Five receive awards

Five employees of the Huntington Beach Police Department received

awards for their dedicated service to the community.

They were recognized during the police department’s annual Employees

Awards Breakfast held Wednesday in the department’s training rooms.

Fellow employees nominated them for the awards and a committee

representing a cross section of the police department, which included

Police Chief Ronald Lowenberg selected the recipients. The five

recipients were: Sgt. Richard Butcher, supervisor of the year; officer

Mike Lyons, uniformed officer of the year; Detective Mike Nakama,

non-uniformed officer of the year; Dispatch Supervisor Kim Meadows,

civilian employee of the year and officer Rodney Besuzzi, new officer of

the year.