POST Excellence in Training Award

Prior to 2007, the award was titled the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Peace Officer Training.

2007 Award Winners: (left to right) (view all)

Individual Achievement
Captain David C. Bertini
Pacifica Police Department
Lifetime Achievement:
Criminal Investigator Betsy Lee Mazzuola
San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office
Organizational Achievement:
California Highway Patrol
Commissioner Joseph Farrow

2006 Award Winners: (view all)

Individual Achievement:
Sergeant Raymond Backman (Oakland Police Department)
Lifetime Achievement:
Retired Sergeant Kenneth Whitley (Garden Grove Police Department)
Organizational Achievement:
Behavior Analysis Training Institute (Director Nick Flint)

2005 Award Winners: (view all)

Individual Achievement:
George L. Shake (Los Angeles Police Department)
Lifetime Achievement:
Martin (Marty) J. Mayer (Law Offices of Jones and Mayer)
Organizational Achievement:
Orange County Sheriff’s Department Forensic Science Services Portable Evidential Breath Test (PEBT) Program (Director Dean Gialamas)

2004 Award Winners: (view all)

Individual Achievement:
Debora McGlynn (San Mateo County Public Safety Communications Department Training Academy)
Lifetime Achievement:
Jack Giroud (Los Angeles Police Department)
Organizational Achievement:
California Sexual Assault Investigators Association (President Diane Webb)

2003 Award Winners: (view all)

Individual Achievement:
Wayne Windman (Redondo Beach Police Department)
Lifetime Achievement:
William Cavenaugh (Laguna Beach Police Department)
Organizational Achievement:
Napa Valley Criminal Justice Training Center (Coordinator Todd Dischinger)

2002 Award Winners

Individual Achievement: Robert DiMiceli (California Highway Patrol)

Officer Robert DiMiceli was honored as a drug recognition expert and instructor at the CHP academy. He also serves as a full-time patrol officer.
Lifetime Achievement: Joel Carey (California Attorney General's Office)

Deputy Attorney General Joel Carey (retired) was honored as the originator and coordinator of the Attorney General's Legal Sourcebook which is invaluable in training and as a law enforcement reference.
Organizational Achievement: California Department of Justice Advanced Training Center

The Advanced Training Center was honored for its specialized investigative courses, including anti-terrorism and computer training.

2001 Award Winners

Individual Achievement: John E. Kane, Jr. (Sacramento Police Department)

Lieutenant John Kane was honored for developing innovative curriculum and training methods for teaching police response to critical incidents and disaster events.
Lifetime Achievement: Ronald E. Lowenberg (Huntington Beach Police Department)

Police Chief Ronald Lowenberg was honored for his years of service in law enforcement training, especially in the areas of leadership, management, and mentoring of police chiefs, and for his ability to obtain the enthusiastic involvement of his students.
Organizational Achievement: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department - Use of Force Trimester Training Program

Developed in 1992, the Use of Force program was honored for its contemporary training in reinforcing critical or perishable skills, which diminish without periodic refreshing. The eight-hour session is presented three times a year.

2000 Award Winners

1999 Award Winners

1998 Award Winners

1997 Award Winners

Individual Achievement: Richard "Toby" Tyler
Lifetime Achievement: Joseph E. David
Organizational Achievement: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department – Public Safety Internship Academy

1996 Award Winners

1995 Award Winners

Individual Achievement: Karel Swanson
Lifetime Achievement: Tom Anderson
Organizational Achievement: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department – Frank Bland Training Center

1994 Award Winners

This page was last updated on July 1, 2008.