Last updated November 7, 2010 9:07 p.m. PT
Joshua Trujillo / seattlepi.com
Police cars line up along Martin Luther King Way South to escort the body of Seattle Police officer Timothy Brenton near the scene where he was killed in the line of duty on Oct. 31, 2009.
The Seattle police officer who was the partner of Tim Brenton, the officer shot to death on Halloween 2009, was among those honored at a police awards banquet Saturday night.
The dispatcher who stayed in communication with wounded officer Britt Sweeney that night and the Seattle officer who ended the manhunt for another cop killer, Maurice Clemmons, also received awards.
The event at the Westin Hotel in Seattle was the ninth annual awards banquet, sponsored by the Seattle Police Foundation.
Benjamin Kelly, who shot Clemmons and whose actions were found justifiable by an inquest jury, was named officer of the year and received the medal of valor. In March, he was chosen as national police officer of the month by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
Hear audio and video from his case here.
Brenton, the officer killed while reviewing a traffic stop at 29th Avenue and East Yesler Way, was named East Precinct officer of the year.
Sweeney also earned the medal of valor. See a recap of that incident and investigation here.
The medal of courage was presented to 911 dispatcher Carrie Ryan, who worked in the East Precinct radio zone the night Brenton was killed and took Sweeney's call for help.
"I felt hunted and no one was there to see ? only hear," Sweeney said in Ryan's nomination. "To me, the communication was between me and the dispatcher only, and she was what was going to save me, and ultimately did.
"I continued to key my mic ? with nothing more to say than help me -- help me. I wanted my lifeline to know that I was still alive, that I needed her.
"I will forever have a connection to Carrie and can't thank her enough for her cool head and quick action to ping my location. Our dispatchers are invaluable to us and our voice of calm when we just can't be."
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