The Family Hour will be from Friday, February 1, 2019, at 12:00 P.M. Services will be conducted on Friday, February 1, 2019, at 12:30 P.M. Location: O. H. Pye, III Funeral Home, located at 17600 Plymouth Rd., Detroit, Michigan 48227.
Telephone: (313)838-9770.

Interment will be held at Grand Lawn Cemetery, located at 23501 Grand River Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48219.
Telephone: (313)531-2050.

More troubling is the effect of GPO on a police officer’s retirement. If a spouse who paid into Social Security dies, the surviving public safety officer should be eligible for half of the deceased’s benefit. However, GPO requires that this amount be offset by two-thirds of the survivor’s pension, eliminating most or all of the payment. By professional need, many police officers are outside of Social Security but if they had not served at all, they would receive the full allotment of the spouse’s benefit.

GPO and WEP were meant as a “leveling” response but only serve to hurt public safety officers. By totally repealing both GPO and WEP, the Social Security Fairness Act would preserve the retirement security of those who selflessly serve and protect our communities.

NAPO thanks Congressman Davis for his continued dedication ensuring public employees get the retirement benefits they rightly deserve. We look forward to working with him to pass this important legislation.

2018 DETROIT POLICE LIEUTENANTS AND SERGEANTS ASSOCIATION

LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE AWARD

RECIPIENTS

EXCELLENCE AWARD

Lieutenant Shawn K. Wesley

Detective Roy Gilbert

Officer Glenn Anthony Christopher Doss

Officer Fadi Mukhlis Shukur

Officer Darren Maurice Weathers

LEADERSHIP AWARD

Lieutenant Kimberly Gabriel

Lieutenant Howard Phillips

Lieutenant Gerry Johnson Jr.

Lieutenant Kaywune Latham

Lieutenant Kevin Robinson

Sergeant Jason Burke

Sergeant Rocco Corsetti

Sergeant Stephen Geelhood

Sergeant Donald Haight

Sergeant Timothy Jones

Sergeant Travis Konstanko

Sergeant Jermareo McDaniel

Sergeant David Meadows

Sergeant David Rios

Sergeant Phillip Rodriguez

Sergeant Lacell Rue

Sergeant Joanne Wight

The DPLSA will also be recognizing the outstanding efforts of the DPLSA Members that are on the PEERS SUPPORT for their outstanding efforts assisting the members of our department, their efforts have not gone unnoticed and they are greatly appreciated!

DPLSA SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

Lieutenant Pastella Williams, COMMUNICATIONS

Lieutenant Leslie Montgomery, Fifth Precinct

Lieutenant Kaywune Latham, Tenth Precinct

Lieutenant Gordon Moore, Communications

Lieutenant Carrie Schulz, Second Precinct

Lieutenant LaShanna Potts, Chief’s Neighborhood Liaison

Lieutenant Ian Severy, Taskforce Administration

Lieutenant Kimberley Gabriel, Seventh Precinct

Lieutenant Tonya Leonard-Gilbert, Organized Crime

Sergeant Anthony Potts, Firearms Training

Sergeant Matthew Neihengen, Crime Intel

Sergeant Nathaniel Weekley,12th Precinct PDU

Sergeant Timothy Firchau, Avert

Sergeant John Pasharikovski, 12th Precinct

Detective Danielle Harrison, Internal Affairs