MISSOURI CIT
AWARD RECIPIENTS
Missouri Crisis Intervention Team (MO CIT) Council Awards
Law Enforcement Officer of the Year:
Kyle Essary
Taney County Sheriff's Office
2024
Chris Koester
St. Louis County Police Dept.
2019
Rodney Barker
Cape Girardeau Police Dept.
2023
Mark Cherry
Sedalia Police Dept.
2018
J.D. Pettey
Kansas City Police Dept.
2022
Sean Hess
Kansas City Police Dept.
2017
Sgt. Ed Curtis
Cape Girardeau County
Sheriff's Office
2021
Leann Robertson
Rolla Police Dept.
2020
Frontline Professional of the Year:
Danica Collinge
Adair County Sheriff's Office
2024
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):
Nichole Rohn
Mark Twain Behavioral Health
2024
Angela Lutmer
Bootheel Behavioral Health
2023
Jen Gentry
Family Guidance Center
2022
Peggy Gorenflo
Beacon Mental Health
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
Excellence in Education and Training Award
Crystal Kent
Investigator, Callaway County Sheriff’s Office
2024
Champion | Community Partner of the Year:
Eric Foree
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
2023
Kim Woodson
Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC)
2019
Marietta Hagan
Cox Health
2023
Connie Collins
Compass Health Network
2018
Eric Schleuter
Jail Administrator Warren County Sheriff's Dept.
2022
Audrey Burger
Community Counseling Center
2017
Kat Probst
Asst. CEO of the Adair County Ambulance District
2021
Poplar Bluff
Regional Medical Center
2017
Ashley Brooks
The Rolla Mission
2020
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
Angie Stuckenschneider
Legislative Liaison Missouri Department of Mental Hea
2024
Kimberly Hicks
Missouri Behavioral Health Council
2023
Angie Plunkett
Diversion Coordinator, Missouri Department of Mental Health
2024
Tim Conroy
CPS Posthumous
2022
Capt. Jeremy Romo
St. Louis County Police Dept.
2023
CIT International Awards
CITI Behavioral
Healthcare Practitioner
of the Year:
Peggy Gorenflo
Beacon Mental Health
2022
Angela Lutmer
Bootheel Behavioral Health
2023
CITI First Responder
of the Year:
CITI Coordinator
of the Year:
Leann Robertson
Rolla Police Dept.
2020
Det. Jason Klaus
Perry County Sheriff's Dept.
2020
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:
Sgt. Sean Hess
Kansas City Police Dept.
2017
CITI Coordinator of the Year:
Lt. Jeremy Romo
St. Louis County Police Dept.
2016