Virginia Beach Hosted the 2012 Hampton Roads Crime Lines’ Awards Benefit Dinner

The 12th Annual Hampton Roads Crime Lines Dinner and Top Cop Awards was held November 3, 2012 at the Westin Hotel in Virginia Beach. The event included opening remarks by Councilman Glen Davis before a crowd of more than 250 people.

The resort city was coincidentally home of Virginia Beach police office Brandon Butler who was recognized as the year’s Top Cop fo rthe region. According to he citation released during the presentation,  Brandon answered 3,329 calls for service in the previous year and made 376 physical arrests, including 133 drunk drivers.

The 2012 Top Cop Winners
Top Corporation:  Hoffman Beverage, Inc.
Top Individual:  Stuart Grimes-Myers
Lifetime Achievement:  E. Warriner Atkinson
Chesapeake PD:  Officer Mark Coull
Hampton PD:  Corporal David Giles
Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office:  Captain Joseph Willard
James City County PD:  Senior Officer Todd Dill
Newport News PD:  Master Police Detective Jeffrey Turlington
Norfolk International Airport Authority PD:  Officer James Saunders
Norfolk PD:   Detective Andre Perry
Poquoson PD:  Officer Brandie M. Turner
Portsmouth PD:  Detective Paul Grover
Smithfield PD:  Deputy Chief Alonso Howell
Suffolk PD:  MPO Andre Weaver
Virginia State Police:  Trooper Luis A. Aviles
Virginia Beach PD:  Officer Brandon S. Butler
Williamsburg PD:  Lieutenant Donald Janderup
Windsor PD:  Sergeant Grafton P. Jernigan
York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office:  Lieutenant Kyle Hahn

PHOTOS FROM THE 2012 TOP COP AWARDS DINNER