IAATI’s Dreher Award is traditionally given to those who “have distinguished themselves by service to the association or for other outstanding acts in the vehicle theft field. Candidates are selected based upon extraordinary service to the association and not for those normally required of association members or for other significant acts bringing favorable credit to the association of its members.”

This award was named in honor of Raymond Dreher (President 1971- 1972), a member of the Missouri Highway Patrol. The award began in 1984 and has only been given at 16 of the 28 conferences since the award was established.

This year’s committee was comprised of Tommy Hansen (Chair & Past President), Ken MacKenzie (Past President), James Holmes (long-time member and Enews Editor), Charlie Banks (long-time member) and Gene Rutledge (Past President). All committee members were past recipients of the Dreher Award.

This year’s winner, Denny Roske, has been one of our most long-time and active members. He has gone far and above what is expected of any member of a volunteer organization.

His police career spanned over 30 years with the Minnesota State Patrol and he was involved in auto theft investigation for over 20 years. Most importantly he has been a member of IAATI for four decades.

Denny was elected President in 1999. He has served and chaired numerous committees over the years and has always been an outspoken member of the Executive Board. He served on the South Africa oversight committee in the 90’s. He also served on the European and UK oversight committees. He served on the committee that was instrumental in re-instating our South Africa Branch in 2007-08. He assisted with several key ethics investigations throughout the years. He has always brought his outspoken but rational mind to his work in IAATI along with a wealth of knowledge and has always been highly professional in his tasks and responsibilities. He has also chaired the Award of Merit committee for over 7 years and has compiled the Training Section on page 3 of the APB for the last 12 years.

 Denny Roske (left) receiving the Raymond Dreher Award from Tommy Hansen (right), Committtee Chair and Past President.