PAX Centurion - Winter 2016 - 2017

Page 48 • PAX CENTURION • Winter 2016-2017 617-989-BPPA (2772) The Washington Report From Washington Report on page 47 upon the important provisions of the original JFAA, which increased resources devoted to DNAand other forensic technology, established safeguards to prevent wrongful convictions, and enhanced protections for crime victims. The bill strengthens services for crime victims and provides support to state and local governments to use DNA evidence to convict guilty offenders and exonerate the innocent. We thank Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) for their leadership on this important bill and their continued support of the criminal justice community. Your Nominations Make the Difference for TOP COPS ® T his year marks the 24th year NAPO has produced the TOP COPS ® Awards. The awards dinner will take place on Friday, May 12, 2017, again coinciding with Police Week. The TOP COPS ® Awards Dinner will be at the Omni Shoreham Hotel located in Washington, D.C. Over the next few months we will be asking for your assistance in three major areas in which you, our members, can help to ensure the success of TOP COPS ® : nominations, sponsorships, and show attendance. Today, we want to ask for your assistance with the first and most fundamental component, nominations. TOP COPS ® is unique in that it is a peer nominated award. However, one of the greatest struggles we have faced in the past is getting the nomination form out to officers nationwide. We are asking you to assist us in making this happen. It is our goal this year to see all 50 states represented with a nominee. While we appreciate and welcome nominations from the executive level, we would really like to see the nomination form circulated among your members. The nomination form can be downloaded from the NAPO website, http://www.napo.org/ files/5814/5583/4244/ NominationForm2017. pdf . Please feel free to duplicate and post it anywhere you feel it is appropriate. We would especially like to see forms posted in association offices and departments with the hope that your members will feel inclined to nominate the great cases/officers they have come into contact with over the past year. We would also like to ask you to consider including the nomination form in your association publication, on your website, or as a hand out at your next meeting. If you have other thoughts or ideas as to how to get the word out about this most worthwhile event, please contact Elizabeth Loranger at eloranger@napo.org . With your help and partnership, we know that TOP COPS ® will be a tremendous success! JJ’s Irish Pub &Grill 1130 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester, MA 617-282-5919 Proudly Supports the BPPA Scholarship Fund Life Insurance Tax-Free Retirement Wealth Building Estate Planning Inheritance Strategy New Business Foundations Investments College Funding Maximizing Social Security Strategies ... and more! “I wish somebody had shown me all this before, this is incredible!” “I never knew this could be done. You should teach a class at the Academy!” FREE PERSONALIZED FINANCIAL PLANNING KEVIN J. PISHKIN Former Police Officer in Boston Retired On Injury Financial Consultant New York Life Boston General Office 781-223-3791 “The job is hard enough as it is, let’s make sure you retire wealthy!”