Indianapolis, Ind. -Â Earlier today Chris Eloiza, the Intelligence Coordinator for the Dept. of Correction, and Gabrielle Padilla, a Supervisor of Intelligence Services with GTL, the contract provider of communication services for offenders at Indiana correctional facilities, were recognized with a national award.
The award, from the National Corrections/Custodial Intelligence Sharing Group (NCCISG), an affiliate to the national Law Enforcement Intelligence Units (LEIU) organization was the result of Chris and Gabrielle being nominated by the Oklahoma liaison for LEIU, Nick Chaffin. Mr. Chaffin is the Resident Agent in Charge for the Oklahoma Department of Correction. In Mr. Chaffin’s nomination letter to the LEIU board, which ultimately resulted in today’s award, he stated, “As the Intelligence Coordinator and Lead Analyst for the Indiana Department of Correction – Office of Investigations and Intelligence, [Chris] and Gabrielle continually provide leadership and display the utmost professionalism throughout the correctional intelligence community and the criminal intelligence community as a whole.”
The letter went on to highlight specific examples of service that resulted in their recognition. The most prominent being the development of a one-week Correctional Intelligence Analyst Academy, which was attended by 25 people from five different states and represented 11 separate law enforcement and correctional agencies.
“Most people fail to recognize the level of dedication, commitment and investigative work that goes into gathering actionable intelligence of criminal activities in a correctional environment.” said Commissioner Rob Carter of the Indiana Dept. of Correction. “It speaks very highly of Chris and Gabrielle to be recognized with this award by a national organization that’s committed to making correctional facilities safer through intelligence gathering and sharing.”
