“Hit of the Month” is Stop Stick, Ltd. program to recognize truly outstanding performance results coming from the successful deployment of Stop Stick® Tire Deflation Device in ending pursuits. Every month hundreds of reports are received from across the country documenting successful deployments of Stop Sticks®. These reports detail stories of exceptional police work and proper deployment of the Stop Stick® Tire Deflation Device to safely bring pursuits to an end. Below are the departments who were nominated from the hundreds of submissions, and the ones who have been selected as the “Hit of the Month”.

February 2019 HOM WINNER

West:

Border Patrol Agent Ian Elich

U.S. Border Patrol -Willcox, AZ

February 2019 Nominees

Midwest:

Sgt. Marc Freeman

Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department- Council Bluffs, IA

South:

Deputy Andrew Wray

Cullman County Sheriff’s Office- Cullman, AL

East:

Officer Phillip Szalla

Pittsburgh Police Department- Pitttsburgh, PA

March 2019 HOM WINNER

South:

Officer Zachary Fore

Atlanta Police Department- Atlanta, GA

March 2019 Nominees

East:

Sgt. Steven Moore

Canton Police Department- Canton, NC

West:

Sgt. Derek Ortiz

Arizona Department of Public Safety- Youngtown, AZ

Midwest:

Officer Clinton Putnam

Greendale Police Department- Greendale, IN