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)
- WTS Innovative Transportation Solutions Award (ITSA) for Transit & Roadway Projects (Small-Scale) awarded to Engineering Department's Escondido Rapid Bus Project
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
- Jim Felix Community Volunteer of the Year award presented to Sergeant Al Owens by the Chamber of Commerce
- Police Officer of the Year presented to Officer Russell Gay at the Scottish Rite Awards Banquet
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