Each year a Port Arthur Police officer is honored with the Officer of the Year award for outstanding individual performance and dedication to professional law enforcement. 

Officer of the Year for 2006 is Ricky Antoine.

1957 James R. Newsom 1983 Brittain A. Featherston
1958 F.M. Phillips 1984 William Arens
1959 Bobby D. Spradlin 1985 Waylon H. Hughes, Jr.
1960 Tommy Becker 1986 Mickey Evans Conners
1961 Austin Solis 1987 Alton J. Baise
1962 Harvey LeBlanc, Jr. 1988 John D. Owens
1963 R.J. Venable 1989 Jeffery Smith
1964 Joe B. Ball 1990 Blaine A. Lemire
1965 Michael Ricca 1991 Jimmy A. Clark
1966 Elroy Perkins 1992 Michael Hebert
1967 Paul McKinley 1993 Michael Hebert
1968 Melvin H. Schmidt 1994 Martial "Chuck" Bienvenu
1969 Alto Roy Gaspard 1995 Herschel Whiting
1970 Bill James Martin 1996 Chris Segler
1971 Carl N. Decuir 1997 O.W. Withrow
1972 Michael W. Boozer 1998 Camalita Snowden
1973 J.R. "Rusty" Smith 1999 Pat Queen
1974 Phillip M. Galloway 2000 Jon Carona
1975 Herbert S. Johnson, Jr. 2001 Chris Segler
1976 Terry L. Dunahoe 2002 Keith Perkins
1977 Charles W. Horton 2003 Brad Lapeyrolerie
1978 Edmond Neal Chesson 2004 James Underhill
1979 Albert Billington 2005 James Underhill
1980 Eddie Collins 2006 Ricky Antoine
1981 None
1982 H.W. Stutzenburg




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