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New Canaan Police To Host Awards Ceremony
Awards are set to be presented to a number of officers and other members of the department, according to New Canaan police.

NEW CANAAN, CT — The New Canaan Police Department will host an awards ceremony this week at police headquarters, located at 39 Locust Avenue.
According to a news release provided by police, the awards will be presented Thursday at 11 a.m. in the department's training classroom.
According to police, the following awards will be presented:
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- Officer Nicholas Rienzi (Perkin Award for Excellence in Shooting)
- Officer Bryan Connolly (Commissioner’s Award for Shooting)
- Officer Kelly Coughlin (Chief’s Award for Physical Agility)
- Officer Bryan Connolly (Commissioner’s Award for Physical Agility)
- Lt. Jason Ferraro (Unit Citation)
- Sgt. Thomas Callinan (Unit Citation)
- Officer Jeffrey Pollock (Unit Citation)
- Officer Matthew Marzano (Unit Citation)
- Officer Robert Rizzitelli (Unit Citation)
- Officer Annamaria Ceci (Unit Citation)
- Officer Nicholas Rienzi (Unit Citation)
- Officer Mairee Castro (Unit Citation)
- Officer Annamaria Ceci (Medical Award)
- Lt. David Payne (Meritorious Duty Award)
- Sgt. George Caponera (Meritorious Duty Award)
- Officer Jeffrey Pollock (Stephen W. Wood Officer of the Year Award)
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