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THE GARY GRAY AUTO THEFT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD



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GARY GRAY AUTO THEFT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
YEAR RECIPIENT AGENCY AT TIME OF AWARD
2010 Detective Marty Bolger Chula Vista Police Department
2010 Detective Tony Molina Chula Vista Police Department
2009 Special Agent Cliff Chezum National Insurance Crime Bureau
2009 Program Analyst Betty Sauce California Highway Patrol, Field Support Services
2008 Deputy DA Margaret Bevan San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office
2008 Constable Scott Cooke Royal Canadian Mounted Police IMPACT
2007 Sergeant Troy Rivers California Highway Patrol, Field Support Services
2007 Investigator Dave Yokley California Highway Patrol, Inland Division ISU
2006 The Team California Highway Patrol, Valley Division Delta RATT
2006 The Team Denver Colorado Metropolitan Vehicle Theft Detail
2006 Dave Prescott California State Automobile Association SIU
2005 Investigator Bruce Ogden California Highway Patrol, Valley Division
2005 Lieutenant Greg Williams California Highway Patrol, Investigative Services Section
2004 Investigator Ron Kramer Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles, Salem
2004 Investigator Jim Phan California Department of Motor Vehicles, Anaheim
2003 Commissioner Spike Helmick California Highway Patrol, Headquarters

THE GARY GRAY AUTO THEFT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Gary Gray Award
From: <khutchison@nicb.org>
Date: Tue, May 03, 2011 7:06 am

To all, attached is the nomination request for the Gary Gray award for 2011. Please distribute this to all of your colleagues in WSATI.

Ken Hutchison
Supervisory Special Agent
NICB Area 3
Office (916) 685 2971
Cell    (916) 275 1459
 

May 3, 2011

To all WSATI Chapters

It is that time of year again. I am requesting nominations for this year’s annual Gary Gray Auto Theft Achievement Award.  I request that all nominations with a brief synopsis of the candidate be emailed or snail mailed to me by August 15, 2011.  The WSATI Northern Chapter board of directors and NICB Area 3 directors will select the recipient from the nominations received. 

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.   The award was renamed the Gary Gray Auto Theft Achievement Award in 2004 in memorial to Gary. 

NICB through Area 3 Directors of Operation Ralph Lumpkin and Robert Jones will obtain a plaque. 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 WSATI Chapters would be eligible and nominations and synopsis should be received by August 15 of this conference year. 

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.

Thank You, Ken Hutchison 
WSATI Northern Chapter Past President

Any comments or suggestions can be sent to khutchison@nicb.org 

Mailing Address:
Ken Hutchison
NICB
P.O. Box 2380
Elk Grove, CA. 95624

The 2010 Award was presented at the 2010 WSATI Training Seminar in San Diego, on May 27th, 2010. 

NICB Special Agent Ken Hutchison made a presentation of the Gary Gray Auto Theft Achievement AwardKen requested that CHP Captain / San Diego RATT Co-ordinator Lisa Wrobel come up to the podium.  Lisa spoke of the case that was being honored and then called up Chula Vista Police Department Detectives Marty Bolger and Tony Molina.  They were honored for their "Operation Knee Drag" case. 
 

NICB Senior Special Agent Ken Hutchison CHP Captain / San Diego RATT Coordinator Lisa Wrobel Ken Hutchison presenting Award to Marty Bolger Ken Hutchison presenting Award to Tony Molina L-R: Tony Molina, Lisa Wrobel, Marty Bolger

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