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10/3/05

Game and Fish officer wins prestigious national award

PHOENIX - Tim Baumgarten, an Arizona Game and Fish Department law enforcement officer, has been named the Butch Potts National Boating Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. The announcement was made two weeks ago at the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) awards banquet in Portland, Ore.  Officer Tim Baumgarten (center) receives national award in Portland, Ore.

"This was such a great honor. I have been involved with enforcing boating laws and boating safety for most of my career, and recently I've had the opportunity to become nationally involved with training officers to detect impaired boat operators. I've also become involved with a national effort to validate field sobriety testing on the water," says Baumgarten.

NASBLA developed the Boating Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award to recognize and honor outstanding service to recreational boating. The award symbolizes the highest level of achievement among boating law enforcement officers in the United States.

Tim was first recognized in May 2005 as the Western States Boating Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. He traveled to Portland to compete with two other finalists for the national honor.

Baumgarten has been with the Game and Fish Department for 24 years and is currently the law enforcement program supervisor in the Kingman, Ariz., regional office. He is recognized throughout the nation as one of the top experts in operating under the influence (OUI) enforcement and watercraft accident investigations.

"I am truly honored and humbled by this," said Baumgarten, who has personally accounted for more than 100 OUI arrests during his career and has assisted fellow officers with hundreds more.

The Arizona Game Ranger Fraternal Order of Police recognized Baumgarten as the 2002 Outstanding Game and Fish Officer of the Year, and he's received an award of merit from the National Water Safety Congress.
 

 

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