City Attorney Justice Award

     The City Attorney’s Justice Award is given each year to a Springdale Police Officer who has demonstrated good knowledge of criminal law and criminal procedure in pursuing justice for all persons.  In enforcement of the law, this police officer is impartial and pursues justice for all persons.  The recipient receives a Lady Justice statue, as Lady Justice stands for the impartial pursuit of justice for all persons.  The City Attorney’s Justice Award was started in 2007.

Sergeant Billy Turnbough is the coordinator of the Springdale Nuisance Abatement Partnership (SNAP), which is composed of several departments within the City. In 2007, Sergeant Turnbough was instrumental in making several arrests of persons who painted graffiti on the property of Springdale citizens. The violators on these cases all received the maximum sentence of 1 year in jail on the charge of criminal mischief. Sergeant Turnbough then devised a plan to help the victims of graffiti. He was able to get several Springdale businesses to donate paint and paint brushes to the City and then he organized a clean up detail of prisoners, who went out and cleaned up the graffiti. Many of the prisoners were the persons who were guilty of painting the graffiti. Over 70 victims were able to get their properties cleaned up through this program.

         Sergeant Billy Turnbough

                 2008 Recipient

      City Attorney Justice Award

 

Officer Travis Monson was given a commendation by the City Attorney's Office for his work in the S.N.A.P. program, and in particular for assisting Sergeant Turnbough in investigating nuisances within the City of Springdale.

 

Sergeant Lee Andreadis was the recipient of the first City Attorney Justice Award in 2007 for implementing a system for evaluating misdemeanor police reports referred to CID from the Patrol Division, which greatly reduced the time it took to issue a warrant for a misdemeanor offender.