2019 NSA Officer of the Year
Please submit nominations by September 2, 2019.
Year |
Officer |
County or Town |
| 1974 | Vern Byler, Captain, NSP | Lincoln, NE |
| 1975 | Merle Karnopp, Sheriff | Lancaster County |
| 1976 | Patrick Ell, Deputy | Dodge County |
| 1977 | Gregg Magee, Deputy | Adams County |
| 1978 | M.E. "Shorty" Sunquist, Sheriff | Gosper County |
| 1979 | Russell K. Kildare, Deputy | Lancaster County |
| 1980 | Richard D. Dolph, Deputy | Fillmore County |
| 1981 | Byron Buzek, Sheriff | Saline County |
| 1982 | Fred Steinkamp, Jr., Sheriff | Gage County |
| 1983 | Roger D. Sterkel, Sheriff | Morrill County |
| 1984 | Darrell J. Johnson, Sheriff | Cheyenne County |
| 1985 | Emanuel Bartek, Deputy | Lancaster County |
| 1986 | Duane Deterding, Sheriff | Lincoln County |
| 1987 | Craig D. Dodge, Deputy | Lancster County |
| 1988 | Bob Botek, Deputy | Cherry County |
| 1989 | Neil Miller, Deputy LeRoy Janssen, Sheriff |
Buffalo County Wayne County |
| 1990 | Ed Bryson, Deputy | Lancaster County |
| 1991 | J.R. "Rick" Stalder, Sheriff | Furnas County |
| 1992 | Ron Poskochil, Sheriff | Saunders County |
| 1993 | Joe Yocum, Deputy Denise Woolman, Deputy |
Sewerd County Lancaster County |
| 1994 | Richard Bauer, Deputy | Box Butte County |
| 1995 | Gary Norseen, Deputy | Dawson County |
| 1996 | No Nominations | |
| 1997 | William Woodruff, Deputy | Lancaster County |
| 1998 | Emanuel Bartek, Deputy | Lancaster County |
| 1999 | No Nominations | |
| 2000 | Ed VanBuren, Deputy | Douglas County |
| 2001 | Chad Hunt, Deputy | Buffalo County |
| 2002 | Richard Zimmerman, Deputy | Saline County |
| 2003 | Gary Young, Sheriff | Thayer County |
| 2004 | Wes Greve, Investigator | Washington County |
| 2005 | Jane Tooley, Deputy | Butler County |
| 2006 | William Burgess, Sheriff | Fillmore County |
| 2007 | Neil Miller, Sheriff | Buffalo County |
| 2008 | Michael J. Smith | Douglas County |
| 2009 | No Nominations | |
| 2010 | No Nominations | |
| 2011 | Thomas Flynn, Deputy David Heins, Deputy |
Douglas County Douglas County |
| 2012 | Justin Trout, Deputy | Box Butte County |
| 2014 | Dianne Nichols, Sgt. | Webster County |
| 2017 | John Brady, Deputy | Lancaster County |
| 2018 | Jake Bauer, Deputy | Merrick County |