The 2010 9^th Annual
Heroes of Denton County Awards & Recognition Gala
Will be held on Thursday, September 30^th at 7:00PM in the ballroom at the
Speedway Club of Texas Motor Speedway

This Year We are Honored to Have as Our Keynote Speaker:

Captain Richard Phillips

Captain of the U.S. flagged container ship Maersk Alabama,
hijacked by pirates on April 8, 2009 off the coast of Somalia.
(Please See Our EVENTS Page for Details)

Our 2009 Law Enforcement Officer, Firefighter,
Telecommunicator of the Year & Career Achievement
Award Recipients

Officer Lippens is currently assigned to the Patrol Division of  the Flower Mound Police Department.  He has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to duty and performance, and was recognized as Police Officer of the Year by his peers for a number of reasons.  Officer Lippens is a highly effective police officer and strives to continually make the Flower Mound Police Department a model for other local law enforcement agencies.   On September 16, 2008, Officer Lippens responded to an attempted Child Abduction in his district.  The following day he returned to the area to give citizens a sense of safety, and to put them at ease.  During a subsequent interview with one of these citizens, Officer Lippens obtained critical information that was provided to FMPD detectives about a probable suspect.  This information led to the expeditious identification, and  arrest, of that suspect.