A number of Springfield police officers have been honored for bravery and valor during the department’s annual meritorious service awards.
Most of the awards were split among multiple officers. The Silver Suarez Award for distinguished police work by uniformed officers went to three officers who worked to get firearms off the streets. The William Herndon Award for plainclothes officers was given to four cops who worked to solve a triple homicide on South 10th Street.
Seven officers shared the Porter Williams Award for acts of bravery in their handling of a homicide on Lincoln Street where the suspect was still on scene when they arrived. And ten members of the Street Crimes Unit and Violence Reduction Task Force were honored for their efforts to reduce violent crime on Springfield streets.
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