputy Will Ramsey
2007 Sergeant Robbie Lillard
2008 Sergeant Bob Darby

Reserve Deputy of the Year

Former Recipients
1996 Reserve Deputy Bob Wallack
1997 Reserve Deputy Duane Helling
1998 Reserve Deputy David Myers
1999 Reserve Deputy James Land
2000 Reserve Deputy Catherine Curtin
2001 Reserve Deputy Lee Butcher
2002 Reserve Deputy Tom Payne
2003 Reserve Deputy David Stone
2004 Reserve Deputy Darrell Moody
2005 Reserve Deputy Jim Wolfe
2006 Reserve Deputy Richard England
2007 Reserve Deputy Robert McKim
2008 Reserve Deputy Joe Walker

The Oklahoma Buckle Down Awards

Left to Right: Cpl. John Wright, Sgt. Randy Pierce, Sgt. Rick Treadwell, Deputy Marshall Eldridge, Deputy Evan Foster and Deputy Michael Schmauss. (Not pictured: Sgt. Craig Bivins)

The Oklahoma Buckle Down Awards program was held in Tulsa on February 14, 2008. Sgt. Craig Bivins and Deputy Michael Schmauss were recognized for DUI Enforcement Sgt. Randy Pierce was recognized for Seatbelt Enforcement, and Cpl. John Wright, Deputy Evan Foster and Deputy Marshall Eldridge were recognized for Traffic Safety Enforcement.

Sergeant Rick Treadwell received  the Trooper Mathew Scott Evans Memorial Award .

Sergeant Randy Pierce was awarded the 2007 National Outstanding Service Award from the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organization.