Property Officer of the Year
Nominations are due by November 1st of each year. Both chapter and state winners will be recognized at the annual state training seminar.
Each chapter of CAPE has the opportunity to select a Chapter Property Officer of the Year. From among these ten winners, the state board will vote on a State Property Officer of the Year.
This is your opportunity to recognize those CAPE members who go the extra mile. There are many ways in which a member may contribute above and beyond what is expected. This may include a suggestion or action that improves an established process, improves service to the public, outside agencies, or within their department, or when a member goes above and beyond in their regular work assignment or on a special project.
Please take the time to consider nominating a CAPE member and indicate the reason you are nominating them. Nominations should be supported with specifics of what the nominee’s actions or efforts resulted in.
CAPE Achievement Award
Nominations are due by November 1st of each year. Winners will be recognized at the annual state training seminar.
Nominees of this award should be tenured CAPE members who consistently go above and beyond the call of duty in serving CAPE, their departments, and/or their communities. This award is an opportunity to recognize those members who play an active and distinguished role among their co-workers, peers and the citizens they serve. Some examples can include consistent involvement in the planning of the CAPE seminar, the Pink Patch Project, National Night Out, Peer Support, Tip-A-Cop, the Special Olympics Torch Run, or other community organizations and events. More than the Property Officer of the Year award, recipients of this award represent a distinguished level of service that so many of our members give to others.
Please share your insight on your fellow members that deserve this highest level of recognition. Nominations should be supported with specific examples of the nominee’s exemplary level of service to others.
Educational Award
Apply by November 1st. Scholarships are awarded at the annual state training seminar.
CAPE’s commitment to education extends beyond our members’ immediate professional needs to include long-term goals and personal development of members and their families. CAPE provides (4) educational awards, in the amount of $500, for higher education at an accredited college, trade school, or other institution of higher learning. To be eligible for this award, applicants must provide proof of current enrollment in an advanced educational program. Examples of enrollment can include college identity
card, record of grades from the previous semester, or enrollment verification sheet obtained from the college records’ department. Proof may be submitted via email to 1988cape@gmail.com.
Please share your educational and long-term goals, and how this award will benefit your journey.
Training Seminar Scholarship
Apply by November 1st of each year. Recipients will be notified by January 1st.
Every year, CAPE provides scholarship opportunities for members by covering their seminar registration fees. Participating members and/or their agencies are responsible for travel expenses, hotel accommodations, meals and other expenses. This scholarship is designed to help offset costs for members that are otherwise not able to attend the training seminar.
Robin Trench Memorial Scholarship
A winner will be chosen from those members who complete their seminar registration during the early registration period. The recipient will be announced during the annual state training seminar.
PropertyRoom.com sponsors one CAPE member’s participation in our annual training seminar. This award, in the amount of $500, is paid directly to the member’s agency to help offset the cost of attending the seminar.
Beginning in 2015, this award is known as the Robin Trench Memorial Scholarship. CAPE’s founder, Robin Trench, was a property and evidence technician from Newark PD. In 1988, she and a group of peers first created a newsletter to share ideas with other property personnel. Over the years, that small newsletter grew into the nationally recognized organization we have today.
Board Nominations & Elections
Every two years (on even years) CAPE elects a new State Executive Board. Every two years (on odd years) CAPE elects new Chapter Board members. When there are vacancies, these positions are advertised to the CAPE general membership or the respective Chapter members. All voting is conducted in compliance with CAPE's bylaws.