Description
The U.S. Attorney General has cited 38 recipients for the 2011 Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery. The Congressional offices for each recipient are currently engaged in planning the presentation ceremonies to honor these individuals. Click on the name(s) of the officer(s) below to view a description of the event for which the officer(s) are being honored and, as available, photos and descriptions of the presentation ceremonies.
2011 STATE AND LOCAL CBOB RECIPIENTS:
- Fallen Lieutenant Joseph Szczerba (New Castle County Police, Delaware)
- Officer Ben Campbell (Copley Police Department, Ohio)
- Fallen Deputy Bryan Gross (Converse County Sheriff's Department, Wyoming)
- Deputy Daniel Reyes (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, California)
- Officer Mark Gibbons (City of Woburn Police Department, Massachusetts)
- Officer David Tiller (St. Augustine Beach Police Department, Florida)
- Deputy Frank Pobjecky (Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, Illinois)
- Corporals Steven Hough and Jeffery Watkins (Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, Florida)
- Deputy Krista McDonald (Kitsap County Sheriff's Office, Washington)
2011 FEDERAL CBOB RECIPIENTS:
- Fallen Special Agent John Capano (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
- Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Alex Neville, Deputy U.S. Marshals Philip Efaw, Wesley Frederick, John Hare III, Paul Hickman and Joseph Nichols, and Fallen Deputy U.S. Marshal Derek Hotsinpiller (U.S. Marshals Service)
- Special Agents Joseph Piersante, Jared Johnson, Justin Vanderbilt, Paul Harris, Brent Poortinga, Matthew Fischer and Matthew Stewart (Drug Enforcement Administration)
- Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Patrick James, Deputy U.S. Marshals Theodore Abegg, Travis Franke, Nicholas Garrett, Jeremy Wyatt, and Fallen Deputy U.S. Marshal John Perry (U.S. Marshals Service)
2011 COMBINED TEAM of FEDERAL & STATE AND LOCAL CBOB RECIPIENTS