Rome Police Officer Donald Moore has picked up another award, and it's a big one: New York State Police Officer of the Year.
It was presented, by the Lieutenant Governor, in ceremonies at Rome City Hall.

Moore was off-duty on May 27th of last year, and in a cell phone store in New York Mills, when a man opened fire, hitting one employee.  Moore fired at the shooter and killed him--it was later determined he had a hit list of AT&T employees.  Moore is credited with saving seven lives that day.

More Central New York law enforcers are also being recognized with Certificates of Exceptional Valor:

>Sgt. Todd O'Brien, of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, for rescuing a woman who'd been shot at her Sackets Harbor home on August 4, 2010.

>State Police Sgt. Thoman Haumann and Troopers Carlo Gennario, Jr and Richard Snyder, for the standoff in Vienna on June 22, 2010.  A man shot and killed his infant son, but the troopers were able to get the shotgun from him and took him into custody.

>Deputy Michael Burger, of the Oneida County Sheriff's office, who chased two suspects in an NBT Bank robbery in Rome, July 29, 2010.  He was shot in the ankle during the pursuit.

>Sgt. Damian Waters, of the Oswego Police Department, who rescued a fisherman who had been swept away by the Oswego River, September 28, 2010.