The 2005 LEO Awards
Winners for the year ending December 31, 2005

DIVISION I

Category 1: 401+officers

First Place
Officer Richard J. Regan, III
Chesterfield Police Department

Investigator Marcel J. Cloutier, Jr.
Henrico County Division of Police

Officer Mark D. Hatchett
Richmond City Police Department

Second Place
Officer Keith R. Dohl
Richmond City Police Department

Officer Gary Ellis
Richmond City Police Department

Officer Clyde Lindsey, Jr.
Richmond City Police Department

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

First Place
Investigator David L. Wright
Hanover County Sheriff’s Office

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

Second Place
Officer Christine Hunte
Richmond International Airport Police Department

Captain William J. Newsome
Southside Virginia Training Center Police Department


DIVISION II

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

First Place
Sergeant J.C. Welch
Culpeper Police Department

Corporal Steven Spaid
Winchester Police Department

Second Place
Officer Jason Deal
Culpeper Police Department

Officer Greg Voorhees
Winchester Police Department

Corporal Jason C. Hardt
Winchester Police Department

Third Place
Deputy Robert Hefner
Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Larry Funk
Warren County Sheriff’s Office

Officer Adam McCoy
Winchester Police Department

Certificate of Appreciation
Corporal Shannon Carter
Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Ana Ortiz
Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office



Division III

Category 1: 401+officers

First Place
Special Agent Brock Ramirez
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

Second Place
Officer Timothy C. Clements
Lynchburg Police Department


Division IV

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

First Place
Deputy David Meredith
Wythe County Sheriff’s Office

Second Place
Corporal Jack Hudson
Wythe County Sheriff’s Office



Division V

Category 1: 401+officers
First Place
Officer R. R. Davis
Newport News Police Department

Officer Charles D. Ball
Norfolk Police Department

Second Place
Detective Charles F. Squires
Norfolk Police Department

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Division VI

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

First Place
Detective Karen E. Schuler
Hampton Police Department

Second Place
Officer Nathanial F. McGanty
Chesapeake Police Department

Third Place
Sergeant Leon B. Whitehurst, Sr.
Portsmouth Sheriff’s Office

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

Third Place
Officer James F. Tragesser
Smithfield Police Department
 
Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

First Place
Officer Daniel K. Moore
Roanoke City Police Department

Second Place
Detective Tracy L. Brown, II
Roanoke City Police Department

Detective James W. Price
Roanoke City Police Department

Third Place
Captain James Keaton
Henry County Sheriff’s Office

Special Agent Jay Engstrom
Henry County Sheriff’s Office*

Special Agent Jay Mason
Henry County Sheriff’s Office*

Investigator Suzy Devine
Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

Second Place
Officer Coretha Gravely
Martinsville Police Department



Division VII

Category 1: 401+officers

First Place
Detective John Carney
Fairfax County Police Department

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

First Place
Detective Chris Dengeles
Arlington County Police Department



Division VIII


Virginia Department of State Police

First Place
Trooper Agent Mark DeHart
Salem Field Office

Special Agent Rick Elgin
Salem Field Office

Senior Special Agent Bobby K. Rakes
Richmond Field Office

Second Place
Analyst Robert Crawford
Richmond Field Office
 
Third Place
Senior Trooper Joseph P. Landry
Appomattox Field Office
 
Special Agent Diane Mandeville
Salem Field Office
 
Special Agent Ronnie Tiller
Culpeper Field Office



Division IX


Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

First Place
Senior Special Agent Richard C. Rawls
Portsmouth District

Second Place
Senior Special Agent Steve Garrett
Richmond District

Third Place
Program Support Technician Christine Bise
Richmond District

 

 

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