• Recipient of the 2000 Marin Human Right Commission Humanitarian Award
• City of San Rafael Employee of the Year, 2001
• Mental Health Liaison Officer program selected as a Community Oriented Policing Best Practice by the American Conference of Mayors, 2002
• Recipient of the American Civil Liberties Union, Marin Chapter, 2002 Human Rights Commission – Special Law Enforcement Award
• Welfare Social Innovations award for 2002 awarded by the Institute for Social Inventions, England.
• Helen Putnam Award, California League of Cities, Excellence in Policing – September 2003
• Community Advocate Award, Community Action Marin, October 2003
• Marin County, CA Public Health Hero Award for work with the Marin County Mentally Ill Offender Program – April, 2004
• Humanitarian Award, California Psychological Association April, 2007
• Christine M. West Award, Forensic Mental Health Association of California, March 2009          
• Outstanding Criminal Justice Professional Award, California Association for Mental Illness, 2011
• Outstanding Contributions to the Practice of Police & Public Safety Psychology awarded by Division 18, American Psychological Association, 2012