IAATI Heavy Equipment Award | International Association of Auto Theft Investigators

Nominations Deadline: May 01, 2024

All nominations should be sent to: executivedirector@iaati.org

This award was created in 2009 and is intended to honor any person possessing the qualifications of an active member of (IAATI), although membership is not a prerequisite, who has in some way distinguished themselves in the field of off-road (farm and construction) equipment investigation / recovery. It is not intended that it be awarded to anyone other than actual field investigators or first line supervisors of field investigators.

Award Recipients

2023

Salt Lake City Police Department’s Auto Theft Squad

2020

Deputy Randy Stanley - San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. Rural Crime Task Force

2020

Deputy Rob Oakleaf - San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. Rural Crime Task Force.

2018

Det Jack McDermott - Cape May County (PA) Prosecutors Office

2018

Det Jack Logan - Philadelphia, PA Major Crimes Auto Squad

2018

PO Francis Leaden - Philadelphia, PA Major Crimes Auto Squad

2018

Det Jim Frey, Delaware County PA - CID

2018

Det. Matt Romberger - NEPA Auto Theft Task Force

2018

Trooper Ramon Torres, PA State Police Auto Theft unit

2017

Nick Mayell

2016

Det. Kenny Fields, S/A Kevin Haggard and Det. Jason King

2014

Operation Yukon - Ohio State Hwy Patrol – VTU, Cortland OH PD, Goshen Township PD, NICB

2013

Sûreté du Québec Module d’enquêtes sur le crime organisé Québec

2012

South East Regional Task Force “SERATT” Tennessee

2011

David Gunter and Aaron Fenimore of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, and David Renaud of the NICB

2011

Mark Burger and Jime Frauenhoffer, Baltimore Regional Auto Theft Team

2010

Sgt. Brian E. Gibson, Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Pickens, South Carolina

2010

Special Agent Fran Hannigan, National Insurance Crime Bureau, Lockport, NY