The 2004 LEO Awards
Winners for the year ending December 31, 2004
DIVISION I

Group 3: 1 - 100 Officers

FIRST PLACE
Officer Christy Hunte
Richmond International Airport Police Department

SECOND PLACE
Patrol Officer I Steve Jacobs
Hopewell Bureau of Police


DIVISION II

Group 3: 1 - 100 Officers

FIRST PLACE
Sergeant Richard Brooking
Culpeper Police Department

SECOND PLACE
Patrol Officer II Jason C. Hardt
Winchester Police Department


DIVISION III

Group 3: 1 - 100 Officers

THIRD PLACE
Sergeant James Morris
Elkton Police Department



DIVISION IV

Group 3: 1 - 100 Officers

SECOND PLACE
Deputy Barry Harrington
Wythe County Sheriff’s Office

THIRD PLACE
Corporal Stacy Dixon
Wythe County Sheriff’s Office





Division V

Group 1: 401+ Officers

FIRST PLACE
Detective Walter E. Whiteside
Norfolk Police Department

SECOND PLACE
Detective Christopher E. Bryant
Norfolk Police Department
FIRST PLACE
Detective Lloyd D. LeGrande
Newport News Police Department

Detective Corporal Karen E. Schuler
Hampton Division of Police

SECOND PLACE
Sheriff Gary W. Waters
Portsmouth Sheriff’s Office


THIRD PLACE
Sergeant Donald K. Butler
Portsmouth Police Department

Detective Dave Dempsey
Portsmouth Police Department

Detective Robert C. McDaniel
Portsmouth Police Department


Group 3: 1 - 100 Officers

FIRST PLACE
Officer Christie A. Bolton
Smithfield Police Department

SECOND PLACE
Officer Clearance Seamster
Smithfield Police Department

Division VI

Group 2: 101 – 400 Officers

FIRST PLACE
Detective Mark Lovern
Roanoke City Police Department

SECOND PLACE
Officer John B. Crigger
Roanoke City Police Department

Group 3: 1 - 100 Officers

FIRST PLACE
Senior Patrol Officer T.B. Carroll
City of Salem Police Department

SECOND PLACE
Deputy Robert Altizer
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

Sergeant Kelvin B. Pruett
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

Investigator Tim Taylor
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

Investigator H. Tim Woods
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

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Division VII

Group 1: 401+ Officers

FIRST PLACE
MPO Chad Mahoney
Fairfax County Police Department

PFC Christian P. Quinn
Fairfax County Police Department

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

FIRST PLACE
Detective Christo Dengeles
Arlington County Police Department

SECOND PLACE
Officer Steven Parker
Alexandria Police Department

Corporal Kevin Pate
Arlington County Police Department

THIRD PLACE
Sergeant Mike Baker
Arlington County Police Department

MPO Katie Rounds
Arlington County Police Department

Officer Isaac Ruiz
Arlington County Police Department

Corporal Bruce Silvernale
Arlington County Police Department

Officer Stephen Taphorn
Arlington County Police Department

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

FIRST PLACE
Officer Dzung S. Luc
Town of Herndon Police Department


Division VIII

Virginia Department of State Police

FIRST PLACE
Trooper Christopher Aikens
Fredericksburg

Trooper Terrence P. Collins
Bowling Green

Special Agent Ronnie W. Tiller
Culpeper

SECOND PLACE
Trooper Travis L. Adkins
Bedford

Senior Special Agent Walter F. Parker
Castlewood

THIRD PLACE
Trooper Geoffery T. Bush
Richmond

Senior Trooper Eric P. Ellison
Dublin

Senior Trooper Joseph E. Ferland
Wytheville

Senior Trooper John L. Hoover
Warsaw

Trooper II Jeremy S. Kaplan
West Point

Trooper Daniel Kerwin
Arlington

Trooper Samual C. Moss
Petersburg

Distinguished Service Awards

Senior Special Agent Randy D. Beeson
Virginia State Police


Captain William J. Newsome
Southside Virginia Training Center

Sergeant L.C. Tyler
Henrico County Division of Police

Lifetime Achievement Award

Laurence Thomas Neathawk
Neathawk Dubuque & Packett