Diffusing Dangerous Situations All in A Day's Work

Oh, and Sgt. Richard Wehby, a 20-year veteran of the police department, also helped the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office get a conviction in a 19-year-old cold case.

Wehby was honored at the city’s 40th Annual Outstanding Employee Awards Ceremony held last month at the Costick Center.

His 2015 citations and awards included:

• A Life Saving Award for his response to the suicidal person, where he was able to stop the person from further harming himself and rendered first aid;
• A Unit Citation for his actions and leadership at the scene of a deadly shooting;
• A Unit Citation for his coordination and response in diffusing a distraught person barricaded in an apartment and armed with a knife; and
• For recognition in coordinating information at the scene of a home invasion in progress that led to the arrest of the suspects responsible.

Before joining the Farmington Hills Police Department, he worked as a police officer in Memphis, TN, from 1990-1995. He has an associate’s degree in criminal justice from St. Thomas Aquinas Junior College and attended Memphis State University for three years.

At Farmington Hills, he as also served as a patrol officer, a narcotics detective as a member of the South Oakland Narcotics Intelligence Consortium, and a etective in the Investigative Division. He currently as a patrol supervisor. He has received the following:

• Six Citations
• Eighteen Unit Citations
• Five Letters of Appreciation
• One Merit Award
• One Life Saving Award
• One Commendation
• A Valorous Conduct Award for his response to a confrontation with an armed suspect during a drug raid that resulted in the disarming of the subject and diffusing a potentially life threatening situation.
• One Chief’s Citation
• A Domestic Violence Prevention Hero Award by the Oakland County Coordinating Council Against Domestic Violence
• Three City of Farmington Public Safety Unit Citations
• A Farmington Hills Fire Department Unit Citation
• The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office Distinguished Service Award for his investigative work on several high profile cases, including the successful prosecution of a 19-year-old cold case murder investigation.

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Farmington Hills Police Sgt. Richard Wehby, left, and Chief Chuck Nebus, courtesy of the city of Farmington Hills.