UPD Millcreek Precinct Officer of the Month
Jan 18, 2021 02:44PM ● By Kirk Bradford
UPD Millcreek Precinct Chief Steve DeBry awards Officer Mathew Maycock the Officer of the Month for his role in policing a stolen vehicle. (Kirk Bradford/City Journals)
By Kirk Bradford | [email protected]
At last month’s regularly scheduled Millcreek City Council meeting, UPD Millcreek Precinct Officer Mathew Maycock was praised for his role in responding to a vehicle that had been burglarized.
Maycock’s award citation read, “Officer Maycock was doing area checks at the Holladay Hills Apartment Complex. He located a stolen vehicle leaving the complex. Officer Maycock was able to set up and execute a trap with several officers.”
Those officers were able to stop the vehicle at 1321 E. 3300 South. Following the stop, “The suspect driver was found to be the person who stole the vehicle, and it was learned he is a residential and vehicle burglary suspect.”
Maycock was able to recover “over 50 items of evidence including a loaded firearm and many items of identification belonging to residential and vehicle burglary victims,” said UPD Police Chief Steve DeBry. Maycock’s policing and the role he plays in the department were points of praise by DeBry closing the award citation saying, “Officer Maycock is a valuable member of the Unified Police Millcreek Precinct.”
Maycock received a round of a applause from the small group of those in attendance. After a socially distanced photo, the council expressed their gratitude for Maycock’s work and others like him.