Kentucky State Police Announces
2004 Civilian Employee Of The Year
And Other Support Personnel Awards

Media Release for                                                         
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004                                                      

Contact : Capt. Brad Bates
                Media Relations Branch
                Ph: (502) 695-6344

(LEXINGTON, KY) --The Kentucky State Police honored 27 of its most outstanding civilian employees at a special ceremony held today at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Lexington. Lt. Gov. Stephen B. Pence joined Kentucky State Police Commissioner Mark L. Miller in presenting the awards.
Covington resident Jerry Keathley, a police communications dispatcher supervisor at KSP Post 6 in Dry Ridge, was honored as the KSP Civilian Employee of the Year. A 13-year veteran of the Kentucky State Police, Keathley began his career with the agency as a dispatcher at Post 9 in Pikeville. He is a native of Beaver, Ky. and a 1986 graduate of Betsy Layne High School in Floyd County.
“The true benefits that the citizens of the Commonwealth receive from state employees can never be measured,” said Lt. Gov. Pence. “I commend all of today’s award winners for their achievement.”
“With so many demands placed on our agency in these new and different times, the importance of our civilian employees becomes even more apparent,” noted Com-missioner Miller. “Not a day goes by in the life of a trooper that the services they provide go unused. They make it easier for our troopers to serve the citizens of Kentucky effectively, efficiently and professionally.”
Other KSP employees receiving Support Personnel Awards at the ceremony included:
Police Communication Support Service Award
Sharon Kramer       
Post 12-Frankfort    

John Lile
Post 3-Bowling Green

Raymond Day, II.      
Post 10-Harlan    

Don Weckbach
Post 6-Dry Ridge

Clerical Support Service Award
Linda Day (East Troop)   
Post 10-Harlan    

Barbara Lynne Cummings (West Troop)
Post 3-Bowling Green

Patsy Bean (Central Troop)   
Post 12-Frankfort    

Lynne Spencer (HQ/Special Enforcement)
West Drug Enforcement Branch-Bowling Green

Driver Testing Support Award
Patricia Whitlock (West Region)  
Frankfort     

David Phelps (East Region)
Frankfort

Forensic Service Support Award
Jeanna Oxenham     
Northern Laboratory Branch   
Cold Spring     

Terry Comstock
Jefferson Laboratory Branch
Louisville
      
Jennifer Kendall    
Central Laboratory Branch   
Frankfort     

Dawn Katz
Jefferson Laboratory Branch
Louisville

Judy LeAnn Sigmon
Western Laboratory Branch
Madisonville

Administrative Support Service Award
Kent Scott     
Highway Safety Branch-Frankfort  

Lisa Troutman
Central Laboratory Branch-Frankfort

Scientific Support Service Award
Jared Tucker
Western Laboratory Branch-Madisonville

Computer Technology Technical Support Award
Rick Cunningham
Computer Technologies Branch-Frankfort

Records Technical Support Service Award
Ted Stumbur
Criminal Identification & Records Branch-Frankfort

Facility Security Support Service Award
Ralph Thompson
Facilities Security-Frankfort

Enforcement Support Service Award
Curtis Combs
Post 6-Dry Ridge

Maintenance Support Service Award
Bill Booze      
KSP Headquarters-Frankfort    

Jeff  Manning
Post 4-Elizabethtown

Communication Technical Support Service Award
Jerry Day
Post 13-Hazard

Supply Technical Support Service Award
Billy Moore Jr.
KSP Garage-Frankfort