Three from Rochester Police Department honored during annual awards ceremony

From left, Hattie Johnson, Brendan Colson and Tiffany Pearce (Courtesy photo)

ROCHESTER - Three from the Rochester Police Department received honorary awards last week.

The annual awards ceremony recognized Tiffany Pearce as Support Person of the Year, Brendan Colson as Officer of the Year and Hattie Johnson as recipient of the Chief Theodore W. Blair Memorial Award.

Tiffany Pearce has been a communications specialist with RPD since 2016. She has a background in firefighting with advance degrees in fire science and fire investigations.

Chief Boudreau noted that Tiffany is an extremely important asset to our dispatch center. Tiffany was nominated by her peers, who stated how she is a team player, empathetic, resourceful, and how professional she is when things are chaotic in the center.

Colson has been an Officer in Rochester since 2019. Colson served our country in the Navy until 2019 when he joined RPD. Boudreau stated that in the short amount of time Officer Colson has been an Officer with us, he has been a leader among his peers. Boudreau stated that Colson "has a great understanding of the job, completes a very thorough work product, and is a top performer in our agency."

He added that Colson is a :genuine" person, and "high spirited" in always making his coworkers laugh.

Johnson has been an officer with RPD agency since 2018. She served our country in the Army as a medic. Officer Johnson competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece in the 10-meter air rifle competition.

Chief Boudreau noted some traits that Chief Blair possessed, and how those same traits are instilled in Johnson: compassion, dedication, genuine, inspiring, kind, patient, personable, respectful, smart, positive outlook, and smiling all the time (to name a few).

The Blair family was on hand to issue the plaque to Johnson.