By Jim Reece - The Amador County Peace Officers Association awarded its officers of the year honors for 2008, selecting Ione Community Service Officer Kevin Summers and Investigator Tom Sage. Mark Estey of the Peace Officers Association, said Tom Sage was raised in the county and eventually became a Deputy Sheriff with the Amador County Sheriff's Office. A few years later he was hired by the Amador County District Attorney's Office as a criminal investigator. Sage won the 2008 Peace Officer of the Year Award. Kevin Summers has worked as a CSO-community service officer for Jackson and Ione Police Department. Summers said he is currently a Community Service Officer at the Ione Police Department and also works part time as a CSO for the Jackson Police Department. He said he wanted to thank both of his chiefs at the two departments, also with the Peace Officers Association for the award. He said he felt proud in getting the award. Summers has been a Community Service Officer for 13 years. He does traffic control full time for the schools in Ione and works part time doing traffic control at Jackson special events, such as fireworks displays and Dandelion Days.