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Previous ACWAP Award Recipients

2022 ACWAP Awards 

Audrey Fagan Memorial  – Monalisa Tiai-Keti, Samoa Police Service

Bev Lawson Memorial – Kim Kellaway, Queensland Police Service

Champion of Change – Jarryd Dunbar, Australian Federal Police                    Highly Commended – Mike Webb, New Zealand Police

Integrity and Courage – Margaret Marshall, Fiji Police Force                            Highly Commended – Andrea Turner, Victoria Police

Female Leader – Kylie Whiteley, Western Australia Police Force

Female Investigator – Anna Shaw, Western Australia Police Force

Female Administrator – Lautoa Faletau, Australian Federal Police

Female  Practitioner – Michelle Bond, Australian Border Force

Female Intelligence Practitioner – Sheridan Page, Australian Federal Police

Emerging Leadership Award – Jessie Geary, Queensland Police Service         Highly Commended – Christine Lunt, New Zealand Police

Excellence in Law Enforcement Initiative for Women in the Community  – Multicultural Community Liaison Officer Team, Nelly Sinha, Rachna Soni and Georgina Zaineddine, New South Wales Police Force

Excellence in Law Enforcement in the Pacific Region  – Czarist Daniel, Nauru Police Force

Excellence in Research on Improving Law Enforcement for Women Yvette McKelvie, New Zealand Police

The Griffith University Women in Policing Scholarship – Jessica McLaren, Queensland Police Service

2021 ACWAP Awards 

Audrey Fagan Memorial  – Teressa (Karen) Poutai-Struginski  New Zealand Police

Bev Lawson Memorial – Sandra Venables, New Zealand Police                  Highly Commended Katherine Taylor, New Zealand Police

Champion of Change – Fuiavaili’ili Egon Keil, former Commissioner of Samoa Police, Prisons and Correctional Services.

Highly Commended – Michael Fitzgerald, New South Wales Police Force and Ben Martain, Queensland Police Service

Integrity and Courage – Not identified                                                             Highly Commended – Kate Maxwell, Queensland Police Service

Excellence in Law Enforcement in the Asia Pacific Region –  Eileen (Rose) Nala, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

Highly Commended – Ruth Tusela, Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary

Female Leader – Melanie Aitken,New Zealand Police                                        Highly Commended – Jennifer Hurst, Australian Federal Police

Female Investigator – Kylie Bell, Western Australia Police Force

Highly Commended – Naomi Maidment, South Australia Police and Amy Scott,New South Wales Police Force

Excellence in Law Enforcement for Women Initiative – Project SKYWARP, a collaboration between the Australian Federal Police and Anti-Slavery Australia, with the support of Sydney Airport                              Highly Commended – Te Wānanga Mana Wāhine, New Zealand Police

Female Administrator – Marina Simoncini, Australian Federal Police                        Highly Commended – Leonie Smiley, New Zealand Police

Female  Practitioner – Kim Crimmins, Australian Federal Police                                Highly Commended- Raquel Vogel, Victoria Police

Female Intelligence Practitioner – Bianca Handyside, Victoria Police

Highly Commended – Danielle Gardiner Australian Federal Police and Kyah Hester, New South Wales Police Force

Excellence in Research on Improving Law Enforcement for Women – Kate Linklater, New South Wales Police Force.

Highly Commended – The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation with the Australian Federal Police 

Griffith University Women in Policing Scholarship – Katelyn Pomroy, Australian Federal Police.