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Surprise area VFW honors year's top firefighters, police officer

McGonigle, Rodgers, Spirlong were chosen

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 285 presented Surprise firefighters Wade Rodgers and Kevin Spirlong and police officer Shaun McGonigle as their top firefighters and police officer of the year at the Jan. 18 Surprise City Council meeting.

The fire batalion chiefs were honored for helping apprehend a serial shooter who committed a shooting spree across the West Valley last summer.

McGonigle was honored for helping give aid to two injured victims in a 2020 shooting.

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