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.

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