2021 HEAT Awards

Congratulations to all of our winners

The 2021 HEAT Awards recognized efforts made between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. The first presentation of the 2021 HEAT Awards took place in Williamsburg on August 23 at the VACP annual conference. See below for photographs from the event as well as a list of honorees.

AGENCY AWARDS

Agency Winner (20,001-100,000 population served)

     Salem Police Department

Agency Finalist (100,000+ population served)

     Henrico County Division of Police

Agency Winner (100,000+ population served)

     Chesterfield County Police Department

 

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Winners

VCU Police Department

     Detective Kenneth Olds

     Detective Frederic Wiggins

Hampton Police Department

     Detective Rachel Sills

Virginia State Police

     Trooper Jordan Corvin

Finalists

Salem Police Department

     Sergeant Mark Adkins

Henrico County Police Division

     Officer Jordan Devers

     Officer Ramona Hoppes

     Officer Jason Stender

     Officer John Dalane 

Virginia State Police

     Special Agent Heather Marshall

     Trooper Harold Campbell

     Trooper Michaeline Salladay 

     Trooper Daniel Vaughan

Certificates of Merit

Salem Police Department

     Lieutenant Sean Slusser

Henrico County Police Division

     Detective James Gray

     Officer Richard Mallory

     Officer Christopher Minter

Virginia State Police

     Trooper Edward Taylor

 

MAJOR CASE AWARD

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

     Senior Special Agent Jason Warren

     Analyst Meleta Leonard

     Program Administrative Specialist II Shakeima Chisholm

Richmond Police Department

     Detective Alexandria Davila

 

MAJOR CASE AWARD

Culpeper Police Department

     Detective Nolan Overby

Virginia State Police

     Senior Special Agent Michael Jones

     Special Agent Frederick Richens


The second presentation of the 2021 HEAT Awards took place in Roanoke on September 14 at the VSA annual conference. See below for photographs from the event as well as a list of honorees.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Winners

Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office

     Detective Lucas Jacobs

Hanover County Sheriff’s Office

     Investigator Steven Tomlinson

Finalist

Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office

     Deputy Jason Hager

 

Certificates of Merit

Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office

     Sergeant Brian Seay 

     Deputy Jessica DeLage

     Deputy Tanner Poitras

 

 

PUBLIC OUTREACH AWARD

     Suffolk Sheriff’s Office

 

Nominations for the 2021 awards are closed; however, nominations for the 2022 HEAT Awards will be opening in June, 2022. For more information about the HEAT Awards, please visit our Contact Us page or email the HEAT program directly at VSPAutoTheft@vsp.virginia.gov.