Mobile Police Officer Honored as First Responder of the Year

MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) – A mobile police officer was honored as first responder of the year on Thursday.

Investigator Charles Dewberry received this honor for his role in the identification and arrest of an elite member of a transnational criminal organization.

Dewberry says he didn’t win this award alone, but with the help of all his might.

“I’m very grateful for the award, but at the end of the day, I think the chief spoke about it, this award goes to our unit’s tactical intelligence,” Dewberry said. “And all of those and our counterparts and everybody worked hard last year and this year and continue to do so.”

This isn’t the first time Officer Dewberry has been recognized. He was also named the City of Mobile’s 2021 Officer of the Year.

Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine was also present at the award presentation to express his gratitude to Constable Dewberry.

” We are pleased. You may have heard me say earlier that it’s one thing when we recognize our own officers for a job well done, but it really means a lot when a member or entity outside of the department takes the opportunity to recognize the good work that our men or women do,” said Chief Prine.

Keesler Federal Credit Union presented the award Thursday.

He started the First Responder of the Year program eight years ago.

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