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The Canadian Banks' Law Enforcement Award (CBLEA) recognizes outstanding police performance in fighting crime against Canadian banks. Since 1972, the Canadian Bankers Association has awarded over 300 Canadian police officers. The Award is presented annually at a formal ceremony at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. The list of winners is below from most recent recipients and dating back to the first awards in 1972.
2020 - 2025
2025 - Awarded on August 11, 2025
Chris Devereux
Toronto Police Service, 32 Division
Sûreté du Québec, Québec
Service de la police de la Ville de Montréal
Service de police de l’agglomération de Longueuil
RCMP
2024 - Awarded on August, 12, 2024
Individual
Micheal Lane
Toronto Police Services
Group
Victoria Police Department
Victoria Police Department – C Watch
Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (GVERT)
Saanich Police Department
Saanich Police C Platoon
BC Emergency Communications Services; E – Comm 9-1-1
BC Ambulance Service under the authority of the BC Emergency Health Services
2023 - Awarded on August 21, 2023
Individual
Benjamin Robinson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Group
Jennifer Spurrell
Ontario Provincial Police
Kyle Kanstein
Ontario Serious Fraud Office
Jordan Wittig
Ontario Serious Fraud Office
Daniel Hyde
Ontario Provincial Police
Nicole Hanks
Ontario Serious Fraud Office
Melissa Purenne
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Juan Rivera
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ian Wright
Ontario Provincial Police
Jenna Coates
Ontario Serious Fraud Office
Stephanie Miller
Ontario Serious Fraud Office
Ainsley Stinson
Ontario Provincial Police
Bailey Walters
Ontario Serious Fraud Office
Thaddeus Ofiara
Ontario Serious Fraud Office
Patrick Travers
Ontario Serious Fraud Office
Dominic Chong
Ontario Provincial Police
2022
In 2022, no awards were presented due to limited eligible submissions, with the program continuing in subsequent years.
2021 - Awarded on August 24, 2021
Individual
Rosa Sposato
York Regional Police
Group
Samuel Brazeau
Sûreté du Québec
Jean-François Fracheboud
Sûreté du Québec
Audré Giordanengo
Sûreté du Québec
Geneviève Guérin
Sûreté du Québec
Nicolas Lavoie
Sûreté du Québec
Valérie Poitras
Sûreté du Québec
Érick Roy
Sûreté du Québec
Simon Salois
Sûreté du Québec
Catherine Soulières
Sûreté du Québec
2020
In 2020, no awards were presented as the pandemic required the cancellation of the annual awards event. The program resumed the following year.
2010 - 2019
2019 - Awarded on August 13, 2019
Mark Enright
Calgary Police Service
Tenzin Tsering
Toronto Police Service
Financial Crimes Unit
2018 - Awarded on August 14, 2018
Individual
Arvind Sidhu
Toronto Police Service
Group
Steve Campbell
Toronto Police Service,
Hold-Up Squad
Joseph Matys
Toronto Police Service,
Hold-Up Squad
Paul Moreau
Toronto Police Service,
Hold-Up Squad
Kevin Sedore
Toronto Police Service,
Hold-Up Squad
Paul Mills
Toronto Police Service,
Hold-Up Squad
Graham Knill
Toronto Police Service,
Hold-Up Squad
2017 - Awarded on July 19, 2017
Individual
Michael Kelly
Toronto Police Service
Timothy Trotter
Toronto Police Service
Group
Alec Tompras
York Regional Police
Steve Smith
Toronto Police Service
Joe Matys
Toronto Police Service
Pat Kellar
Belleville Police Service
Dan Moore
York Regional Police
Paul Mills
Toronto Police Service
Sebastian Cultrera
York Regional Police
Alan MacEwan
Halton Police Service
Amy Sharpe
Cobourg Police Service
2016 - Awarded on August 16, 2016
Individual
Robert Mitchelson
Vancouver Police Department
Brennan Lowrie
Vancouver Police Department
Group
Douglas Cole
York Regional Police
Dave Noseworthy
York Regional Police
Stephen Smith
Toronto Police Service
Sean Whittaker
York Regional Police
Steven Daly
Peel Regional Police
Adam Demers
Peel Regional Police
Darren Webster
Ontario Provincial Police
Robert Krzyzaniak
Ontario Provincial Police
Robin McKay
Ontario Provincial Police
Mark Clausen
Hamilton Police Service
Randy Smith
Ontario Provincial Police
Derek DiFelice
Halton Regional Police
François Picard-Blais
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
2015 - Awarded on August 18, 2015
John Liau
United States Secret Service
Johanne Grenier
Montreal Police
2014 - Awarded on August 26, 2014
Steve Paddon
West Region OPP
Max Gomez
West Region OPP
Dennis Thompson
West Region OPP
Jay Brodie
East Region OPP
2013 - Awarded on August 20, 2013
François Clavel
Montreal Police Service
Bryan Brown
Montreal Police Service
Dean Wells
Vancouver Police Service, Robbery Unit
2012 - Awarded on August 22, 2012
Brian Hollingsworth
Police Service, Robbery Unit
Derek Wickett
Ontario Provincial Police,
Bracebridge Detachment
2011 - Awarded on August 24, 2011
Randy Rechner
Edmonton General Investigation Section,
RCMP
Jay Shaddick
Durham Regional Police Service
2010 - Awarded on August 25, 2010
Russ Fairey
Toronto Police Service
Michael Kelly
Toronto Police Service
Brian McCready
Toronto Police Service
Chad Premack
RCMP Burnaby
Timothy Trotter
Toronto Police Service
2000 - 2009
2009 - Awarded on August 12, 2009
Jeff Caplan
Durham Regional Police Service
Stu Keown
Calgary Police Service
2008 - Awarded on August 27, 2008
Tiffany St. Denis
Peel Regional Police
Rob Armstrong
Toronto Police Service
2007 - Awarded on August 22, 2007
Tom Legge
Winnipeg Police Service
Larry Levasseur
Winnipeg Police Service
Mitchell McCormick
Winnipeg Police Service
2006 - Awarded on August 23, 2006
Carmine Palermo
Toronto Police Service
Dave Lollar
Ontario Provincial Police
David Frame
Vancouver Police Department
Mark Fenton
Vancouver Police Department
Andrew Buchan
Ottawa Police Service
Josée Arbour
Ontario Provincial Police
Kelly Anderson
Ontario Provincial Police
2005 - Awarded on August 24, 2005
Warren Robinson
Peel Regional Police
David Jarvis
Peel Regional Police
Daniel Huneault
Montreal Police
Scott Hendry
Peel Regional Police
Robert Devolin
Peel Regional Police
Francois Coiteux
Montreal Police
Samuel Checchia
Peel Regional Police
André Boisjoli
Montreal Police
David Andrews
Peel Regional Police
2004 - Awarded on August 25, 2004
Ken Reimer
Toronto Police Service
Gregory Kodak
Vancouver Police
Jim French
Toronto Police Service
2003 - Awarded on August 26, 2003
Todd Wayne Moore
Peel Regional Police
William Patrick McGarry
Peel Regional Police
André Leclerc
Montreal City PD
2002 - Awarded on August 25, 2002
Yves St-Louis
Surete du Quebec
Jacques St-Arnault
Surete du Quebec
Marcel Arel
Surete du Quebec
2001 - Awarded on August 19, 2001
Gerry Harnden
Peel Regional Police
Pat Fogarty
Organized Crime Agency of B.C.
Henry Peter Daniels
Peel Regional Police
Braden Baron
Peel Regional Police
2000 - Awarded on August 29, 2000
William James Trudeau
Victoria Police Department
Len McGowan
Toronto Police Fraud Section
1990 - 1999
1999 - Awarded on August 24, 1999
Stephen Fedor
RCMP – Bowmanville, ON
1998 - Awarded on August 25, 1998
Rod Wilson
Halton Regional Police Service
Richard Spanton
Toronto Police Service
Gary Spiers
Toronto Police Service
Steve Skerrett
Halton Regional Police Service
Gordon Jamieson
RCMP – Newmarket, ON
Serge Courtemanche
Laval Police Department
1997 - Awarded on August 26, 1997
Kimberley Kouri
Ontario Provincial Police (Shelbourne)
Wayne Hummel
Guelph Police Service
Colin Darmon
Ontario Provincial Police (Mount Forest)
1996 - Awarded on August 26, 1996
Jim C. Moore
RCMP – Forensic Identity Section, Toronto
Kenneth H. Montgomery
Edmonton Police Service
Ron Lamothe
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service
Ian Davidson
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service
1995 - Awarded on August 21, 1995
Christopher Whiteley
Niagara Regional Police
Christopher Perkins
Halton Regional Police
Robert McMillan
Quebec Police Force
Stuart Copas
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Daniel Chartrand
Quebec Police Force
Norman Bohamed
Saint-Jérôme Metropolitan Police
1994 - Awarded on August 23, 1994
Michael McDonald
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Brian McCready
Metropolitan Toronto Police
John Keays
Metropolitan Toronto Police
1993 - Awarded on September 1, 1993
Charles Van Der Heyden
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Rudolph Kofler
Metropolitan Toronto Police
1992 - Awarded on August 26, 1992
Tom Warner
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Gaston Lafleur
Quebec City Police
Paul Greenaway
Metropolitan Toronto Police
1991 - Awarded on August 27, 1991
Stanley Shillington
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Lee MacArthur
Brockville Police Department
Roger LeBlanc
Hull Police
John Grywinski
Vancouver Police Department
Ezio Faraone (Posthumous)
Edmonton Police Service
1990 - Awarded on August 28, 1990
Les Yeo
Vancouver Police Department
Raymond Tremblay
Beauport Public Protection Service
Paul Saunders
Peel Regional Police Force
1980 - 1989
1989 - Awarded on September 12, 1989
Richard Robert
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Dale Hayes
Ottawa Police Force
Jean-Guy De Bellefeuille
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Serge Chouinard
Mascouche Police
1988 - Awarded on September 20, 1988
Robert Thompson
Calgary Police Service
Lactence Arvisais
Quebec Police Department
1987 - Awarded on August 25, 1987
Robert J. Smith
RCMP – Vancouver, BC
Gordon Moore
Ottawa Police Force
Donald Jones
Metropolitan Toronto Police
1986 - Awarded on August 26, 1986
Réjean Pual-Hus
Drummondville Police Department
Richard McNab
Durham Regional Police
Michel Desforges
Longueuil Police Department
Jacques Bhérer
Longueuil Police Department
1985 - Awarded on August 27, 1985
Brian Wilkins
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
Gilbert Puder
Vancouver Police Department
Ricky Ouellete
RCMP – St-Leonard, N.B.
Rupert Novis
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Robert Ménard
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
André Kourie
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Terrence Kelly
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Gerrard Hanlon
Metropolitan Toronto Police
John J. Gaudet
RCMP – St-Leonard, N.B.
1984 - Awarded on August 28, 1984
Charles G. Williamson
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Jean Lamothe
Ottawa Police Force
Michel Lafond
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Paul Byer
Metropolitan Toronto Police
1983 - Awarded on August 23, 1983
Charles Richard Talbott
Calgary Police Service
Janice Clair McNab
Sudbury Regional Police
Mark Timothy McLean
Windsor Police Force
Kenneth John Luxford
Windsor Police Force
Donald Marcel Deacon
Ottawa Police Force
Dennis Wayne Carter
London Police Force
Ross Malcolm Broadfoot
Ottawa Police Force
Andrew Bernard Avery
Ottawa Police Force
1982 - Awarded on August 24, 1982
P. Tetrault
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
R. Jack Stewart
Edmonton Police Service
André Savard
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Brian J. Murdoch
Edmonton Police Service
Ray McNicol
OPP – Brighton Detachment
Iain MacFarlane
Ottawa Police Force
Robert K. Kirkhope
Edmonton Police Service
Robert Gauthier
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
James T. Ewatski
Edmonton Police Services
Raymond Ducharme
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
1981 - August 25, 1981
Kashmir Singh
Vancouver Police Department
William Scoular
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Albert St-Pierre
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Paul Rocque
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
André Mainville
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Marcel Jacques
RCMP – Montreal, QC
Randy Gowler
Edmonton Police Service
Anthony Farrell
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Clément Courville
Aylmer (Quebec) Police
Craig Churchill
Edmonton Police Service
Leo Campbell
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Ken Boswell
Vancouver Police Department
Victor Bartlett
Metropolitan Toronto Police
1980 - August 26, 1980
Gregory Murray
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Gilles Monger
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Daniel Desroches
Ottawa Police Force
Jean Cousineau
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Obrey Benjamin
Halifax Police Department
1972 - 1979
1979 - Awarded on August 21, 1979
Claude Larivière
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Jean-Claude Lacasse
Hull Police
Denis Grenier
Quebec Police Force
Michel Grenier
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Jacques Gamache
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Michel Cantin
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Jacques Boisjoly
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
1978 - Awarded on August 31, 1978
Réjean Vangeenhoven
Laval Police
Norman Tremblay
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Thomas Townsend
RCMP – North Vancouver, B.C.
Douglas Stone
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Carlo Rossi
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Lawrence Mortimer
West Vancouver Police
1977 - Awarded on August 25, 1977
Brian Peel
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Robert B. Munro
Vancouver Police Department
Jean-Marie Letarte
Val d’Or Police
Claude Hamel
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Edward A. Flynn
Ontario Provincial Police
William A. Donaldson
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Richard J. Brand
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Norman Boulianne
Brossard Police
1976 - Awarded on August 24, 1976
Jacques Bhérer
Longueuil Police
Raymond Richard
Shawinigan Police
Gerald F. Phelan
Edmonton Police Service
Robert Lamarre
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Eric W. Hodge
Vancouver Police Department
Laurier Grandbois
Quebec Police Force
Jean Fréchette
Quebec Police Force
Robert J. Dunn
Vancouver Police Department
John Crawford
Metropolitan Toronto Police
William E. Caskey
Edmonton Police Service
John E. Boddie
Vancouver Police Department
Richard E. Bevan
Edmonton Police Service
Guy Bernier
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Clément Bernier
Quebec City Police
Michel Aubrey
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
1975 - Awarded on August 27, 1975
Gilles Veronneau
Quebec Police Force
Michael Vanberkel
St. Thomas Police
Brian M. Tuckey
RCMP – Coquitlam, B.C.
Robert J. Martin (AXEL)
Winnipeg Police Department
Maurice Houle
Repentigny Police
Barry Elliott
Ontario Provincial Police
Robert A. Ellergodt
RCMP – Coquitlam, B.C.
Leonard J. Daniel
Winnipeg Police Department
Ronald Crossley
Metropolitan Toronto Police
James A. Agnew
Vancouver Police Department
1974 - Awarded on August 28, 1974
Frederick A. Worth
Regina Police
Kenneth A. Washington
RCMP – Vancouver, B.C.
Thomas L. Stewardson
RCMP – Burnaby, B.C.
Robert J. Serbu
Windsor Police Force
Kenneth D. Ross
RCMP – Regina, SK
Georges Perron
Bedford Police
Donald Milliard
Kenora Police
Leslie Maitland (Posthumous)
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Brian McCullum
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Robert Letain
Kenora Police
Brian Leicht
RCMP – Northern Vancouver, BC
John C. Edwards
Vancouver Police Department
Thomas Charlton
RCMP – Burnaby, B.C.
James R. Boyd
Windsor Police Force
James A. Bell
RCMP, North Vancouver, B.C.
1973 - Awarded on August 31, 1973
Guy Vezina
Quebec Police Force
Walter Starchuck
Edmonton Police Service
Gregory L. Mockford
Edmonton Police Service
Armand Lachapelle
Montreal Urban Community Police Department
Gabriel Labelle (Posthumous)
Ste-Thèrèse Police
James E. Hutchinson
Ontario Provincial Police
Stanley A. Crawford
Edmonton Police Service
1972 - Awarded on September 1, 1972
G. Arthur Weidmark
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Robert E. Walker
Edmonton Police Service
Lawrence F. Uhrich
Edmonton Police Service
Herbert B. Stephen
Winnipeg Police Department
Donald Smuck
Metropolitan Toronto Police
William E. Russell
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Joseph B. Passmore
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Ivan Klepatz
Winnipeg Police Department
Paul R. Johnston
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Edward G. Johnson
Vancouver Police Department
David W. Cabel
Metropolitan Toronto Police