Cpl. Soward named Officer of the Year

Corporal Josh Soward, third from left, accepts the 2025 Officer of the Year Award Jan. 30 presented by Shawnee Police Foundation Chairman Melissa Stuteville, 2024 Officer of the Year Dennis Rains, and Shawnee Police Chief Mason Wilson. KOCO Channel 5 News Anchor Kylie Walker, on stage, was the emcee for the evening. Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
Corporal Josh Soward, third from left, accepts the 2025 Officer of the Year Award Jan. 30 presented by Shawnee Police Foundation Chairman Melissa Stuteville, 2024 Officer of the Year Dennis Rains, and Shawnee Police Chief Mason Wilson. KOCO Channel 5 News Anchor Kylie Walker, on stage, was the emcee for the evening. Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun

Corporal Josh Soward was announced as the 2025 Officer of the Year during the Shawnee Police Foundation Annual Banquet, held at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort on Jan. 30.

Soward has been with the Shawnee Police Department since May 2016, and currently works in the Patrol Division's Traffic Enforcement Motors Unit.

But he has experience in many areas of the SPD, “including patrol motors unit, scho…