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Brown is Public Safety's Employee of the Year Public Safety Officer Ernest Brown was named by a committee as 2001 Public Safety Employee of the Year. PSO Brown was awarded the department's Medal of Honor. The award was given  for his courage  as he lent assistance to a fellow officer on July 10.   Brown has been with Public Safety since 2000 and completed his South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Training in 1999.  “Officer Brown showed that there can be no greater act of heroism, courage and gallantry than to risk your life for someone else,” said Lt. Dorothy Simmons, chairperson of Public Safety's Employee of the Year committee.  As an Employee of the Year awardee, Brown will be presented a plaque, citation and ribbon bar to wear on his uniform.