This award is presented to a member of the Western Regional Chapter of IAATI or a member of one of the WSATI Chapters for outstanding service and unselfish dedication to the organization. The recipient can be law enforcement or civilian, active or retired.  A committee comprised of Western States Auto Theft Investigators Association, Northwest Chapter Executive Board Members will determine the recipient. Please forward nominations to Frank Zangar at fzangar@wsati.org along with a brief background of the nominee, along with a contact telephone number and e-mail address of the nominator. Nominations for this award will be accepted after July 1, 2008. The deadline for submission of nominations will be August 20, 2008. Nominations should be sent via e-mail to Frank Zangar at fzangar@wsati.org.

The 2007 Award was presented at the 2007 WSATI Training Seminar in San Diego, CA, on September 11th, 2007. 

WSATI Northern Chapter President Bud Hood called WSATI Northwest President Frank Zangar to the podium to present the new WSATI Award, the Gerald "Jerry" Boyer Memorial Award.  Frank explained the criteria for the award.  He said it is to go to a member of one of the IAATI Western Regional WSATI Chapters for outstanding service and unselfish dedication to the organization.  Frank then presented the award to RCMP-IMPACT Sergeant Ed Boettcher.  Ed was humbled to accept the award and recognized both prior award recipients, Pat O'Donnell and Gary Labb, who were in the audience.