Exchange Club Law Officer and Citizen of the Year Announced
The Quincy Exchange Club’s 49th Annual Law Officer of the Year and Citizen of the Year Awards were presented today. The law officer award was presented to Chief Deputy Rob Power of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department. The Citizen of the Year Award was presented to Jenny Hayden of Quincy.
Power joined the Quincy Police Department in 1989 after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Quincy for 12 years and was a huge part of the Federal drug Task Force in the 1990’s. Chief Deputy Powers has been the main conduit of communications between drug forces in Northeast Missouri and West-Central Illinois for years. He was behind a huge drug conspiracy case that led to the arrest of 11 people recently and has directly been involved in putting a huge dent in drug trading in this area.
Meanwhile, Hayden, the Quincy City Clerk, has been involved in many organizations assisting law enforcement including being a member of the Quincy Regional Crime Stoppers, a graduate of the Quincy Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy and now serves as a member of the Academy’s Alumni organization.
The main speaker for the event was Secret Service Agent Bill Shink of the Springfield, Illinois office.