Awards

 

Congratulations to our 2025 Awards recipients:

Leadership –

Sgt Amy Floyd, RCMP North District

Mentoring & Coaching –

Michelle Prokop, CFSEU 

Innovation –

Cst Hilary Pearce, Surrey Police Service

Ally –

Officer Shayla Howard, CBSA

 

2026 Awards

The nominations for the 2026 Awards Recognition program will open on November 1, 2025 and close at midnight (PST) on January 31, 2026.  For any questions about BCWLE awards, please email awards@bcwle.ca.

Awards Policy

Awards Rules

Leadership Award

To be awarded to an individual (female peace officer or civilian professional) who distinguishes herself by demonstrating a continuing long-term commitment to leadership, using exceptional personal skills, leading teams and team building, developing others, organizational skills and administration that has an outstanding positive impact within her agency or area of responsibility. Leadership Award Criteria

Mentoring & Coaching Award

To be awarded to an individual (female peace officer or civilian professional) who distinguishes herself by her support, assistance and development of women in law enforcement by focusing on their career aspirations, their ongoing personal development and/or producing training programs or policies which enhance the role of women in law enforcement. Mentoring & Coaching Award Criteria

Ally Award

To be awarded to an individual (peace officer or civilian professional), who advocates for and significantly contributes to a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in law enforcement. This individual openly promotes EDI and is committed to the advancement of women in law enforcement. Ally Award Criteria

Community Service

To be awarded to an individual (female peace officer or civilian professional) or group, who demonstrates exemplary actions to improve public safety, reduce crime and criminal behaviour, reduce anti-social behaviour or foster better relationships between law enforcement and the community. Community Award Criteria

 

Please review the rules and policy, as well as the selection criteria and scoring rubric for each category. For any questions about BCWLE awards, please email awards@bcwle.ca.