The Rotary Meeting for May 2, 2023 was the “54th Annual Presidents’ Roundtable Public Safety Awards Banquet.” During the program, there were numerous award winners from different public safety organizations as outlined below. Congratulations to all of the award recipients and thank you for your service to our community.
 
Polk County Fire Rescue: Engineer Paramedic Terrell Camp and Engineer Glen Harshbarger
 
Lakeland Fire Department: Lt./Paramedic Todd Burney, Lt/Paramedic Matt Burns, Driver Engineer/Paramedic Alvin Catholic, Firefighter/EMT Kyle Davis, Firefighter/EMT Michael Friedt, Firefighter/Paramedic Brett Knoll, Firefighter/EMT Rick Rinshed, and Firefighter/EMT Josh Simpson
 
Polk County Sheriff’s Office: Deputy Sheriff Blane Lee Lane and Deputy Sheriff Harodis Nunez
 
Lakeland Police Department: Officer Sean Mulderrig and Office Raj Patel
 
Florida Forest Service: Forest Ranger Brett Hamilton, Forest Area Supervisor Tommy Price, and Forest Ranger Brian Thornton.