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tion , DHS / CISA / ISC OPM , New Jer- sey City University , the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at Naval Postgraduate School , the Federal Protective Service ( FPS ) in Collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory ( ANL ), DHS / CISA / Interagency Security Com- mittee , , the Washington DC Police Foundation , InfraGard National Alliance

, Naval Criminal Investi- gative Service , Sandia National Laboratories , ICE Homeland Secu- rity Investigations ( HSI ), and oth- ers .

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Individuals honored in the 2021 ' AS- TORS ' Excellence in Public Safety and Government Awards included TSA Administrator David Pekoske ; Dr . Kathleen Kiernan , President of NEC NSS ; Bill Bratton , legendary police commissioner and po- lice reformer ( Ret .), Gordon ( Scott ) Armstrong , Law Enforcement / Fed- eral Air Marshal Service ; Thomas Richardson , FDNY Chief of Depart- ment ( Ret ); Richard Blatus , Former FDNY Assistant Chief of Op- erations ; James Albrecht , NYPD

Captain ( Ret ); Derrick Driscoll , USMS Deputy Director , and Frank Larkin , USSS Special Agent ( Ret .), and National Advocate Veteran Suicide Prevention & Traumatic Brain Injury ( TBI ), among others .

' ASTORS ' Excellence awards are organized to recognize the achievements and innovations driven by these visionary gov- ernment agencies and individ- uals to celebrate and champion these change makers that chal- lenge mediocrity and embrace new technologies to shape the future of homeland security and public safety .

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