The 2010 PCCD Chief of Police Crime Prevention Award
  
As part of a continuing effort to promote crime prevention throughout the law enforcement community, the PCCD presents an annual award to a municipal Chief of Police who has demonstrated a strong commitment to crime prevention by actively participating in crime prevention initiatives, or by supporting crime deterrence strategies through the resources of the police agency.  Although community crime prevention programming is primarily a civic effort, experience has shown that most programs will not succeed without the enthusiastic support of the local police executive.  It is normally the Chief of Police who sets the tone for crime prevention in the community, and then goes on to foster and nourish local programs from infancy to fruition.
           
This recognition award program was initiated in 1990 to acknowledge outstanding contributions to community crime prevention made by a Pennsylvania Chief of Police, and is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.  The annual Award recipient is presented a handsomely engraved plaque during the Annual Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Education and Training Conference.
 
Selection Criteria:
 
·    Award nominees shall have served as the Chief of Police of the respective municipal police agency for a period of at least three consecutive years prior to being nominated for the Award.
 
·    Any municipal Chief of Police who is supporting community crime prevention activities may be nominated for this Award without regard for size of the agency or number of citizens being served.
 
 ·    Nominations shall be based upon community crime prevention programming carried out within the municipality and state during the preceding 12-month period ending May 31 of the year nominated.  Consideration will be given to longevity of county support for crime prevention.
 
·    Award nominees shall set forth in writing the crime prevention accomplishments, which serve to make the nominee a viable candidate for this Award and must be submitted to PCCD by Friday, June 11, 2010.  Please include the type and number of crime prevention presentations that your Department has made within the past year. 
 
 
 
Selection Process:
 
·    The PCCD shall select a committee to review and discuss the qualifications of each nominee.
 
·    Following a careful review of the accomplishments credited to each of the nominees, a finalist shall be determined through the voting process.
 
·    The name of the selected finalist shall be recommended to the Chairman and Executive Director of the PCCD for approval as the recipient of the Annual Chief of Police Award for that year.
 
Please submit nominations to:
 
                        Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
                        Office of Criminal Justice System Improvements
                        PO Box 1167
                        Harrisburg, PA  17108-1167
                        Attention:  Ms. Kathy Clarke
 Should you have any questions concerning this award, please contact Kathy Clarke at (717) 265-8488 or kclarke@state.pa.us.  I look forward to receiving your nominating information by Friday, June 11, 2010.