In 2003 NICB teamed up with the Northern Chapter of WSATI to give the first annual NICB/WSATI special achievement award for outstanding achievements in the war on Auto Theft by an individual or a team, either Law Enforcement or Insurance. 

NICB through Area 3 Directors of Operation Ralph Lumpkin and Robert Jones will obtain a plaque and a cash  donation will be made to the charity of the recipient.  The plaque will be awarded to the recipient at the annual WSATI conference.  The award will be presented by NICB Area 3 Directors or their designee.  Any member or team in any of the 7 WSATI Chapters would be eligible and nominations and synopsis should be received by August 1, of the conference year. 

Money raised by the Annual Gary Gray Memorial Golf Tournament which will be played each year in the memory of Dave Prescott will be used to fund the donation. 

Gary was one of 4 or 5 investigators from around the San Francisco Bay area that had a meeting in 1970 to discuss auto theft problems in the area and 2 years later WSATI Northern Chapter was formed.  He was a real pioneer in WSATI.  Over the several years that Gary was a member of WSATI he served in every office and was the current Past President when he passed away in 2003.  He was also a dedicated member of NICB for over 10 years.

The Northern Chapter board of directors and NICB directors will select the recipient from the nominations received.

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

NICB Senior Special Agent Ken Hutchison made a presentation of the Gary Gray Auto Theft Achievement Award.  There were two awards given.  The first award was presented to Troy Rivers, CHP Field Support Services, Vehicle Theft Unit.  Ken then presented the second award to Dave Yokley, CHP Inland Division, Investigative Services Unit.