• 2008 VPCF College Scholarship Information (formerly Roger L. Foster Scholarship) & 2007 Scholarship Winners

• 2008 Awards for Valor and Lifesaving

2008 Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation College Scholarship Program

The Roger L. Foster Scholarship is now called the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation College Scholarship Program.  Click here for application criteria or to obtain application information.

The deadline for the VPCF College Scholarship Program has passed, and we have received a number of applications.  Applicants can expect to begin receiving letters notifying them of their status in June.  For more information on the scholarship or scholarship process, please click on the link above or contact Stephanie Diaz at (804) 285-8227, ext. 10.

2007 Roger L. Foster College Scholarship Winners

2008 Awards for Valor  and Lifesaving

Each year, the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police honor Virginia law-enforcement officers with our highest awards.  This year, the recipients will be presented the awards during the VACP annual conference at the Homestead, Virginia, on August 19, 2008.

For more information on these awards, or to download a nomination form, please visit the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police website at www.vachiefs.org. 

2007 Awards for Valor  and Lifesaving

The recipients of the 2007 VACP/VPCF Valor Awards and Lifesaving Awards are listed below. Nine officers received the Award for Valor, and 19 officers received the 2007 Lifesaving Award. Recipients were presented the awards during the VACP annual conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, on August 28, 2007. 

Valor Award

The Valor Award recognizes a law-enforcement officer who, in the line of duty, performs an act of extraordinary heroism at imminent personal risk, while engaged with an adversary.  The 2007 Awards for Valor were presented to:

• Senior Police Officer Perry M. Bossuot, Police Officer Specialist Anthony J. Duez, and Officer Burl W. Taylor, III, all of the Chesapeake Police Department

• Investigator Brian M. Whited of the Front Royal Police Department

• Sergeant Troy Shane Brown of the Harrisonburg Police Department

• Officer John A. Crotts, Officer Dayton J. Blackford, and Officer Larry K. Bowman, all of the Roanoke Police Department

• MPO Christopher E. Fox, with special recognition to K-9 “Arco”) of the Virginia Beach Police Department

Lifesaving Award

The Lifesaving Award recognizes an officer’s actions that put the officer in harm’s way while attempting to save the life of another individual.  The awards were announced during the VACP/VPCF Annual Conference on August 27 in Williamsburg, Virginia.  The awards were given to the recipients’ police chiefs to be presented in ceremonies at the officers’ agencies. The Recipients of the 2007 Lifesaving Award are:

• Officer Shawn Adcock, Sergeant Dennis Andreas, Officer Stephen Parker, and Officer Douglass Serven, all of the Alexandria Police Department
• Officer P.M. Bossuot, Officer J.A. Franceschi, Officer N.F. McGanty, and Officer K.M. Staley, all of the Chesapeake Police Department
• Trooper B. Blakely and Trooper S.D. Couvil, both of the Virginia State Police

• Officer Steven E. Widner of the Marion Police Department

• Officer Richard Overstreet of the Portsmouth Police Department
• Officer William Cutshall, Officer Matthew Laird, Officer Anthony Paciello, Officer John Rotondi, and Officer Frank Scarpa, all of the Richmond Police Department
• Officer Dwight W. Ayers of the Roanoke Police Department
• Trooper Bethany L. Roberts of the Virginia State Police

For a copy of these officers’ amazing stories, contact the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police at (804) 285-8227.