VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Officers from around Hampton Roads were honored at the 18th annual Greater Hampton Roads Crime Lines Top Cop Awards Dinner.
Nearly 400 people attended the event at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Nov. 3, 2018.
At the dinner, Crime Line recognized more than two dozen officers, two civilians, and a business for going above and beyond to make their communities safer.
An overall Top Cop winner was also chosen from among the honorees. This year that recognition went to Virginia Beach Police Officer Ross Stolle. Click here to learn more about the work he’s done over the past year.
Here’s the full list of Top Cop winners for 2018:
Chesapeake Top Cop – SPO Norwood King & K9 Rosco
Gloucester County Sheriff’s Top Cop – School Resource Officer’s group – Lt. Joe Petrowicz, Master Deputy Mark Molnar, Master Deputy Cindy Saulman, Master Deputy Jeff Butler, Senior Deputy Amanda Billups
Hampton Top Cop – Det. MPO Steven L. Cooke
Isle of Wight Sheriff’s Top Cop – Investigator Kris Coughlin & Investigator Donald Edwards
James City County Top Cop – MPO T. Brandon Frantz
Newport News Top Cop – Officer Mark E. Hillmann
Norfolk Top Cop – Officer David Salisbury
Poquoson Top Cop – Dt. Sgt. James Fox
Portsmouth Top Cop – Street Crimes Unit – Lt. Chad Bennett, Sgt. Nathaniel Hawes, Sgt. (now Lt.) Scott Blystone and Officers Ken Adams, Roberto Aguilar, Jeffery Barber, Fredrick Byers, Sean Lewis, Anne O’Neill, Michael Siniscalchi, and William Watts
Smithfield Top Cop – Officer William Wooley
Suffolk Top Cop – Officer Clifton E. Sessoms, Jr.
Virginia Beach Top Cop – Officer Ross S. Stolle
Virginia State Police Top Cop – Trooper Vincent Tolaro
Williamsburg Top Cop – Team – Major Susan Galvin, Investigator Ashley Nichols, Lt. Brian Carlsen, Sgt. Rich Drab, Investigator Lang Craighill, Investigator Sean Hughes, Investigator Mark Mahoney, Investigator Scott Rose
Windsor Top Cop – Officer Clifton J. Griffin
York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Top Cop – Invest Donald Micket
Corporation – Damco Distribution Services, Inc.
Peter G. Decker, Jr. Award (Individual) – Christie Saunders, Portsmouth Crime Line
Lifetime Achievement – Fred Kern, Virginia Peninsula Crime Stoppers
