Attorney General Chris Koster says the Justice Awards recognize that it’s not only firemen or policemen who keep people safe, but that it’s everyone’s job, so this is the second year he’s given out these awards. He awarded several individuals and groups in six different categories.
One of the people he is recognizing this year is the Director of the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Colleen Coble. She says her award was for her part in enacting new domestic violence laws. She was on the Attorney General’s Domestic Violence Task Force in 2010, whose recommendations resulted in new domestic violence laws passed this year.
Full list of awards and recipients:
CATEGORY – CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SENIOR PROTECTION
- Kathy-Ray Smith (Warrensburg) Care Connection for Aging Services
CATEGORY – CRIME PREVENTION
- Calvin Neal (Kansas City) AdHoc Group Against Crime
CATEGORY – PREVENTING CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
- Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA) “Project Aware” Program (Kansas City)
CATEGORY – ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- The Confluence Trash Bash (St. Louis)
CATEGORY – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION (2 Awards)
- Colleen Coble (Jefferson City) Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Violence
- Jefferson County, Missouri Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT) (Jefferson County)
CATEGORY – LAW ENFORCEMENT (2 Awards)
- Boone County Sheriff’s Department (Columbia)
- Officer Daryl Hall (St. Louis) St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
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