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Department of
Correction dog handler among state’s top officers
 APEX
– Bobby Drewette and his bloodhound Sam are such a good team in tracking
down escaped inmates and other missing persons that he has been named a
North Carolina Correctional Officer of the Year for 2008.
The
award was presented to Bobby Drewette today at a ceremony at the
Department of Correction’s training complex in Apex. Ten other officers
from across the state were similarly honored.
Based
at Tillery Correctional Institution, Drewette has proven his integrity
in unsupervised performance of duties, and his dedication and commitment
by foregoing advancement opportunities order to remain a dog handler.
In
addition to applying his dog handling skills to tracking down escaped
inmates, Officer Drewette is always eager to help find lost children and
Alzheimer’s patients and to help local law enforcement agencies turn up
suspects and fugitives. Drewette has numerous letters of praise from
agencies who have benefited from his services.
Officer
Drewette also spends significant amounts of time maintaining his
personal readiness and that of his bloodhound Sam.
He
began his career at Odom Correctional
Center in 1982 and has
been a dog handler at Tillery Correctional since 1987.
In
nominating Officer Drewette, Regional Operations Manager Cynthia Bostic
wrote that he “is a very productive employee who strives to always give
his best to his agency.”
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Editors: A digital copy
of the photo is available in color and black-and-white
by calling the Public
Affairs Office at 919-716-3700.
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