Heroism Awards For SUNY Officers

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and University Police Commissioner Bruce McBride honored four members of the SUNY Oneonta University Police Department for exceptional heroism and professional service.

At the 2013 SUNY University Police Awards ceremony in Albany Tuesday afternoon, Technical Sergeant Shawn Callahan, Officer Mark Cardinali, Lieutenant Sherri Drumm, and Technical Sergeant Daniel Rommer were among 14 University Police personnel statewide to receive SUNY’s system-wide Professional Service Award. Oneonta University Police Department Chief Daniel Chambers nominated each of them in recognition of their efforts to save the life of a Job Corps student who collapsed on West Street in the Town of Oneonta on August 31st, 2013.

Chief Steven Dangler, Chair of the Chiefs Awards Committee, presented Callahan, Cardinali, Drumm and Rommer with a plaque memorializing their achievement, and bars for their uniforms.

Former SUNY Oneonta Police Chief Barton Ingersoll, whom Chambers succeeded in May, also was honored, receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award. Ingersoll, whose service to SUNY began in 1973, spearheaded the process that led to the SUNY Oneonta University Police Department’s receipt of New York State Law Enforcement Accreditation in 2011.