The Nebraska State Patrol has bestowed its Honorable Service Award on two troopers…one of them from the Panhandle…who injured in the line of duty last year.

Trooper Timothy Flick #382, Troop E- Scottsbluff and Trooper Brian Detlefsen #478, Troop B- Norfolk were presented their awards by Patrol Superintendent Colonel David Sankey at recent troop meetings.

Trooper Flick was honored for his actions during the 14-hour June 12 armed robbery and standoff at the Thiele Pharmacy in Alliance, as he was wounded in the torso and arm by gunfire from robbery suspect who died in a shootout with police.

Trooper Detlefsen was honored for his actions during a December 18 incident involving an individual using a tractor to destroy property in rural Antelope County. His cruiser was rammed by the tractor at a high rate of speed, causing the air bag to deploy.  Detlefsen suffered a laceration to his head requiring medical treatment.

Colonel Sankey says that while the two situations were very different, the response from Flick and Detlefsen was similar…with both officers demonstrating “their bravery, courage and self-sacrifice in the face of danger and in the protection of others.”

The Nebraska State Patrol’s Honorable Service Award was established to bestow recognition to commissioned officers who, while in the performance of their duties, are injured or killed while encountering deadly force or bodily harm.