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ATF Press Release

For Immediate Release
Thursday, March 26, 2026

2025: Best of CGIC Award Recipients

ATF’s Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) of Chicago hosted its 2025 Year in Review meeting with partner agency executives. At the conclusion of the meeting, ATF Chicago Field Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Amon, joined by each awardee’s agency head, presented this year’s 2025: Best of CGIC awards to individuals who have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the pursuit of justice and the mission of the Crime Gun Intelligence Center of Chicago. Below are this year’s award recipients:

Officer Patrick Fahey Jr.
CGIC of Chicago Investigator of the Year

Intelligence Research Specialist Daniel P. Golden
CGIC of Chicago Intelligence Research Specialist of the Year

Legal Assistant Denise Descamp
Exceptional Organizational Leadership and Commitment to the Mission of the CGIC of Chicago

Supervisory Legal Assistant Kristin Golfis
Exceptional Organizational Leadership and Commitment to the Mission of the CGIC of Chicago

Assistant U.S. Attorney William Dunne
CGIC of Chicago Prosecutor of the Year

Assistant State's Attorney Anne Kelly
CGIC of Chicago Prosecutor of the Year

Deputy Chief Andrew Whitfield
CGIC of Chicago Prosecutor of the Year

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