In the wake of the Christmas eve tragedy in West Webster, no awards were handed out at the annual Brockport Stetson Club/Brockport Police Department awards dinner January 6 at the Brockport Exempts Club.
The gathering included dinner, but Stetson Club President Brian Winant announced to those in attendance that “out of respect for the fallen firefighters in West Webster, we will not do public awards this year.”
Officer Winant called for a moment of silence for those killed and the injured, “We are keeping the victims and the injured in our thoughts,” he said.
Those in attendance included former Brockport Police Chiefs Robert Henry and Gary Zimmer, current Brockport Fire Chief Mike Henry, Brockport Fire District Commissioner Larry Vaughan and village trustees Kent Blair, Carol Hannan, Margaret Blackman and Bill Andrews.
