For over 60 years, the Northeast Exchange Club of St. Petersburg has presented the annual Pearson Patterson Police Officer of the Year Award. Community members, elected officials and organization leaders came together Tuesday to honor Detective Justin Woolverton.
“To be recognized for my dedication to public service means the world to me,” Woolverton said at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club event. “I stand here today truly humbled and honestly still in shock to be presented with this award.”
Woolverton joined the St. Petersburg Police Department in 2017. Currently, he serves in the Criminal Intelligence and Threat Assessment Unit. Woolverton is also a member of the Pinellas County Threat Management Unit Task Force, which was recognized as the Unit of the Year by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in 2025…