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
2008 Career Chaplain	2007 Volunteer Chaplain - Smaller Department
Oklahoma City, OK Police Department	Dickenson, TX Police Department

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

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
1998 Volunteer Chaplain - Larger Department	1996 Volunteer Chaplain - Larger Department
FBI - Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma City, OK Police Department

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
1994 Career Chaplain	1993 Volunteer Chaplain - Smaller Department
Arlington, TX Police Department	Ardmore, OK Police Department

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

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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