Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: May 4, 2004

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CSO, SPD law officers to receive Optimist Club awards

The Breakfast Optimist Club will be presenting to law officer of the year awards during a special event on Thursday morning.

Officer Daniel Denby of the Shreveport Police Department and Cpl. Alan Davidson of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office will each be honored during the "Respect for Law" breakfast being held at 7:30 a.m. at the Rutherford House.

Denby has been with the department since February of 2000. During 2003 alone, he received four letters of commendation from citizens and supervisors because they felt his actions were exemplary in resolving situations. He recorded 37 felony arrests, 70 misdemeanor arrests and made 274 traffic stops.

Denby has done excellent work on several burglary cases that resulted in several arrests. He is courteous and friendly toward co-workers and citizens and assists whenever he is needed.

Davidson is a 14-year member of the Caddo Sheriff's Office, currently

assigned to the Caddo-Shreveport White Collar Crimes Unit. As a financial

crimes investigator, he works closely with retail stores, pawnshops and

banks and has been able to aggressively pursue criminals and develop

successful cases against them. His ability to investigate financial crimes

has prevented crimes from occurring, identified repeat offenders, and

brought offenders to justice.

Earlier this year, Cpl. Davidson assisted detectives with a robbery

investigation where two elderly Caddo Parish residents were attacked and

robbed outside their home. Cpl. Davidson worked with security personnel from an area retail store to identify two of the suspects, who were ultimately charged with robbery.

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