2026 Annual Luncheon

Guest Speaker:
The Honorable Jennifer Davenport

Bio

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is a lifelong New Jersey resident and the mother of two daughters. As Attorney General, Jennifer oversees over 42,000 law enforcement officers and the 8,000 employees of the Department of Law and Public Safety. She arrives to the role with a long career in public service and with law enforcement, including four years in top roles at the Attorney General’s Office, as First Assistant Attorney General and as Principal Law Enforcement Advisor. Jennifer also spent seven years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, including as Chief of the General Crimes Unit.

In addition to her work as a career prosecutor, Jennifer has held multiple senior roles within law enforcement agencies, including as Division Counsel to the New Jersey Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; as New Jersey Commissioner on the Waterfront Commission; and as an intelligence analyst for the DEA both before and during law school. In the private sector, Jennifer served as Senior Director for Compliance, Deputy General Counsel, and Chief Litigation Counsel at PSEG and as a litigation associate at two major law firms. Jennifer clerked for Chief Judge John W. Bissell of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. She is a graduate of DeSales University and Seton Hall University School of Law. Jennifer grew up in Cape May County and she currently lives in Monmouth County with her two daughters.

R. Peter Hodge Valor Award Honorees

Detective Steven Garzio
Trenton Police Department

Officer Blake Demeter
Hopewell Township Police
Officer Michael Enriquez
Hopewell Township Police

Officer Mark Caruso
Pennington Borough Police 

Special Recognition for RICO Investigation

Trenton Police Department Det. Gregory Woods | Sgt. Scott Peterson

Division of Criminal Justice Det. Joseph Bellamy | Det. Joseph Carracino | Sgt. Michael Gonzalez | Det. Aaron Muse | Det. Matthew Lyons | Det. Roosevelt McKinney | Det. Christopher Montalvo | DAG Jaclyn Dowd | DAG Elizabeth Newton | DAG Nicole Siano

Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Det. Colin Buecker | Det. Nicholas Giori | Lt. Roberto Reyes | AP Kyle Petit

New Jersey State Police Det. Jacob Schor