ALCOAST 100/23 - MAR 2023 SOLICITATION FOR THE 2023 WOMEN IN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (WIFLE) AWARDS

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FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST
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ALCOAST 100/23
SSIC 16247
SUBJ: SOLICITATION FOR THE 2023 WOMEN IN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
(WIFLE) AWARDS
1. Purpose: This ALCOAST solicits nominations for women who have
distinguished themselves in federal law enforcement.
2. Background: The WIFLE Foundation is a nonprofit organization
working to promote the value that women bring to law enforcement.
This year's 23rd Annual Leadership Training Conference will be
held 14-17 August 2023 at the Marriott Water Street, Tampa,
Florida. The Awards Banquet will be held on 16 August 2023. The
deadline for award submissions to the U.S. Coast Guard Office of
Law Enforcement Policy and Standards, COMDT (CG-MLE-2) is 01 April
2023.
3. Award eligibility:
    a. Julie Y. Cross Award: Awarded to an individual who displayed
an unusual degree of courage, stamina, and willingness to go above
and beyond the call of duty resulting in exceptional heroic
achievement in law enforcement. The exemplary act must have occurred
between 01 January 2022, and 31 December 2022. All full-time, sworn
federal law enforcement officers are eligible.
    b. Outstanding Federal Law Enforcement Employee: Awarded to an
individual who sustains a superior level of performance and serves
as a role model for women in law enforcement. Three accomplishments
must be cited within a five-year period, and one must have occurred
between 01 January 2022, and 31 December 2022. All full-time federal
law enforcement personnel, sworn and non-sworn are eligible.
    c. Outstanding Advocate for Women in Federal Law Enforcement:
Awarded to an individual whose contributions are substantial and
have broad impact in one or all areas of recruiting, retaining, or
promoting women in law enforcement. Contribution(s) or evidence
presented must have occurred or impact continues to occur between
01 January 2022, and 31 December 2022. All full-time federal
employees, sworn and non-sworn, are eligible.
    d. WIFLE Leadership Award: Recognizes federal law
enforcement/private industry partnership and emphasizes the
importance of crime prevention. Nomination must show initiative
or effective partnership in creating a system or model that prevents
crimes, the impact of which was evident between 01 January 2022,
and 31 December 2022. All federal law enforcement officers, sworn
and non-sworn, are eligible.
    e. Elizebeth Smith Friedman Intelligence Award of Excellence:
Awarded to an individual who demonstrated an exceptional or
sustained level of intelligence analysis and provided a substantial
or broad impact in one or all areas of the field of intelligence
between 01 January 2022, and 31 December 2022. An itemized list of
the criteria for this award can be found on the nomination form.
All full-time federal law enforcement personnel, sworn and
non-sworn, and full-time intelligence personnel are eligible.
Individuals or groups may be nominated.
    f. Top Prosecutor: Awarded to an individual who demonstrates
exceptional work in obtaining convictions for individuals engaged
in crimes related to human trafficking, civil rights violations,
terrorism, or fraud. Prosecution must have occurred between
01 January 2022, and 31 December 2022. Individuals or groups of
full-time federal prosecutors are eligible.
    g. WIFLE Partnership Award - Outstanding Contribution of a
State or Local Officer Serving on a Federal Task Force: Awarded to
an individual who demonstrated exceptional investigative work in a
task force investigating crimes related to human trafficking, civil
rights violations, terrorism, or fraud and served as a role model
for women in law enforcement. Investigation must have been concluded
between 01 January 2022, and 31 December 2022. All full-time State
or Local law enforcement officers are eligible.
4. Only those members who were full-time with the Coast Guard as of
01 February 2022 are eligible to apply.
5. Submission Process: Nomination forms for the individual awards
can be located on the COMDT (CG-MLE-2) SharePoint
(linked in Paragraph 7). Nominations must be submitted the
U.S. Coast Guard Office of Law Enforcement Policy and Standards,
COMDT (CG-MLE-2) distribution e-mail: HQS-DG-lst-CG-MLE-2@uscg.mil
no later than 01 April 2023. Nominations should be in memorandum
format, not to exceed 3 pages of narrative, and must include the
award nomination form as an enclosure.
6. Travel will be funded for service selectees. Supervisors or
command staff are highly encouraged and recommended to accompany
award selectees.
7. Link: COMDT (CG-MLE-2) SharePoint
(Copy and Paste URL Below into Browser)

https://uscg.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/cgmle/cgmle2/SitePages/
Home.aspx

8. POC: CWO4 Lee Conroy, COMDT (CG-MLE-2), Lee.J.Conroy@uscg.mil.
9. RDML Jo-Ann F. Burdian, Assistant Commandant for Response
Policy (CG-5R), sends.
10. Internet release is authorized.