The 2006 LEO Awards
Winners for the year ending December 31, 2006


DIVISION I

Category 1: 401+officers

First Place
Investigator Salvatore R. Mule’
Henrico County Division of Police

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

First Place
Officer Christine Hunte
Richmond International Airport Police Department

Third Place
Captain William J. Newsome
Southside Virginia Training Center Police Department

DIVISION II

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

First Place
Deputy Steve Moore
Frederick County Sheriff’s Office

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

First Place
Deputy Jennifer Laney
Warren County Sheriff’s Office

Officer John Blake
Winchester Police Department


Second Place
Corporal Eric Cutter
Winchester Police Department

Corporal Jason C. Hardt
Winchester Police Department


Third Place
Investigator Steve St. Clair
Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office

Officer Tony Zopp
Culpeper Police Department

Deputy Larry Funk
Warren County Sheriff’s Office

DIVISION III

No nominations in this division

DIVISION IV

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

First Place
Deputy Jeff Freeman
Wythe County Sheriff’s Office

Second Place
Deputy Anthony Cline
Wythe County Sheriff’s Office

Third Place
Officer Wesley Ratcliff
Pulaski Police Department


DIVISION V

Category 1: 401+officers

First Place
Officer Rickie R. Davis
Newport News Police Department

Second Place
Detective Victor Powell
Norfolk Police Department

Third Place
Detective John Cericola
Norfolk Police Department

Detective Jason Cohn
Norfolk Police Department

Officer Miles L. Warren
Norfolk Police Department

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

First Place
Sheriff Bill Watson
Portsmouth Sheriff’s Office

Category 3: 1 to 100 officers

First Place
Officer Christie A. Bolton
Smithfield Police Department

DIVISION VI

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

First Place
Officer Daniel K. Moore
Roanoke City Police Department

Detective James W. Price
Roanoke City Police Department

Second Place
Officer Robert B. Stewart
Roanoke City Police Department

Third Place
Investigator Jerry A. Hagerman, Ret.
Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office

Investigator Albert Johnson
Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office

Detective Daniel Meyer
Roanoke City Police Department

DIVISION VII

Category 1: 401+officers

First Place
Detective Rolando A. Estrella
Fairfax County Police Department

Category 2: 101 to 400 officers

First Place
Detective Damon Washington
Arlington County Police Department

DIVISION VIII

Virginia Department of State Police

First Place
Trooper Preston W. Knott
Appomattox Field Office

Trooper Andrew W. Gunderson
Richmond Field Office

Analyst Daniel J. Harrington
Richmond Headquarters

Second Place
Trooper John F. McAfee
Salem Field Office
 
Trooper James W. Buttrey
Culpeper Field Office
 
Trooper L. A. Mann
Salem Field Office
 
Trooper P. John Nixon
Salem Field Office

Trooper Edmund S. McCracken
Salem Field Office

Third Place
Trooper Gregory R. Duke
Richmond Field Office

Trooper Charles M. Kain
Richmond Field Office

DIVISION IX

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

First Place
Senior Special Agent Richard Knick

 

THE MARK D. DEHART MEMORIAL LEO AWARD

Detective Damon Washington
Arlington County Police Department