2015 CPAM Award Winners Announced

On Oct. 6th, CPAM members and guests kicked of the 2015 conference "Building Community Partnerships in the 21st Century" at the Doubletree Hilton in Bay City MI.  Crime Prevention personnel from across the state have make the annual trip to network, share resource, and hear about new  issues we will need to address now and in the future. We want to thank our leadership at our agencies for endorsing crime prevention and community policing and the recipients of the 2015 awards who's work didn't go unrecognized.

Here are the recipients of the 2015 C.P.A.M. awards:

Outstanding Crime Prevention Practitioner - Trooper Geno Basaness

Michigan State Police, Iron Mountain Post 

Outstanding Volunteer of the Year- Ms. Kimberly Seitler 

The Crossing Apts.

Outstanding Media Award

WNEM TV 5, Saginaw MI

Gen. Manager, Al Blinke, News Dir. Ian Rubin ,& Reporter Gino Vicci

-Link to WNEM TV 5 Coverage of the Awards-

 2015 CPAM Awards covered by WNEM TV 5

Outstanding Corporate Award

Frank Diehl Sales Manager Lamar Advertising #151

Special Project in the Field of Crime Prevention

Michigan Youth Leadership Academy,

Sergeant Duane Zook

Outstanding Unit Award

Southfield Police Department, Eastside Community Police

Officer Kelly Pate

Outstanding Youth Award

Bay City Police Department Explorer Program

Logan Davis

Outstanding School Officers Award

"School Resource Officers of Midland Police Department"

Lt. Matthew Bercher, Officer Paul McDonald

Outstanding Contribution to C.P:A.M.

Mr. Lee Hoeksema, Past C.P.A.M. President