On Friday, April 26, 2024, The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington issued a press release naming the National Park Service’s Victim Advocate Program Manager, Special Agent (SA) Susannah “Sanny” Lustig as the 2024 Victim Witness Excellence Award for the district.
In the press release it cites “This year, for the first time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office is making Awards of Excellence to law enforcement partners who have made great contributions to our work and our district. The Victim Witness 2024 Excellence Award is being presented to National Park Service Special Agent Susannah (Sanny) Lustig.
Special Agent Lustig is credited with “revolutionizing how the National Park Service responds to victims.” In fact, Special Agent Lustig has an additional role with the National Park Service as the Victim Assistance Program Manager. She is a Child Forensic interviewer and assists other law enforcement agencies in this role. The U.S. Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Unit noted that Agent Lustig does a top-notch job of supporting victims and trains others in the National Park Service on best practices for assisting victims. The award cites two federal cases where Agent Lustig was especially effective in victim support: U.S. v. Turrey and U.S. v. Chapman.”
The award will be presented to Special Agent Lustig in May. She has worked at Olympic National Park for many years first as a US Park Ranger and later as Special Agent serving the entire region. In these roles she has worked closely with the Port Angeles Police Department Detective Division. She has also served as a long time board member with Healthy Families of Clallam County. She has supported area law enforcement in Western Washington and the National Park areas throughout the United States through her expertise as a criminal investigator and through her dedication to serving crime victims.
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