Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

32nd ANNUAL GOVERNOR’S CRIME PREVENTION AWARDS 2011 Each year the Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute, along with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions, and the Maryland Crime Prevention Association present the Annual Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards.

The Awards Subcommittee of the Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute met in August to review the nominations submitted from throughout the State of Maryland for the 2011 Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards. After an extensive screening process, the Subcommittee selected the departments, individuals, and programs that met the criteria for recognition by the Governor. This year there are fifty-five (55) award recipients, representing private citizens, community groups, businesses, the military, faith-based organizations, colleges and universities, law enforcement/correctional officers, and law enforcement agencies from throughout Maryland, each of whom has made outstanding contributions to the furtherance of crime prevention programming.

Recipients are being honored for activities such as volunteering with the auxiliary police; working with youth through efforts such as Charles County’s Teen Court, Carroll County Camp C.O.P.S. (Courage to be Outstanding with Pride and Self Confidence), Baltimore County’s Youth Leadership Academy, D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), Frederick City’s Police Activities League (PAL), and G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) Programs, McGriff presentations; “Shop with A Cop” for underprivileged children, and Pocomoke City’s “Save the Youth” program; involvement in the Crime Solvers organization; focusing on protection of citizens and their property through numerous Community, Crime Watch, and Campus Safety Programs, involvement in National Night Out, the RAPID (Regional Automated Property Information Data Base) which monitors pawn shop transactions in Howard County, public service announcements, and the Rape Aggression Defense Program (RAD) for female students at several Maryland colleges; prevention of illegal contraband and identification of Security Threat Groups at Wicomico County Department of Corrections; addressing the issues of seniors through presentations on Home Improvement Scams and Senior Frauds and Cons, Queen Anne’s County “Seniors on the Move” program, involvement with local Triads and SALT (Senior and Law Enforcement Together) Councils, and Project Lifesaver; promoting public awareness of the dangers of underage drinking through Howard County’s “Fake ID-Real Problem” program and addressing the problem of forged and fraudulent prescriptions through cooperation with pharmacists at Walgreen’s, CVS, and Drug City Pharmacies in Baltimore County; providing crime prevention training to both civilians and law enforcement on numerous crime prevention topics, including Personal Safety, Domestic Violence, Neighborhood and Business Watch, Operation Identification, Car Theft and Carjacking, Workplace Violence, Identity Theft, etc.

Nineteen (19) agencies submitted winning nominations, representing all geographic areas of Maryland, from Frostburg in Western Maryland to Pocomoke City on the Eastern Shore, from Baltimore City and Central Maryland to Charles County in Southern Maryland. Two communities, Pocomoke City and the C.S.A.F.E. Hope Community in Cambridge, will be honored for their development/continuance of comprehensive community-based anti-crime strategies in Maryland. Also, four law enforcement officers from the Baltimore County Police Department will receive awards for the performance of residential and/or commercial security surveys in their communities.

The Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards is now in its 32nd year, and since its inception in 1980, over 3,000 awards have been presented. Recipients of this year’s awards are:

GOVERNOR’S CRIME PREVENTION AWARDS 2011

Category A
Governor’s Crime Prevention Award for Law Enforcement Agencies

• Aberdeen Proving Ground Police Dept.
• Anne Arundel County Police Department
• Baltimore County Police Department
• Cambridge Police Department
• Charles County Sheriff’s Office
• Frederick Police Department
• Frostburg State University Police Department
• Howard County Police Department
• Johns Hopkins University Campus Safety and Security Department
• Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office
• Rockville City Police Department
• Salisbury University Police Department
• Towson University Police Department
• University of Maryland Department of Public Safety, College Park