Rosenstein and sessions are doing an AG Awards ceremony live right now.
https://video.foxnews.com/v/5852942543001/
Sessions, Rosenstein speak at Attorney General's Awards
Sessions, Rosenstein speak at Attorney General's Awards
https://www.justice.gov/ag/policing-award
The Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing recognizes individual state, local, or tribal sworn rank-and-file police officers and deputies for exceptional efforts in effective policing. The awards will be presented by the Attorney General at a ceremony honoring the recipients in Washington, D.C., at the Great Hall of the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department Building.
Eligible candidates must be in a nonsupervisory position at the time of their nomination. The winning officer(s) or deputy(ies) will have demonstrated active exceptional performance in one of three areas:
Innovations in Community Policing
Criminal Investigations
Field Operations
Within each of these categories, awards will be given to sworn police officers and deputies serving within small, medium, and large jurisdictions.
Small: Agencies serving populations fewer than 50,000
Medium: Agencies serving populations 50,000 to 250,000
Large: Agencies serving populations over 250,000
CRITERIA
Following are examples of eligible activities for each award area. Nominations are not limited to these specific activities; however, the nominated activity should exemplify policing and problem-solving principles.
Please note: Nominations are for rank-and-file officers and deputies in a nonsupervisory position at the time of their nomination.
Innovations in Community Policing. Examples in this category include engaging in significant problem-solving activities, the creation of productive community partnerships, or the implementation of new policing programs or initiatives that have a significant impact on public safety problems, building and enhancing trust, or respect for police and community satisfaction or have led to reductions in violent crime. The ideal nominee for this award promotes public safety through a dedication to innovative policing strategies to reduce violent crime such as human trafficking, gun crime, drug trafficking, and gang violence.
Criminal Investigations. Examples in this category include solving a particularly difficult case such as a cold-case homicide investigation, conducting a comprehensive gang or drug investigation that results in the disruption and dismantling of a known gang responsible for significant violence in the community, using creative and collaborative investigation techniques to apprehend a prolific burglary or serial robbery suspect, working in collaboration with the community on an investigation, or developing an effective program or strategy that increases the department’s criminal case clearance rates.
Field Operations. Examples in this category include heroic, quick, innovative, or otherwise exceptional police work in partnership with other officers, agencies, or the community to make a significant arrest or solve a noteworthy case or community problem; solving a particularly challenging crime through community partnerships and the use of stellar preliminary investigation techniques; working with other officers, agencies, or the community to effectively enforce violations of state or federal criminal laws impacting the community including immigration and violent offenses (including drug trafficking and firearm crimes); and working to abate neighborhood blight and reduce crime, engaging at-risk youth to reduce crime and victimization and build trust, or successfully using de-escalation techniques to resolve a potentially violent situation such as a suicide, a person in a mental health crisis or struggling with substance abuse, a hostage situation, or a barricaded suspect.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the 66th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony
Washington, DC ~ Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Awards Go To:
Brian Benczkowski, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division;
Stephen Boyd, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs;
Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division;
John Demers, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division;
Steven Engel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel;
Noel Francisco, Solicitor General;
Michael Horowitz, Inspector General;
Jody Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division;
Phil Keith, Director, Community Oriented Policing Services;
Lee Lofthus, Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Justice Management Division, who will also serve as the narrator for today’s ceremony;
Clifford White, Director, U.S. Trustee Program;
Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation;
David Anderson, Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Marshals Service;
Thomas Brandon, Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
Representing the Drug Enforcement Administration is Greg Cherundolo. Acting Administrator, Uttam Dhillon, will join us later in the program;
John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division;
Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons;
Jeffrey Wood, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division; and
Richard Zuckerman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
Other Honorees are:
Kurt Alme, District of Montana;
Geoffrey Berman, Southern District of New York;
Richard Donoghue, Eastern District of New York;
Timothy Garrison, Western District of Missouri;
Benjamin Glassman, Southern District of Ohio;
Nick Hanna, Central District of California;
Annette Hayes, Western District of Washington;
Justin Herdman, Northern District of Ohio;
Robert Hur, District of Maryland;
Jessie Liu, District of Columbia;
Maria Chapa Lopez, Middle District of Florida;
Mcgregor Scott, Eastern District of California; and
Zachary Terwilliger, Eastern District of Virginia
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-66th-annual-attorney-general-s