Harry Myers Awards
The Harry Myers medal is awarded annually to a Detective who best emulates the attributes of the late Port Authority Detective Harry Myers. Consideration is given to case management, involvement and cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, notable arrests or involvement in a major event or a combination of these factors during that year. Detective Supervisors present a nominee along with appropriate documentation, after which a vote is taken in a selection is made. If more than one nominee is considered qualified duplicate awards may be given out.
The medal was first proposed in 1974 when the International Association of Credit Card Investigators (IACCI) wished to honor Harry upon his untimely passing. A medal in his honor was does was designed by Detective Sergeant James Verdino at the request of Captain William Cox, the Commanding Officer the Criminal Investigations Bureau at the time.
Harry was a highly decorated police officer and detective. He had been recognized with various Department commendations and was the recipient of the Port Authority police's highest medal, the Medal of Honor. At the time of his passing he was assigned to the Intelligence Squad at JFK Airport where he had been recognized by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as groups such as IACCI.
It is indeed an honor and tribute to Harry for those whom receive this award.
Harry Myers Award Recipients:
1970's
1974: Russell Fischer
1975: Thomas Stallard
1977: George McCarthy
1977: August Colendenski
1978: Pedro Colazzo
1978: Thomas Coyle
1979: Edward Ferry
1979 John Salva
1980's
1980: Perry Baia
1980: Frank Carlomagno
1982: William White
1982: Benedetto Cracco
1983: Charles Schmidt
1984: Maat Freeman
1984: Robert Fuchs
1985: Marcel Myers
1986: William Ahrens
1987: Marvin Gibson
1987: Raymond Nafey
1988: George Accomando
1988: Kenneth Vitty
1989: Evan Goodstein
1989: Charles Yuengst
1990's
1990: John Trotter
1991: George Dorner
1992: Thomas Inman
1993: Salvatore Spataro
1993: Frank Ellis
1994: Raymond Nafey
1994: Bruce Viania
1995: Felice Passaro
1995: Michael Molina
1995: Mathew Besheer
1996: Thomas Blondet III
1996: Nicholas Della Serra
1997: Patricia Rosaschi
1998: Phillip Stephenson
1998: Christian Eng
1999: Terry Ng
2000's
2000: Curtis King
2001: Albert Gachett
2001: James Wheeler
2002: William Kehoe
2003: Steven Poulos
2004: Frank A. Crimarco
2005: Edwin Rodriguez
2006: Warren A. Davis
2007: John Reilly
2008: Frank Jacobs
2009: James R. Wyka
2010's
2010: Lawrence Mays
2011: Dewan Maharaj
2012: Edward Rapp
2012: Kevin Ward
2013: Richard Paugh
2013: Juan Garcia
2014: Ronald "Dave" LeClaire
2015: French Pearson
2016: Neil Quan
2017: Patricia Mincielli
2017: Shawn Fitzpatrick
2018: Thomas Kemble
2019: Phil Tysowski