ECLEF Awards Dinner
Celebrating 38 Years
The 2025 Awards Dinner is scheduled for Thursday, May 8 at Classics V
Honoring Distinguished Individuals and Organizations for Dedicated Service and Outstanding Contributions to Law Enforcement and Community Safety
2025 ECLEF Annual Achievement Awards
Career Service in Law Enforcement
This award celebrates individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, innovation, and impact throughout their careers, leaving a lasting legacy for those who follow. Intended for those approaching the culmination of their professional journey, this honor recognizes a lifetime of contributions that have advanced law enforcement, inspired others, and strengthened the community/organization they have worked within. Nominees embody a commitment to excellence, mentorship, and meaningful change reflecting the highest standards of achievement and service.
Exemplary Action Above & Beyond Call of Duty
This award honors individuals or teams/groups who have demonstrated extraordinary courage, selflessness, and exceptional dedication in the face of acutely challenging if not life-threatening circumstances in order to achieve a decisively positive outcome. This recognition celebrates those difference-makers who have gone above-and-beyond by putting others before themselves.
Making a Significant Difference in Community Safety
This award recognizes organizations/businesses who have established a track record of benevolence providing vital programs or services that consistently address and support community safety directly, and who also offer access to a network of safety & well-being contacts, advocates, and organizations as an added benefit.
2025 Award Winners
Career Service in Law Enforcement
Robert Cornell Detective, Lancaster Police Department
Gerald Fibich Detective, West Seneca Police Department
Marlaine Hoffman Director of Information Services, Erie County Central Police Services
Lynette Reda Chief, Special Victims/Domestic Violence, Erie County District Attorney's Office
Joshua Violanti Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office
Keith Wesolek NYSP Troop A EMNCO Sergeant, New York State Police
Exemplary Action Above & Beyond Call of Duty
Matthew Arnold Police Officer, Cheektowaga Police Dept
Making a Significant Difference in Community Safety
David Budz Executive Director, OpOverwatch
Amanda Nickerson Executive Director, UB Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence
Joe Reeves Sergeant, Erie County Sheriff's Office, & Leader, ECSO’s Community Engagement Team (CET)
Grover Cleveland Award
Mike Bryant Past Chairman, Erie County Law Enforcement Foundation
