Bittner Recipients

2020 Recipients:
Chief John Batiste, Washington State Patrol
Chief Michael Yaniero, Jacksonville (NC) Police Department
Chief James Lamkin, Schaumburg (IL) Police Department
Sheriff David Shoar, St. Johns County (FL) Sheriff's Office
Chief Donald Person, Xenia (OH) Police Division
Sheriff Craig Webre, Lafourche Parish (LA) Sheriff's Office

2019 Recipients:
Chief Gregory Rushin, Plano (TX) Police Department

2018 Recipients:
Chief Stephen Stepp, Palm Beach Gardens (FL) Police Department
Sheriff Clay Whittle, Columbia Co. (GA) Sheriff’s Office
Director Timothy Hayden, Addison (IL) Police Department
Chief James Williams, Staunton (VA) Police Department
Chief Ray Johnson, Chesterfield (MO) Police Department
Chief Alan Rodbell, Scottsdale (AZ) Police Department

2017 Recipients:
Chief Thomas Buckhannon, III, Isle of Palms (SC) Police Department
Chief L. Dwayne Hobbs, Forest Park (GA) Police Department
Chief Gary Vest, Powell (OH) Police Department

2016 Recipients:
Chief Steve Callahan,  Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 
Sheriff J. Al Cannon, Jr., Charleston County (SC) Sheriff's Office
Vice President of Public Safety Maureen Rush, University of Pennsylvania Police and Public Safety
Sheriff Ben Johnson, Volusia County (FL) Sheriff's Office
Chief Douglas Holland, Hyattsville (MD) Police Department

2015 Recipients:
Chief Stephen McCartney, Warwick (RI) Police Department

2014 Recipients:
Sheriff Earl R. “Moose” Butler, Cumberland County (NC) Sheriff’s Office
Chief Louis M. Dekmar, LaGrange (GA) Police Department
Public Safety Director Gary D. George, Alpharetta (GA) Department of Public Safety
Sheriff Richard A. Meyers, Winnebago County (IL) Sheriff's Office
Chief Stephen F. Schmidt, Elk Grove Village (IL) Police Department

2013 Recipients:
Sheriff J. Wayne Anderson, Sullivan County (TN) Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff John E. Zaruba, DuPage County (IL) Sheriff’s Office
Chief Gerald L. Brooks, Greenwood (SC) Police Department
Sheriff Edward V. Rochford, Morris Country (NJ) Sheriff’s Office
Chief James D. Hill, Salina (KS) Police Department
Retired Chief Harry W. Rilling, Norwalk (CT) Police Department

2012 Recipients:
Chief Stacey L. Cotton, Covington (GA) Police Department
Chief Douglas L. Knight, Vandalia (OH) Division of Police
Sheriff Donald F. Eslinger, Seminole County (FL) Sheriff's Ofice
Chief Bruce A. Thomason, Jacksonville Beach (FL) Police Department
Chief Joseph H. Lumpkin, Athens - Clark County (GA) Police Department

2011 Recipients:
Sheriff Roger D. Garrison, Cherokee County (GA) Sheriff’s Office
Chief R. Steven Bailey, Miami Township (OH) Police Department
Chief Thomas K. Casady, Lincoln (NE) Police Department
Chief Terrance Treschuk, Rockville City (MD) Police Department
Chief William Gallagher, Lake Bluff (IL) Police Department

2010 Recipients:
Chief Richard W. Myers, Colorado Springs (CO) Police Department
Chief Joseph M. Polisar, Garden Grove (CA) Police Department
         
2007 Recipients:
Chief David E. Dial, Naperville (IL) Police Department
Chief William W. Fenniman, Jr. (Ret.), Dover (NH) Police Department
Chief James V. Murray, Peachtree City (GA) Police Department
Chief John A. Peach, Director of Police, Kent State University (OH) Police Department

2006 Recipients:
Chief George E. Carpenter, Wilmette (IL) Police Department
Chief/Col. Robert C. Dillard, University of Richmond (VA) Police Department
Chief Ronald G. Ferrell, Ph.D, Mason (OH) Police Department
Chief Reuben M. Greenberg (Ret.), Charleston (SC) Police Department
Chief Charles E. Samarra (Ret.), Alexandria (VA) Police Department
Chief Hubert L. Smith, Rome (GA) Police Department
Chief Timothy D. Wallace, Hurst (TX)  Police Department
Sheriff Charles Wells, Manatee County (FL) Sheriff’s Office   

2005 Recipient:
Sheriff Garry E. Lucas, Clark County (WA) Sheriff’s Office 

2004 Recipients:
Chief Kenneth R. Burns, Lebanon (OH) Division of Police
Chief Charlie T. Deane, Prince William County (VA) Police Department
Chief Darrell L. Fant, Highland Park (TX) Department of Public Safety
Chief Steven R. Harris, Redmond (WA) Police Department
Chief Leo C. McCann, retired from Buffalo Grove (IL) Police Department and currently at Skokie (IL) Police Department
Chief James M. O’Dell; Kettering (OH) Police Department
Sheriff Everett S. Rice, formerly of the Pinellas County (FL) Sheriff’s Office
Chief Walter A. Ugrinic, Shaker Heights (OH) Police Department
Chief Grafton L. Wells, Jr. (Retired), Staunton (VA) Police Department