Upper Marlboro, MD…The Office of the Sheriff reported that the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions’ (MPCTC) Gregory Cole Award for Inspirational Instruction was officially given to the Sheriff’s Office’s Corporal Alaina Gay on Thursday, October 10, 2019. 
During the awards ceremony, Jane Sachs, the Commissions’ Director of Correctional Training, presented the new award, named in recognition of Captain Gregory Cole, a master instructor for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, who passed away unexpectedly earlier this year. In his memory, the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions established the Gregory Cole Award for Inspirational Instruction.
“We are proud and honored that in the inaugural year of the prestigious Captain Gregory Cole Award, our very own, Corporal Alaina Gay was the recipient and that the MPCTC staff chose Corporal Gay for her outstanding qualities of leadership, innovation, and inspiration,” said Sheriff Melvin C. High. “Her skill and commitment accrue to the benefit of our training strategy and ultimately to the service of citizens.”
Sheriff High went on to say that the letter of nomination speaks eloquently about who Corporal Gay is when it says, “Corporal Gay has a deep passion for teaching our Deputies and helping our citizens. She is self-motivated and always looking for ways to educate and improve herself. Corporal Gay has a master’s degree, but she recently decided to go back to school to get a second master’s degree in Clinical Social Work, in order to professionally assist law enforcement officers with the serious issues of suicide, alcoholism, depression etc., that they encounter and grapple with each day.”
Corporal Gay is an outstanding person and an outstanding representative of the Prince George’s Office of the Sheriff.
Congratulations Corporal Gay! We are very proud of you!
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