U.S. Marshals and Local Partners Receive Attorney General’s Award

DOJ Press

Cleveland, OH – United States Marshal Peter Elliott is pleased
to announce that members of the U.S. Marshals Service in Northern Ohio
and their law enforcement and community partners are recipients of the
69th Annual Attorney General’s Award. These are the highest awards
presented by the Attorney General in recognition of the outstanding
contributions of employees throughout the Department of Justice. The USMS and their partners were selected for the Outstanding
Contributions for Community Partnerships for Public Safety award, which
recognizes outstanding achievement in the development of community
partnerships designed to address public safety within a community. The
award recognizes the significant contributions of citizens and
organizations that have assisted the Department in the accomplishment of
these programs. This award honors the recipients for their
dedicated work in locating and recovering missing children across the
Northern District of Ohio. Over the past eighteen months, the U.S.
Marshals Service has partnered directly with local law enforcement
agencies and members of the community to run targeted searches for
missing and endangered juveniles. Operation Safety Net, which concluded
in September 2020, resulted in the recovery of 35 missing children and
the establishment of a permanent Missing Child Unit. In August 2021,
another targeted effort was run in the Akron area which resulted in 23
missing/endangered juveniles being located and recovered. Dozens more
juveniles have been safely recovered since the start of the Missing
Child Unit. The strong working relationship between the U.S.
Marshals Service, local law enforcement and members of the community
directly contribute to the successful recovery of missing juveniles.
Here in Northern Ohio, the partners work not only to safely recover
juveniles, but to also have a positive recovery plan in place for the
juveniles once they are recovered. U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott
stated, “Without the dedicated members of local law enforcement and the
unwavering support of these community members, the success would not be
what it is when it comes to recovering our missing. I am very proud of
all the members of our team for their dedicated service to Operation
Safety Net and their continued perseverance in finding our most
vulnerable missing children.”The following have been selected as
award recipients for the Community Partnership for Public Safety Award:

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U.S. Marshals Northern District of Ohio

William Boldin, Criminal Investigator

Anne Murphy, Assistant Chief


John Majoy, Chief of Police Newburgh Heights
Police Department


Scott Gardner, Chief of Police East Cleveland
Police Department

Amanda Berry, Survivor and Missing Person
Advocate

Carrie Young, Producer, Fox Channel 8 News

Andy Fishman, News Director, Fox Channel 8
News

Bernie Kosar, Former Cleveland Browns
Quarterback

Gina DeJesus, Survivor and Founder of The
Cleveland Center for Missing Persons

Karen McHenry, Bellefaire JCB Missing and
Homeless Youth Program

Kara Davis, Program Administrator, Cuyahoga
Children and Family Services

Maureen Draye, Program Administrator,
Cuyahoga Children and Family Services.

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.

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