Detention Technician Sara Egan was selected by her peers as 2016 Civilian of the Year. Det. Tech. Egan has done an outstanding job her first year with the department. She is able to professionally assert herself and handle stressful situations within the detention unit. Det. Tech. Egan is eager to assist officers in any way that she can, and regularly goes above and beyond her duties to do so. On numerous occasions, Det. Tech. Egan has located Felony warrants that were overlooked during the arrest process, and assists Raytown Police Communications Techs, when they are busy, performing computer inquiries to help officers in the field.  She consistently shows her superior knowledge of the police systems and often finds suspects real names, warrants under aliases, and warrants which may have otherwise gone not found.  On one occasion, an arrest was made on a man that refused to identify himself. After being processed under one name, a clue that the man had lied to officers was overheard by Egan and used various social media sites to locate more information about the inmate. Det. Tech. Egan discovered that the suspect had indeed lied to officers about his name, with which was associated over $100,000 dollars in felony warrants. That suspect has gone on to be charged with felon in possession of a weapon, and stealing of a motor vehicle.