Annual Award for Alumni Member(s) of the Year

  

The Executive Board of the Virginia Forensic Science Academy Alumni Association (VFSAAA) announces “VFSAAA Member of the Year” award. The award will be given annually at the Retraining Conference in Virginia Beach and will be presented at the General Membership Meeting. The Awardees will be selected by the VFSAAA Awards Committee which is comprised of the current SGT-at Arms and the four Regional Directors. 2004 will be the first year for presentation. One award will be given out to a member from each Region. 

 

The award is intended for members of the VFSAAA who have done outstanding work involving a particular case or for a member who has continuously excelled in the field of Crime Scene Technology.   

 

Rules/Conditions:

1.                  The Awardees must be a current member of the VFSAAA.             

2.                  Awardees must have been a member of the VFSAAA during case/incident in question.

3.                  The awards will be given at the annual retraining conference held in August in Virginia Beach.

4.                  Time frame for the awards are as followed;  Consideration/nomination is June of one year to May of the next,

This takes into account the following time frame for the year in question:

a.      Announcement to the membership after the Fall Executive Board Meeting in November. Renouncement again in February. The announcements will be made members listed in the membership roster. Announcements will go out via E-mail.  

b.      Nominations must be to the Regional Directors by the end of May; the best time to have them in is during Regional Spring Update meeting.

c.      The award committee will make its choice(s) by end of June.

d.      Awardees will be notified in late July.

e.      Awards will be given out in August at the Annual Re-training conference in Virginia Beach.

5.                  Considerations of Award selection:                                                                 

a.      A case/incident where the member showed exceptional or dedicated work.

b.      A case/incident where the member went above and beyond the call of duty.

c.      A case/incident where the member developed a new investigative/processing technique.

d.      Extreme dedication to the field of Crime Scene Technology.

6.                  Nomination can come from anyone, the person nominating does not have to be a member of the VFSAAA nor does the nominator have to be within the region of the person nominated. 

7.                  The nomination should included identifying information of the nominator and identifying information of the nominee, along with the following information; 

a.      It should also include the reason for nomination;

If it involves a case, an overview of should be submitted along with any supporting documentation pertaining to the case (commendations, news articles, other awards and or recognition)                     

If it involves outstanding work over a period of years supporting information should also be submitted

8.                  The Awards Committee will be comprised of the SGT-at-Arms (chairperson) and each Regional Director.                                      

9.                  The award will consist of a plaque to the individual and the placement of the awardees name on plaque at the VFSA.

 

Questions can be directed to:

         Greg Locke                 SGT-at-Arms (Chairperson)

              Marc Hackett               Northern Director        

               Clay Overholt                Western Director

             Karyn B. Cagle            Eastern  Director

      Brad Luxford                Central Director