Barre City Detective Hal Hayden was given the Director’s Award for his work that led to the arrest of Theodore Caron, who was charged with Brown’s murder earlier this year.
Brown was murdered in Barre in 1982 and her death went unsolved for 27 years until DNA evidence helped break the case.
Caron has pleaded innocent and his case is still pending.
Detective Sergeant Walter F. Smith and retired Detective Sergeant Charles Holden also were given the Director’s Award for their work on the Pamela Brown case.
