Parmiter sheriff's employee of year

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Parmiter sheriff's employee of year

Posted Monday, May 5, 2008

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Cathy Parmiter has been named as the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Employee of the Year by the Angleton Exchange Club. Shown (from left) are Parmiter, Exchange Club secretary-treasurer Ro'Vin Garrett, and Capt. Chris Kincheloe of the Sheriff's Office.

Lt. Cathy Parmiter, a veteran of law enforcement work, has been named by the Exchange Club of Angleton as its Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Employee of the Year.

Parmiter, who began her law enforcement career as a dispatcher with the Freeport Police Department in 1974, was promoted five years later to detective by the then Chief of Detectives of that department, Charles Wagner.

She became interested in identification work, and assumed many of those duties.

She was hired as a dispatcher by the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office in 1989. With a strong desire to return to the field of investigation, she was promoted to Identification Officer, which carries the duties of observing, defining, collecting, and preserving evidence.

Parmiter excelled in these areas, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant after completing hundreds of crime scene investigations.
She currently serves as supervisor of the Sheriff's Office Identification Division, which employs five sworn peace officers as evidence collections specialists.

In 2007 her squad completed 5,734 criminal cases ranging from misdemeanor theft to first degree murder while working 14,258 hours.

"Although Lt. Parmiter has assumed duties as supervisor, she is willing at any time to drop what she is doing in order to assist in the investigation of cases," Sheriff Wagner said. "She is an asset to both the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office and the citizens of our county."