Police Officers' Association of Nebraska Hall of Fame
**Nomination forms are due July 1, 2024
Please mail forms to:
Sgt. Tony Cordova
Kearney Police Department
2025 Ave A
Kearney, NE 68847
PURPOSE:
To recognize the accomplishments and deeds of individual law enforcement officers.
REQUIREMENTS:
To be nominated for the Hall of Fame Award the person must:
Have been killed in the line of duty; or
Be regularly or medically retired and contributed significantly to law enforcement and/or to the organization. (regular retirement shall mean meeting the minimum requirements and drawing from a pension fund)
Be an active law enforcement officer and contributed greatly to law enforcement and/or to the organization; or
Be or have been a regular full or retired member, except in the case of death.
Download the POAN Hall of Fame Nomination Form
Hall of Fame Members:
2023
Steve Hensel, Crete Police Department
2022 Mike Kerby, Retired Nebraska State Patrol, Current Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center/Crime Commission
2021
Luis Mario Herrera, Investigator, Lincoln Police Department
2020
John Rohnert, Sheriff (deceased), Dawson County Sheriffs Department
2019
Gregory J. Urbanek, Sergeant, Kearney Police Department
2019
Dan Lynch, Retired Chief, Kearney Police Department
2018
William Gumm, Retired Chief, Columbus Police Department
2017
Rick Carmichael, Retired Chief of Police, Fairbury Police Department
2016
Kerrie Orozco, Police Officer (deceased), Omaha Police Department
2015
William H. Larsen, Reitred Sgt., Lincoln Police Department
James Livingston, Retired Chief of Police (deceased), Scottsbluff Police Department
2014
Mike Behm, Retired Executive Director, NE Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
2013
James Peschong, Chief of Police, Lincoln Police Department
Dennis Wagner, Chief of Police, Central City Police Department
2012
Dwight Livingston Jr., Retired Deputy Chief, North Platte Police Department
2011
Vicki Bourg, Police Officer (deceased), Lincoln Police Department
2010
Thomas Casady, Chief of Police, Lincoln Police Department
2008
Darrell Fisher, Lt. Colonel, Nebraska State Patrol
2007
Ronald Gardner, Investigator (deceased), Hastings Police Department
2006
Martin Gutschenritter , Police Chief, North Platte
2005
Tim Mullen, Police Chief, Fremont
2004
Timothy Dempsey, Police Chief, Elkhorn
2003
Allen Curtis, Nebraska Crime Commission, Lincoln
2001
Richard Anderson, Police Chief (deceased), Omaha
1999
George Svoboda, Police Chief, Shelton
1998
James Ruberson, Police Chief, Hastings
1997
Kenneth Delay, Police Chief, Petersburg
Earl Imler, Police Officer, Cozad
1995
James Wilson Jr., Police Officer, Omaha
James Brenneman, Retired Police Chief, Norfolk
1994
Joel Conklin, Police Officer, Hastings
1993
Hulda Roper, Lincoln
John Kolterman, Police Chief, Wahoo
1992
Frank Valentine, Police Chief, York
1991
Robert Sawdon, Retired Assistant Police Chief, Lincoln
1990
James M. Richardson II, Patrolman, York
Glenn Haas, Police Sergeant, Gothenburg
1989
Ronald Flansburg, Captain, Lincoln
1988
Joseph T. Carroll, Retired Police Chief, Lincoln
Frank Baumer, Retired Police Chief, South Sioux City