Feds Honor Koenig for Child Porn Investigations
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Rockland Sheriff’s Detective Shlomo Koenig recently got kudos from the U.S. Secret Service for helping investigated people dealing in child pornography on the Internet.
Koenig, a member of the Rockland Sheriff’s Department Computer Crime Task Force, has been named “2008 Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year” by the Secret Service and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami.
He was co-recipient with two special agents who worked with him on investigating a man who was trading child pornography on-line.
The man was from Flint, Mich., and Koenig used the man’s screen name to develop additional leads and information on a prolific child pornographer in Florida, according to a letter of commendation from John Lange, a deputy special agent for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Koenig also is assigned to the New York Field Office of Electronics Crime Task Force, which also presented him with a plaque of appreciation for his investigative work on pedophiles and child pornographers.
Sheriff James Kralik was giddy with pride over the honors bestowed on Koenig, who joined the department in 1996 as the nation’s first Hasidic Jewish police officer. He remains a Kaser village trustee and deputy mayor of the Ramapo village.
Kralik said Koenig has attained national and potentially an international reputation for his work on the Internet involving people who prey on children.
Estimating Koenig has participated in 160 convictions, Kralik called Koenig a “world-class officer who has reached the top of his profession.”
“I am extremely proud of Sholom,” Kralik said. “He has become not only a national figure in computer crime case, especially in child porn and pedophila, he’s become international,” Kralik said. “His assistance has been requested by the Israel National Police on computer crimes.”
In above photo, Koenig holds certificate given to him by Secret Service, represented by agent Rafael Praigo of White Plains. They are standing with Kralik
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on Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 10:36 am by Steve Lieberman. 
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Shlomo, congratulations. You deserve it. The county doesn’t realize how lucky they are to have you here. Apparently the rest of the country and world do.
For those that don’t know Shlomo, he is a truly unique individual. Not just a good person but a great friend and a true asset to all of the good people of this world.
Slhomo is is about time your work was recognized. I know you well enough to know that attention is not the reason you do your good work. It is probably even embarrassing because you are modest and have always worked in modest ways. Congratulations again!
that’s most probably why god rewarded Shlomo with such wonderful children. Shlomo is the greatest