On Saturday, 1/9/16,  the Friends of the Southern Regional Police Department held our annual appreciation and awards ceremony.  At the event Officer Shawn Powell was presented with the SRPD Officer of the Year award for 2015.  He was recognized for his traffic and DUI enforcement along with his criminal investigations and community policing.  Officer Powell was also honored with the SRPD Top Gun award for his DUI enforcement.  Congratulations on this much deserved award.