Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions
33nd ANNUAL GOVERNOR’S CRIME PREVENTION AWARDS 2012
Each year the Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute, along with the Department
of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Maryland Police and Correctional Training
Commissions, and the Maryland Crime Prevention Association present the Annual
Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards.
The Awards Subcommittee of the Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute met in
August to review the nominations submitted from throughout the State of Maryland for the 2012
Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards. After an extensive screening process, the Subcommittee
selected the departments, individuals, and programs that met the criteria for recognition by the
Governor. This year there are fifty-five (55) award recipients, representing private citizens,
community groups, businesses, the military, Maryland State and federal agencies, colleges and
universities, law enforcement/correctional officers, and law enforcement agencies from
throughout Maryland, each of whom has made outstanding contributions to the furtherance of
crime prevention programming.
Recipients are being honored for activities such as volunteering with the auxiliary police;
forming Neighborhood Watch and Citizens On Patrol groups; working with youth through
efforts such as Montgomery County’s Choose Respect Montgomery, which addresses teen dating
abuse, Frederick City’s Police Youth Academy, Baltimore County’s Latino Youth Outreach
Network, Police Explorer Posts, D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Programs,
McGruff presentations, G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) Programs, and
“Shop with A Cop” and donations of gift cards for underprivileged children; focusing on
protection of citizens and their property through numerous Community and Campus Safety
Programs, involvement in National Night Out, airing and publishing public service
announcements, using technology to respond to a potentially serious threat to the College Park
Campus, working with businesses through the Maryland State Police’s Edgewood Plaza Crime
Prevention Initiative, and helping to alleviate the amount of unnecessary pharmaceutical material
in the community through Washington County’s Prescription Drug Turn-In Program; addressing
the issues of seniors through the Movies at Montgomery’s monthly Senior Forum, involvement
with local Triads and SALT (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together) Councils, the “Beacon of
Life” program, which provides free porch lights for seniors, Senior Expos, and various
presentations on crime prevention topics geared to seniors; developing a publication on Security
Design Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities by the Maryland Emergency Management Agency;
providing crime prevention training to both civilians and law enforcement on numerous crime
prevention topics, including Personal Safety, Domestic Violence, Neighborhood and Business
Watch, Workplace Violence, Identity Theft, Gang Awareness, Vehicle Theft Prevention, etc.
Twenty-four (24) agencies submitted winning nominations, representing all geographic areas of
Maryland, from Frostburg and Washington County in Western Maryland to Cambridge and
Salisbury on the Eastern Shore, from jurisdictions in Central Maryland and Montgomery County
to Charles and St. Mary’s Counties in Southern Maryland. Two communities, the C.S.A.F.E.
Hope Community in Cambridge and Salisbury City Safe Streets, will be honored for their
development/continuance of comprehensive community-based anti-crime strategies in Maryland.
Also, five law enforcement officers from the Montgomery County Police Department and one
from the Baltimore County Police Department will receive awards for the performance of
residential and/or commercial security surveys in their communities.
The Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards is now in its 33nd year, and since its inception in 1980,
over 3,000 awards have been presented. Recipients of this year’s awards are:
GOVERNOR’S CRIME PREVENTION AWARDS 2012
Category A
Category B
Category C
Category D
Category E
50 Surveys
*CSAFE – Collaborative Supervision and Focused Enforcement
For more information on the Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards Program, please
contact the Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute of the Maryland Police and
Correctional Training Commissions at 1-800-303-8802 or 410-875-3425. The address is
6852 4th Street, Sykesville, MD 21784. If you wish, you can also contact either Patricia
Sill (psill@dpscs.state.md.us) or Joyce Gary (jgary@dpscs.state.md.us)
CONTACTS – 2012 GOVERNOR’S CRIME PREVENTION AWARDS
Aberdeen Proving Ground Police Dept. – Detective William Marion – 410-278-3609
Revised 12/03/12
Governor’s Crime Prevention Award for
Law Enforcement Agencies
Governor’s Crime Prevention Award for
Law Enforcement/Correctional Officers
Governor’s Crime Prevention Award for
Community Groups, Organizations, and Individual Citizens
PLEASE NOTE: ( ) indicates name of nominating department
Governor’s Crime Prevention Award for
Outstanding Proactive Crime Prevention Programs in Maryland
PLEASE NOTE: ( ) indicates name of nominating department.
Governor’s Crime Prevention Achievers’ Award
For the performance of residential and/or commercial security surveys, as follows:
Category F
Governor’s Crime Prevention Award for
Comprehensive Community-Based Anti-Crime Strategies in Maryland
PLEASE NOTE: ( ) indicates name of nominating department.
Anne Arundel County Police Dept. – Chief Larry Tolliver. – 410-222-8050
Baltimore County Police Dept. – Captain Richard Howard – 410-887-5901
Cambridge Police Dept. – Lt. Mark Lewis – 410-901-8442
Charles County Sheriff’s Office – Ms. Connie Gray – 301-932-3080
FBI (InfraGard) – Mr. John Reginaldi – 443-865-9514
Frederick Police Department – Chief Kim Dine – 301-600-2106
Frostburg State University Police Dept. – Chief Cynthia Smith – 301-687-4223
Hampstead Police Dept. – Detective Stacey Gaegler – 410-239-8954
Howard County Police Dept. – Captain Mary Levy – 410-313-3715
Johns Hopkins Univ. Campus Safety and Security Dept. – Lt. Bruce Miller, Sr. – 410-516-4671
Maryland Emergency Management Agency – Mr. John Reginaldi – 443-865-9514
Maryland State Police, Bel Air Barrack – Major Laura Herman – 410-653-4211
Montgomery County Police Dept. – Officer Dana Stroman – 240-876-1277
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office – Sheriff Darren Popkin – 240-777-7007
Prince George’s Co. Dept of Corrections – Director Mary Lou McDonough – 301-952-7015
Rockville City Police Dept. – Cpl. Ken Matney – 240-314-8922
St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office – Sgt. Gerald Johnson – 240-434-9108
Salisbury City/Salisbury Police Dept. (Safe Streets) – Dr. Mark Bowen – 410-548-3165, x 1775
Salisbury University Police Dept. – Sgt. Ed Jones – 410-543-6222
Towson University Police Dept. – Chief Bernard Gerst – 410-704-2505
University of MD Police at College Park – Sgt. August Kenner – 301-405-7032
Washington County Sheriff’s Office – Sgt. Jim Holsinger – 240-313-2194
Westminster Police Dept. – Sgt. Keith Benfer – 410-857-9282
Contact Us
Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions
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6852 4th Street
Sykesville, MD 21784
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