ICPC Honors Excellence in Chaplaincy

The John A Price Awards

The International Conference of Police Chaplains is a professional organization that challenges its members to excellence in their ministry. The ICPC Executive Committee established the John A. Price Awards in January, 1984, to recognize chaplains doing an outstanding job in their own departments.

Each year a chaplain is chosen in each of three categories:

(1) Career Chaplain (2) Volunteer Chaplain serving in a smaller department (3) Volunteer Chaplain serving in a larger department

These awards are presented each year at ICPC's Annual Training Seminar. The awards are named in honor of the late Chaplain John A. (Jack) Price who served the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Police Department. He was ICPC's second President. Jack consistently demonstrated excellence in his own chaplain ministry, encouraged others to excellence, and was willing, over and over, to give recognition when he saw excellence in the chaplaincy of others.

ICPC Region 7 Award Winners:


Jack Poe William King III
Jack Poe William King III
2008 Career Chaplain 2007 Volunteer Chaplain - Smaller Department
Oklahoma City, OK Police Department Dickenson, TX Police Department

Lee Martin Mike Hardgrove
Lee Martin Mike Hardgrove
2006 Career Chaplain 2005 Career Chaplain
Topeka, KS Police Department Tulsa County, OK Sheriff's Department

Walter Yarbrough Andrew Toopes
Walter Yarbrough Andrew Toopes
2004 Volunteer Chaplain - Smaller Department 1998 Volunteer Chaplain - Smaller Department
Malvern, AR Police Department Saline County, AR Sherriff's Department

Joe Williams Phyllis Poe
Joe Williams Phyllis Poe
1998 Volunteer Chaplain - Larger Department 1996 Volunteer Chaplain - Larger Department
FBI - Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma City, OK Police Department

Joanne Reuter Robert Chisenhall
Joanne Reuter Robert Chisenhall
1995 Volunteer Chaplain - Smaller Department 1995 Volunteer Chaplain - Larger Department
O'Fallon, MO Police Department St. Louis County, MO Police Department

Harold Elliott Steven Harris
Harold Elliott Steven Harris
1994 Career Chaplain 1993 Volunteer Chaplain - Smaller Department
Arlington, TX Police Department Ardmore, OK Police Department

William Welsh John Gortney
William Welsh John Gortney, Jr.
1990 Volunteer Chaplain - Larger Department 1988 Career Chaplain
El Paso, TX Police Department Little Rock, AR Police Department

Ken Ashlock Donald Rogers
Kenneth Ashlock Donald Rogers
1987 Volunteer Chaplain - Smaller Department 1984 Volunteer Chaplain - Larger Department
Garland, TX Police Department Topeka, KS Police Department




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