DPD Recognizes Officer of the Month, Traffic Officer of the Year
Tuesday, October 24th, 2023
The Dalton Police Department recognized two of its officers on Tuesday morning for outstanding performance of their duties. During the Public Safety Commission's monthly meeting, Detective Charles Williams was honored as the DPD Officer of the Month for September and Officer Nicholas Hill was recognized as the Traffic Officer of the Year for 2022.
Detective Williams' honor comes in recognition of his work to solve a series of vehicle break-ins and other thefts that were plaguing Dalton this summer. Assistant Chief Chris Crossen told the PSC's members that Williams was assigned the cases as the on-call detective and that he began to work tirelessly on the cases.
Caption: Assistant Chief Chris Crossen (left) presents the Officer of the Month Award to Detective Charles Williams (right)
"He was able to develop some leads, hit some dead ends, continued to follow leads and hit some dead ends and eventually ended up landing upon the correct juvenile suspect," Crossen told the commission. "After that suspect was brought in, Detective Williams continued to pursue the case and did a series of excellent interviews and was able to recover property, develop more suspects, and that did eventually lead to the arrest of two adult suspects along with the juvenile that was arrested. These suspects did have some gang affiliation."
Ultimately, the three arrests led by Detective Williams cleared not just the vehicle break-ins and thefts but also a series of graffiti cases as well. For his efforts, Detective Williams was named as the Officer of the Month for September after being nominated for the honor by his supervisor.
Officer Nicholas Hill was recognized as the Traffic Officer of the Year for 2022. He was presented with the recognition by his supervisor Sergeant David Saylors who noted the award was being presented before the Public Safety Commission in October due to scheduling challenges.
Caption: Sergeant David Saylors (left) presents the 2022 Traffic Officer of the Year Award to Officer Nicholas Hill
"We selected (Officer Hill) for this award because he has continually proven himself through his tireless efforts to maintain orderliness on Dalton’s roads.," Saylors said. "Among many notable accomplishments, one cannot overlook his stance against drunk driving. By addressing many DUI-related offenses he has effectively deterred individuals from engaging in such dangerous behavior, safeguarding lives within the community. Furthermore, his relentless pursuit of speeding violators underscores his dedication to promoting adherence to traffic regulations which prevent severe injury or loss of life due to high speed collisions. He has demonstrated exceptional proficiency in combatting distracted driving which is an issue plaguing society today and additionally his involvement in enforcing occupant protection laws exemplified his concern for driver and passenger welfare. It’s our pleasure to recognize Officer Nicholas Hill as the recipient of the 2022 Traffic Officer of the Year Award."
