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.