Law enforcement personnel, nonprofits, services providers, philanthropists and businesses recently were honored at the “Hope Gratitude Gala,” an event celebrating the organizations and individuals that provide comfort to crime victims and their families. The 16th annual gala and fundraiser, which took place Aug. 2 at Chapman University in Orange, was organized by Crime Survivors Inc., a nonprofit founded by Patricia Wenskunas, a crime victim turned survivor and advocate. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, one of Crime Survivors’ most ardent supporters for most of the past 16 years, stood at the podium and announced a new position he created to specifically…