NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
February 2, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer 
(850) 651-7420  

OCSO 2005 EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR

     Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris has taken the rare move of having two sworn “Employees of the Year”. That’s because Deputies Steve Hough and Scott Spence are a team. They started the Office’s first Sexual Offendor/Predator Unit in June of 2005. The pair now operates a successful program to monitor the activities and registrations of all the Sexual Offenders in Okaloosa County , (currently numbering more than 250).  Deputies Hough and Spence also helped in the set-up and training of the new on-line registration process through FDLE as mandated by the Jessica Lunsford Act.  In 2005 they issued more than forty arrests for “failure to register” offenses.  

    The 2005 non-sworn “Employee of the Year” is a true inspiration to her co-workers. Warrants Clerk Roberta Pifer began working with the OCSO in November 2004 and quickly proved to be a sharp, courteous and dedicated employee. Despite an energy-sapping, life-threatening illness, Roberta rarely missed a day at work and in fact, was often one of the first to arrive and one of the last to leave. Roberta is a true example of bravery and courage, and a Sheriff ’s Office employee who routinely goes above and beyond in performing her duties.

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