“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”.

July 2016

Nominees:

Chief Randy S. Soliday – Monticello Police Department, IN

Michael Layton – Department of Homeland Security/Customs Border Patrol, AZ

Officer Ryan Kolenich – Jupiter Police Department, FL

Winner:

Officer Jonathan Crouse – High Point Police Department, NC

August 2016

Nominees:

Sergeant Travis Pierce – Liberty County Sheriff’s Department, TX

Sergeant Donald Bates – Whately Police Department, MA

Officer Nicholas Dubea – LaGrange Police Department, IN

Winner:

Sergeant Smith, Sergeant Schmidt, & Officer Hachtel – Douglas Police Department, WY