MCPI Awards and Recognition

Past Award Winners

2006 Investigative Excellence Award
The 2006 recipient of the Investigative Excellence Award is Steve Wilson, Investigative Reporter with Action News WXYZ, for his investigative work in to the Mayor of Detroit’s office.

Steve Wilson is an investigative reporter with more than 30 years experience on local and national television. Before joining the Action News team as Chief Investigative Reporter in September 2001, his previous investigations earned him a national reputation for a solid, direct, and no-nonsense approach to reporting about a variety of issues.

Steve set the standards for consumer reporting in newsrooms such as CBS’s flagship station WCBS-TV, and ABC-owned KGO-TV in San Francisco. His reports have focused on faulty products, the misbehavior of corporations and their executives, TV preachers who were fleecing the flock, and government officials’ caught-in-the-act of putting their own interests ahead of the public interest.

Steve’s work has received recognition not only for reporting but also for courage. His work has appeared in many places including ABC News 20/20, and the nationally syndicated programs, “Breakaway” and “The Reporters”. Winner of several Emmys and other prestigious national and local awards, Steve’s work on the K-Mart story broadcast on Channel 7 earned his most recent honor, a Edward R Murrow award. He is a graduate of Indiana University and is married to journalist Jane Akre.


2006 MCPI Professionalism Award
The 2006 MCPI Professionalism Award was given to Pat Clawson, an Associate Member, investigative reporter and outstanding member. Pat has regularly contributed to the MCPI’s ever increasing legislative efforts including helping to draft legislation favorable to our industry, attending various governmental and judicial hearings and meetings on behalf of the MCPI and drafting and filing numerous complaints on our behalf against unlicensed investigative activity in Michigan.

Prior Award Winners

Investigative Excellence Award
2004 - Det. Sgt. Robert Lesneski (Michigan State Police)
2005 - William Randall

Professionalism Award
2004 - John Sydenstricker and Peter Psarouthakis
2005 - Al Cavasin

Pinnacle Award
2004 - Michigan State Representative Larry Julian

About the Awards
The M.C.P.I. is proud to bestow three separate awards upon both members and non-members who have demonstrated various investigative attributes worthy of recognition. Presentation of the Awards usually made at the Annual Meeting in September.

Each year the Awards Committee and Board of Directors accept nominations from the membership. Anyone wishing to nominate an investigator is asked to subject that nomination before August 1.

All nominations should be secondhand and the Awards Committee will be responsible for authentication.

The M.C.P.I. Investigative Excellence Award
Awarded to the person, who through their personal efforts has demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism, ethical practice, integrity and tenacity, which best exemplifies and reflects the highest qualities of an Investigator. (This Award is available to any investigator, public or private sector, in the Nation.)

The M.C.P.I Professionalism Award
Awarded to the person, who through their personal efforts, has greatly contributed to the advancement, improvement and promotion of the Council and the Investigation Profession. (This shall be awarded to MCPI members, associate members, past and present.)

The Michigan Council of Private Investigators Pinnacle Award
(This award is for those that may not fall within the guidelines of the other two awards given by the MCPI. It will be used to recognize people that have made a difference for the investigative profession and will be awarded at the awards committee and board of directors’ discretion. Examples: Politicians, regulators, vendors, PI’s in other states that helped the MCPI or its members in some capacity, other state or national PI

 

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