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The Michael Shanahan Award for Excellence in Public/Private Cooperation

GOAL

The award seeks to recognize outstanding achievement in the development and implementation of public/private cooperation in public safety. This award recognizes agencies who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in cooperative efforts in public safety.

AWARD OVERVIEW

This award, in honor of Chief Michael Shanahan (Retired), who served the University of Washington Police Department for 24 years before retiring in 1995, seeks to recognize outstanding achievements in the development and implementation of Public/Private Cooperation in the Public Safety. Chief Shanahan made significant contributions to world wide public safety serving as the Co-Chair of the IACP Private Sector Liaison Committee (PSLC) from 1985 to 1999. Under his leadership the PSLC focused on solutions to critical public/private sector issues such as product tampering, drugs in the workplace, guidelines for non-sworn responders to alarms, workplace and school violence, and hiring and training guidelines for security guards. Chief Shanahan was the chair of the IACP's State Association of Chiefs of Police (SACOP), 1983-1989. He remains a highly respected national leader, innovator, and advocate, who recognized the critical importance of public/private partnerships in enhancing an individual community's public safety and the accumulative positive impact such collaborative actions have on protecting the vital interests of a community. The Security Industry Association (SIA) is the sole corporate sponsor of the award.

ELIGIBILITY

• The award will be presented to full service law enforcement agencies and private security organizations that work together to solve local problems that result in increased public safety. Note: This is a joint award. Individuals are not eligible.
• The program must have been initiated no later than one year prior to submission for consideration.
• The program must have been in operation during the January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 time frame.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Nominees will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• The significance of the contribution to the advancement of joint cooperative efforts geared to increasing public safety;
• Issues and problems identified, and the methodology used for problem resolution;
• Level of participation, partnering, collaboration and mutual-cooperation;
• Initiative and innovation;
• Permanency of the program;
• Development of quality assurance and performance metrics;
• Level, type and quality of communications established among participants;
• Executive leadership demonstrated; and,
• Resolution of problems identified.

APPLICATION GUIDANCE

The application package must include the following:

• Application form (signed by the chief executive of both the law enforcement agency and the private organization).
• Narrative summary (no more than three pages).
• Detailed project description addressing the specific circumstances involving distinguished public/private achievement as outlined by the evaluation criteria.
• Supplemental material such as departmental citations, letters of commendation, and newspaper clippings will be accepted. Videotapes, DVDs/CDs, and photos are welcome.

The complete award application must be postmarked no later than May 31, 2008 and mailed to:

IACP – Shanahan Award
Attn: Nancy Kolb
515 N. Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

SELECTION PROCESS

The IACP’s Private Sector Liaison Committee will be responsible for reviewing all applications and selecting the winning program. The selection committee will include members from ASIS International's Law Enforcement Liaison Council.

AWARD PRESENTATION

The award presentation will be made at the 115th Annual IACP Conference in San Diego, California. Travel expenses to the conference will be provided for the winners (one representative from the private security organization and one representative from the law enforcement organization. Narratives and photographs of the award winners will be featured in Police Chief.

APPLICATION (in PDF)

For more information contact Nancy Kolb at 1-800-THE-IACP, extension 813. Applications must be postmarked no later than May 31, 2008.