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Officers

Dan Cotten President Wright County S.O Email	Brian Thureson Vice-President Minneapolis P.D. Email
Bob Peper Secretary Douglas County S.O. Email	Paul Biederman Treasurer Nicollet County S.O. Email

Board Of Directors

Steve Larson Plymouth P.D. Email	Reginald Larson Blaine P.D. Email
Brian Cameron St. Cloud P.D. Email	Miguel Robles  New Hope P.D Email

Award Nominations - Case Submission

To submit a case for Award Nomination click on a link below:
Narcotics/EOD Award Nomination
Patrol Award Nomination
K9 retirements
Spirit Award

Awards Committee

Awards Committee Votes

1st Quarter January 1- March 31 Deadline: April 5th	2nd Quarter April 1-June 30 Deadline: July 5th
3rd Quarter July 1-September 30 Deadline: October 5th	4th Quarter October 1-December 31 Deadline: January 5th

The following is a list of what the Awards Committee votes on:
*Nothing
*Citation
*Medallion
*Honorable Mention (1 for Patrol and 1 for Detector)
*Case of the Quarter (1 for Patrol and 1 for Detector)

For the detector award, K9 team must have a recent certificate of certification according the USPCA detector rules, which is yearly. For the patrol award, you must have one PD I certification from the USPCA. To be eligible for Case of the Quarter and Honorable Mention you must have a Region certification obtained through an approved trial.  However, awards are allowed for patrol for K9 teams that are just tracking dogs and don't work the street in a patrol function. ie... a bloodhound or K9 that just does tracking.

If a case is submitted outside of the deadline date for certain quarter, it will only be eligible for a citation if it qualifies pass nothing.

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