Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Former Officer Receives Award


{Ashland, Kentucky}…During a ceremony in Ashland Tuesday afternoon, former Ashland police officer Kevin Gunderson, who was shot in the line of duty, received the national Theodore Roosevelt Police Award. As part of the award, the Theodore Roosevelt Association made a $500 donation to the Putnam Stadium Restoration Project in Gunderson’s name. Gunderson, who  was left a paraplegic after he was shot in the neck while trying to serve a non-support warrant at a residence in Ashland on July 18, 1980, has been a City Commissioner in Ashland for more than 20 years. He was recently re-elected to a new two year term.