MISSOURI CIT
AWARD RECIPIENTS
Missouri Crisis Intervention Team (MO CIT) Council Awards
Law Enforcement Officer of the Year:
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Sean Hess
Kansas City Police Dept.
2017
Sgt. Ed Curtis
Cape Girardeau County
Sheriff's Office
2021
Mark Cherry
Sedalia Police Dept.
2018
J.D. Pettey
Kansas City Police Dept.
2022
Chris Koester
St. Louis County Police Dept.
2019
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Rodney Baker
Cape Girardeau Police Dept.
2023
Leann Robertson
Rolla Police Dept.
2020
Front Line Professional of the Year:
Jason Davis
Sikeston DPS
2023
Kristen Siler-Kline
Family Guidance Center
2022
Scott Landregan
Kansas City Assessment & Triage Center (KC-ATC)
2021
Community Behavioral Health Liaison of the Year (CBHL):
Angela Lutmer
BCS
2023
Jen Gentry
Family Guidance Center
2022
Peggy Gorenflo
Tri-County Mental Health Services
2021
Ted Solomon
Compass Health Network
2020
Laura Heitmann
Arthur Center
2019
Jen Gentry
Family Guidance Center
2018
Dawn Morris
Compass Health Network
2018
Michelle Horvath
Compass Health Network
2017
Champion | Community Partner of the Year:
Marietta Hagan
Cox Health
2023
Eric Schleuter
Jail Administrator Warren County Sheriff's Dept.
2022
Kat Probst
Asst. CEO of the Adair County Ambulance District
2021
Ashley Brooks
The Rolla Mission
2020
Kim Woodson
Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC)
2019
Connie Collins
Compass Health Network
2018
Audrey Burger
Community Counseling Center
2017
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Poplar Bluff
Regional Medical Center
2017
Dr. Rick Gowdy Legacy Award:
An individual who, through their life's work, has made a transformative and lasting impact upon Missouri's Crisis Response System
Capt. Jeremy Romo
St. Louis County Police Dept.
2023
Kimberly Hicks
Missouri Behavioral Health Council
2023
Tim Conroy
CPS Posthumous
2022
CIT International Awards
CITI Behavioral
Healthcare Practitioner
of the Year:
CITI First Responder
of the Year:
CITI Coordinator
of the Year:
Peggy Gorenflo
Tri-County Mental Health Services
2022
Leann Robertson
Rolla Police Dept.
2020
Det. Jason Klaus
Perry County Sheriff's Dept.
2020
Angela Lutmer
Bootheel Counseling Services
2023
CITI Person with Lived Experience of the Year:
Elizabeth Wilson
TRI-CIT CIT Council
2019
CITI Behavioral Healthcare Practitioner of the Year:
Laura Heitmann
Arthur Center
2019
CITI Pin of the Year:
MO CIT COUNCIL
2018
CITl Officer of the Year:
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Sgt. Sean Hess
Kansas City Police Dept.
2017
CITI Coordinator of the Year:
Lt. Jeremy Romo
St. Louis County Police Dept.
2016