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Officers
| Dan Cotten President Wright County S.O |
Brian Thureson Vice-President Minneapolis P.D. |
| Bob Peper Secretary Douglas County S.O. |
Paul Biederman Treasurer Nicollet County S.O. |
Board Of Directors
| Chad Stenson Chisago County S.O. |
Reginald Larson Blaine P.D. |
| Brian Cameron St. Cloud P.D. |
Miguel Robles New Hope P.D |
Award Nominations - Case Submission
To submit a case for Award Nomination click on a link below:
Narcotics/EOD Award Nomination
Patrol Award Nomination
K9 retirements
Spirit Award
Awards Committee
| Brandon Bartholomew Minneapolis PD Awards Chair |
Quincy Grabau Plymouth PD |
| Mike Fildes Clay County SO |
Adam Carlson Winona County SO |
Al Gocken MN DOC |
Lyle Sinclair Bismarck ND PD |
Awards Committee Votes
| 1st Quarter January 1- March 31 Deadline: April 5th |
2nd Quarter April 1-June 30 Deadline: July 5th |
| 3rd Quarter July 1-September 30 Deadline: October 5th |
4th Quarter October 1-December 31 Deadline: January 5th |
The following is a list of what the Awards Committee votes on:
*Nothing
*Citation
*Medallion
*Honorable Mention (1 for Patrol and 1 for Detector)
*Case of the Quarter (1 for Patrol and 1 for Detector)
For the detector award, K9 team must have a recent certificate of certification according the USPCA detector rules, which is yearly. For the patrol award, you must have one PD I certification from the USPCA. To be eligible for Case of the Quarter and Honorable Mention you must have a Region certification obtained through an approved trial. However, awards are allowed for patrol for K9 teams that are just tracking dogs and don't work the street in a patrol function. ie... a bloodhound or K9 that just does tracking.
If a case is submitted outside of the deadline date for certain quarter, it will only be eligible for a citation if it qualifies pass nothing.