12/19/07                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     

OSBI Agent of the Year Award

Special Agent Gary Perkinson was presented with the OSBI 2007 Agent of the Year Award during a ceremony Tuesday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

Agent Gary Perkinson won the coveted award for his wealth of knowledge on criminal investigations and his ability to build relationships with other law enforcement agencies. The Ada agent has also developed an organization of informants and has an uncanny ability to acquire confessions.

During his seven years with the bureau, Perkinson has exhibited a determination for justice and tenacity for results which has helped solved numerous murder investigations and brought to justice a Mexican methamphetamine drug distribution organization.

 OSBI Director A. DeWade Langley (left) is shown presenting Special Agent Gary Perkinson with the 2007 Agent of the Year Award