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Maryville Public Safety Sgt. Ryan Glidden is the 2018 recipient of the Encoch B. Morelock Award, which was presented this month by the Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee for the Western District of Missouri. Bestowed annually, the award honors law enforcement professionals who display “outstanding moral character” while performing conspicuous service “to law enforcement and the community.”

Maryville Public Safety Sgt. Ryan Glidden is the 2018 recipient of the Encoch B. Morelock Award, which was presented this month by the Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee for the Western District of Missouri. Bestowed annually, Maryville Public Safety Sgt. Ryan Glidden is the 2018 recipient of the Encoch B. Morelock Award Adze

Maryville Public Safety detective Sgt. Ryan Glidden has received the prestigious Encoch B. Morelock Award, an honor presented annually by the Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee for the Western District of Missouri.

The committee supports the efforts of the Law Enforcement Community Coordination Unit, which operates under the auspices of the district’s United States Attorney’s Office. 

Through its training and outreach activities, the unit seeks to assist law enforcement and criminal justice agencies, as well as community-based efforts, with regard to issues related to illegal drugs and violent crime.

Sullivan County Sheriff Enoch B. Morelock, the award’s namesake, was the first law enforcement officer in the Western District killed in the line of duty.

Morelock was fatally shot on Dec. 19, 1847, during a court-ordered sale of property belonging to his accused assailant, Patrick McIntry.

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The Morelock Award honors law enforcement professionals who display “outstanding moral character” while performing conspicuous service “to law enforcement and the community.”

Glidden, who was put forward for the award by Nodaway County Sheriff Randy Strong and Maryville Public Safety officer Adam James, was nominated for his successful efforts in raising thousands of dollars in cash and in-kind donations used to purchase “trauma bag” first aid kits for both police officers and schools throughout Nodaway County.

The kits contain special bandages and other gear designed for treating victims who have suffered gunshot wounds or other injuries resulting in severe blood loss.

Over the summer of 2016, Glidden worked with Walmart, the Maryville Hy-Vee supermarket and SSM Health St. Francis Hospital to fund the trauma bags for local officers. He was later instrumental in securing a $27,000 grant from the Gladys M. Rickard Charitable Trust used to place trauma bags in every schoolroom in the county.

In 2017, Glidden helped obtain a similar Rickard Trust grant that was used to purchase $22, 000 worth of aquatic rescue gear in support of operations by the Midwest Regional Dive Team Adze , an initiative that included the purchase of a 14-foot rescue boat as well as several sets of dry suits, rock boots, rescue lines and rescue-grade lifejackets.

The lightweight boat is specifically designed for deployment on flooding rivers and remote ponds and lakes where there are no docks, ramps or boat trailer access points.

Additional grant- and donation-based purchases spearheaded by Glidden include seven “dynamic entry” kits, which are now deployed as standard equipment in all Maryville Public Safety patrol vehicles.

The kits consist of a bolt cutter; a combination sledgehammer/ax known as a “thundermaul”; and a Halligan tool, an implement long associated with firefighters and combining a metal claw, a wedge or adze and a tapered pick designed for rapidly breaching many types of locked doors.

Rickard funds applied for by Glidden were also used to buy bullet-resistant vests designed to protect officers encountering fire from high-velocity rifles capable of piercing the standard Kevlar body armor generally worn by police beneath their uniform blouses.

In total, Glidden, working with the Rickard Trust, local businesses and private donors, has provided Maryville Public Safety with approximately $80,000 used to purchase equipment intended to protect the safety of both officers and citizens.

Besides the acquisitions listed above, Glidden applied for and received dollars used to buy bullet-resistant helmets and face shields and grain bin rescue equipment issued to Maryville’s Public Safety’s fire division.

“I was very surprised and excited” about receiving the award during the 16th annual Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee conference held earlier this month, Glidden said. “I had no idea this was coming until it was presented.”

Though Glidden has been instrumental in securing nearly $100,000 used upgrade equipment available to local law enforcement, he was quick to credit the Maryville and Nodaway County communities for their commitment and generosity.

“We are fortunate to live in a community that is willing to pay for these things,” said Glidden, who issued thanks to the Rickard Trust in addition to Wal-Mart, Hy-Vee, Citizens Bank & Trust and the Abrielle Neff Foundation.

He added that the outpouring of community support provides an emotional lift to his fellow officers who go to work with a sense that “the community will step up” and support them.

“It is an amazing honor,” Glidden said of the Morelock Award. “I was privileged to receive it.”

As for the future, Glidden said he will likely focus any new fundraising efforts on gear needed to equip a $4 million Maryville Public Safety police and fire headquarters scheduled for construction over the next year.

Particular needs, he said, include recording and video technology for use in interview and interrogation rooms as well as furnishings used to enhance efficiency and security with regard to evidence collection ad storage.

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