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IACP Environmental Crimes Committee Chief Dave Cameron Award
Deadline: May 1, 2008

The IACP Environmental Crimes Committee Chief Dave Cameron Awardrecognizes excellence in environmental crimes enforcement and education by law enforcement officers and their agencies.

BACKGROUND
The award honors David Cameron, chief of police in Jackson, Wyoming, from 1992 until his untimely death in April 2001. Through his professionalism, dedication, and personality, Dave Cameron positively affected law enforcement worldwide while serving as chairman of the IACP Environmental Crimes Committee from 1992 to 2001 and member of the IACP Executive Committee from 1992 to 2001.

ELIGIBILITY
The award will be presented to full-service law enforcement agencies that work to enforce environmental crimes, educate the public, and safeguard law enforcement. Programs or initiatives must have been started no later than one year prior to submission for consideration.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
Nominees will be evaluated based on the following elements:

• The significance of the contribution to the advancement of environmental crime   enforcement, public education, and safeguarding the public and law enforcement personnel
• Issues and problems identified, and the methodology used for problem resolution
• Initiative and innovation
• Permanency of the program
• Development of quality assurance and performance metrics
• Level, type, and quality of education and communications established
• Executive leadership demonstrated
• Resolution of problems identified

PROCESS
IACP Environmental Crimes Committee will be responsible for reviewing the applications and selecting the winner.

The administrative application form and a narrative description (no more than three pages) of the reasons the nominee is being recommended for the award must be submitted to the IACP Environmental Crimes Committee no later than May 1, 2008.

Each nomination must be endorsed by the chief executive of the nominated law enforcement agency.

Click here to download the Award Application in PDF format.

AWARD NOTIFICATION AND PRESENTATION
The announcement of the winner and the award presentation will occur at the annual IACP conference.

For more information, please contact Clarence Bell at 800-THE-IACP ext. 215.