2012
City of Escondido
- Award of Merit from the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) for the City's Draft Climate Action Plan
- Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention & Stormwater Person of the Year Award presented to Cynthia Esparza, Senior Industrial Waste Inspector, by the California Water Environment Association, San Diego Section (CWEA)
Escondido Police Department
- Award of Valor presented to Fred Cheatham, Todd Gimenez, and Bill Havens by the American Legion
- Medal of Merit presented to Kathryn Loarie by the American Legion
- Heroism Award presented to Mike Guerrero by the American Legion
- Meritorious Award presented to Mike Kearney and Greg Kogler by the American Legion
- Citizenship Award presented to Ana Daugherty and Alec Hasty by the American Legion
- Department of Homeland Security Partnership Award presented to the Escondido Police Department
- Officer of the Year presented to Sergeant Ryan Fien by the San Diego Police Officers Association for exemplifying the diligence, consistency, and steadfast determination of an exemplary patrol officer
2011
City of Escondido
- Recycled Water Staff Person of the Year Award presented to Jeff Seifert from Utilities by The Water Reuse Association of California
Escondido Police Department
- Escondido's DUI Officer of the Year Award presented to Officer Tom Venable at the MADD Awards Luncheon for making 140 DUI arrests in 2010
- Officer of the Year Award presented to Officer Pat Hall by the San Diego Police Officers Association
2010
City of Escondido
- Plant of the Year 2010 Award presented to the Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility (HARRF) by the California Water Environment Association, San Diego Section (CWEA)
- Operator of the Year Award presented to Sarah Hooper, HARRF Operator, by the California Water Environment Association, San Diego Section (CWEA)
- Laboratory Person of Year Award presented to Christina Moran, HARRF Associate Chemist, by the California Water Environment Association, San Diego Section (CWEA)
Escondido Police Department
- Peace Officer of the Year Award presented to Sergeant Al Owens at the San Diego Police Officers Association Awards Banquet
- Police Officer of the Year Award presented to Detective Chris Zack at the Scottish Rites Awards Banquet
- Auto Theft Officer of the Year Award presented to Williams Havens
- DUI Officer of the Year Award presented to Thomas Venable
- 11550 Officer of the Year Award presented to Jason White
- Crime Stoppers Enough is Enough Award presented to Domingo Lafon
- Blue Knights Award presented to Stephen Thompson
- Volunteer of the Year Award presented to Bobbie Waits
- Civilian Employee of the Year Award presented to Julie Johnson
- Cadet of the Year Award presented to Casey Tompkins
- Reserve Officer of the Year Award presented to Robb Christensen
- Dispatcher of the Year Award presented to Dan Broach
- Community Service Officer of the Year Award presented to Beverly Marquez
- Commanding Officer Citations presented to Scott Christensen, Jeff Udvarhelyi, and David Zacchilli
- Lifesaving Citation presented to Jim Sinnott
- Exceptional Performance Citation presented to Pedro Nanez
- American Legion Heroism Award presented to Domingo Lafon, Al Owens, Ricardo Rodriguez, and Roger Rodriguez
- American Legion Meritorious Award presented to David Cramer
- 10851 Pin presented to William Havens
- 23152 Pins presented to Stephen Braucht, Sean Davidson, Matthew Embrey, Michael Guerrero, Patrick Hall, Joshua Langdon, Nicholas Rodelo, and Thomas Venable
Fire Department
- Silver Medal Award presented to Fire Station 1 by the 2010 Fire Chief Station Design Awards Program
2009
City of Escondido
- Award of Merit by the American Society of Civil Engineers for the West Valley Parkway Project
- Metro Golden Watchdog Award by the San Diego Taxpayers Association
- 2009 Award for Outstanding Service in the Public Sector presented to Ed Domingue by the San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter of the American Public Works Association
- Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting presented to Gilbert Rojas, Finance Director, by the Government Finance Officers Association
Escondido Police Department
- Peace Officer of the Year Award presented to Detective Roger Cirilo at the San Diego Police Officers Association Awards Banquet
- San Diego County Vehicle Theft Recovery Officer of the Year Award presented to Officer Bill Havens by the Auto Theft Advisory Committee