The LEO Foundation &
The Miami-Dade County Association of Chiefs of Police
held the 10th Annual LEO Awards Gala
 on March 6, 2010
                  at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

               www.theleofoundation.com
 

2010 Awards: Go to The LEO Foundation website above   

2009 Awards were:

LEO UNIFORM SERVICE AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Steven Goldberg, Bal Harbour PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Robert Spano & Saul Perez, Miami Gardens PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Roberto Gonzalez, Miami-Dade PD

LEO INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - James Cumbie, Aventura PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Michael Stein, North Miami Beach PD
Category III (251+ Sworn) - Jose Proveyer, Jose Elosegui, Hubert Ruiz, Eddie Salazar, Orlando Rodriguez, Ralph Nazario, Albert Martinez, Hileah PD

LEO CRIME PREVENTION/COMMUNITY POLICING AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency)- Madeleine Orr, Bal Harbour PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Joe Bradwell, Rosita Clark, Miami Gardens PD
Category Three (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Joseph Bermudez, Miami-Dade PD

LEO SPECIALIZED SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Patrick Caous, Bay Harbor Islands PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Street Crimes/Gang Unit, North Miami Beach PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - David Carrero, Tara Cummings, Andy Giordani, Rocco K9, Miami-Dade PD

LEO SAFETY AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Victoria Cruz, Key Biscayne PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Open
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Christopher Adkinson, Christopher Aguila, Florida Highway Patrol

LEO SUPPORT SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Thomas Lederman, Surfside PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Claudia Parada, North Miami PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Larry Bornstein, Clarise Ferguson, Jennifer Jenkins, Miami Beach PD

LEO FEDERAL AGENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Group 10, GS Brian McKnight & Team, DEA

LEO PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Category State - Laura Adams, Miami-Dade State Attorneys Office
Category Federal - Karen Rochlin, Caroline Heckmiller, Christopher Graveline, U.S. Attorneys Office

SPECIAL LEO PRESENTATIONS
Bernie Winer - Miami Beach PAL
Steve Rothlein (Retired Director & Miami-Dade PD) & Amos Rojas (FDLE) - LEO Alert Program

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Officer Jose L. Somohano, Miami-Dade PD

2008 Awards were:

LEO UNIFORM SERVICE AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Joaquin Polanco, Surfside PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Warren Hardison & Alex Morales, North Miami Beach PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Jody Wright, Miami-Dade PD

LEO INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Nick D'Arpino, Aventura PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Dennis Stemen, North Miami PD
Category III (251+ Sworn) - Nirso Pimentel, Miami-Dade PD

LEO CRIME PREVENTION/COMMUNITY POLICING AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency)- Chris Gorantis, Aventura PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Frank Jackson, Coral Gables P.D.
Category Three (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Frederica Burden, Miami PD

LEO SPECIALIZED SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Michael DelPozo, Indian Creek Village PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Dagoberto Andollo, North Miami PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Tactical Narcotics Team/Captain Louis Churukian, Miami-Dade PD

LEO SAFETY AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Thomas Hopkins, Sunny Isles Beach PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Open
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Thomas Buchanan, William Harrington, William Buxton, Lazaro Cortes, & D'Neil Anderson,  Miami-Dade PD

LEO SUPPORT SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Thomas LaBombarda, Aventura PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Jorge Manresa, North Miami PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Jon Brudzinksi, Miami Beach PD

LEO PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Category State - Flora Seff, Miami-Dade State Attorneys Office
Category Federal - Kim Selmore, U.S. Attorneys Office

LEO FEDERAL AGENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Frank Daniels, DEA; John Kavanaugh & Kent Hukill, FBI; and Charles "Brad" Leopard, Secret Service

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Detective Miguel Galvez, OpaLocka PD and Detective Ray Robertson, Miami-Dade PD

2007 Awards were:

LEO UNIFORM SERVICE AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Joseph Craig, Aventura PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Lazaro Miels, North Miami  PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Jose Careaga, Miami Beach PD

LEO INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Miguel Galvez, OpaLocka PD and Raymond Robertson, Miami-Dade PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Ivan Cabrera, Coral Gables PD
Category III (251+ Sworn) - Kurtis Lueck, Miami-Dade PD

LEO CRIME PREVENTION/COMMUNITY POLICING
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency)- Don Reynolds, Sunny Isles Beach PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Jose Flores, Coral Gables P.D.
Category Three (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Michael Wordly, Miami-Dade PD

LEO SPECIALIZED SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Jaime Cerna, Indian Creek PD and Patrick McKenna, Surfside PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - SRT/Captain Antonio Marciante, North Miami Beach PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Manuel Gomez, Miami PD

LEO SAFETY AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Michael Weissberg, South Miami PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Joe Cardelle, Miami-Dade School Police
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Luis Taborda and Pedro Beltran, Miami PD

LEO SUPPORT SERVICES AWARD
Category I (1-100 Sworn officers in agency) - Michael Grandinetti, Sunny Isles Beach PD
Category II (101-250 Sworn officers in agency) - Crime Scene Unit/Paige Cohen, Daneale Gomer, Sharon Plotkin, North Miami PD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Homeland Security Bureau-Technical Operations Unit/Sergeant Frank Trujillo, Miami-Dade PD

LEO PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD (Miami-Dade State Attorneys Office)
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - David Sherman, Mia

LEO PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD (U.S. Attorneys Office)
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - Anthony LaCosta and Melissa Damian-Visconti

LEO FEDERAL AGENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Category III (251+ Sworn officers in agency) - DEA-HIDTA Group 13/G/S Austin G. Burke, DEA

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Officer Orlando Benitez, Miami Police Department