Justice and Law Enforcement Medal Recipients
This medal recognizes a federal employee for a significant contribution to the nation in activities related to justice and law enforcement (including civil rights, criminal justice, counterterrorism, and fraud detection and prevention) and is accompanied by a $3,000 award.
Dr. John S. Morgan and the President's DNA Initiative Team—2007 Recipient
Position: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Agency: National Institute of Justice
Location: Washington, D.C.
Achievement: Created program that has helped solve thousands of cold cases and dramatically expanded the capacity of local law enforcement to utilize DNA evidence.
W. Martin Harrell—2006 Recipient
Position: Associate Regional Counsel for Criminal Enforcement/Special Assistant United States Attorney
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Achievement: Successfully prosecuted case involving illegal storage and transportation of hazardous waste in the United States and the export of 300 tons of hazardous waste and other chemicals from Pennsylvania to the Netherlands.
Elizabeth Grossman—2005 Recipient
Position: Acting Regional Attorney
Agency: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Location: New York, New York
Achievement: Secured EEOC’s second largest sexual discrimination settlement ever in landmark case against Morgan Stanley.
Operation Kids For Cover Team led by Peter Darling—2004 Recipient
Position: Senior Special Agent
Agency: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Achievement: Shut down a massive conspiracy in which rented babies and women couriers were used to smuggle cocaine in baby formula cans.
Buffalo Joint Terrorism Task Force
led by Edward J. Needham—2003 Recipient
Position: Special Agent
Agency: Joint Terrorism Task Force, U.S. Department of Justice
Location: Buffalo, New York
Achievement: The 22-member Buffalo Joint Terrorism Task Force—led by Special Agent Edward Needham—took the lead in bringing a potential Al Qaeda “sleeper cell” to justice before they could unleash an act of terror on American soil.
Robert Rutherford—2002 Recipient
Position: Criminal Investigator/Group Supervisor
Agency: U.S. Customs Service
Location: Miami, Florida
Achievement: His initiative, leadership and ability to organize multi-agency personnel into a cohesive unit led to a reduction in narcotics trafficking and crime in South Florida.
The Service to America Medals are presented annually by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in our federal civil service.
