Monroe County Sheriff's Office in Marathon honors 2025 Officers of the Year

Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay presided over an Officer of the Year Awards Ceremony in Marathon on Feb. 20, 2025, recognizing selected employees for their service during 2025. The event named John McGee as Reserve Member of the Year, Jewliana Castillo as Support Member of the Year and Andrew Valencia as Detention Deputy of the Year.

The awards ceremony was presented by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office to honor outstanding employees who had been recognized throughout the year. According to the sheriff’s office selection method, members chosen for the annual honors were drawn from those who received one of the sheriff’s quarterly awards during 2025.

Sheriff Ramsay and the sheriff’s office publicly thanked Centennial Bank for its continued support for law enforcement at the Marathon ceremony. The local awards singled out contributions across deputies, detention staff and support personnel, reflecting the department’s stated practice of elevating quarterly award winners to annual recognition.

Visuals accompanying the ceremony coverage included an image described as a police car with its lights on in the dark, underscoring the public-safety framing of the event in Marathon. The write-up identified the three named winners and reiterated that the Officer of the Year Awards Ceremony was meant to highlight exemplary service during the 2025 calendar year.

For neighbors tracking local law enforcement recognition, the sheriff’s office noted that annual honorees are selected from quarterly award recipients, creating a pipeline from routine commendations to principal annual awards. The ceremony in Marathon and Centennial Bank’s sponsorship indicate continued local investment in internal recognition programs within the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Reporters and residents seeking the full roster of award recipients, ceremony photos or statements from Sheriff Rick Ramsay may request further details directly from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Marathon; the office identified the three awardees named above and framed the ceremony as the culmination of the sheriff’s quarterly award process for 2025.