Independence police officer Jason Onka, center, accepts his award for leadership during Friday's First Responders Breakfast, sponsored by Independence Chamber of Commerce. At left is Yvonne Hall, chamber board chair, and right is presenter Dan Pierce. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net While the Independence Police Department continues to sort through the Feb. 29 shooting that took Cody Allen and injured two other…