Nominate an Exceptional Law Enforcement Officer by June 19 for the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing

The Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing recognizes individual state, local, or tribal law enforcement officers for their exceptional efforts in effective policing. Eligible candidates are sworn rank-and-file police officers, deputies, and troopers in nonsupervisory positions that have exemplified policing and problem-solving principles in one of three areas:

1. Innovations in Community Policing, such as engaging in a problem-solving activity, creating a productive community partnership, or implementing a new policing program or initiative that has built trust, increased community satisfaction, or reduced violent crime related to human trafficking, gun crime, drug trafficking, and gang violence.
2. Criminal Investigations, such as solving a cold-case homicide investigation, conducting a comprehensive gang or drug investigation resulting in the reduction of violent crime, or developing a program or strategy to effectively increase a department’s criminal case clearance rate.
3. Field Operations, such as demonstrating heroic, quick, innovative, or otherwise exceptional police work in partnership with other officers, agencies, and the community; solving a particularly challenging crime through community partnerships; or using de-escalation techniques to successfully resolve a potentially violent situation involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis.

The U.S. Attorney General will present the awards at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in the Great Hall of the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department Building.

Nominations are due by Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Read more about the nomination process and requirements and access the web-based application form. For any questions related to the award, please email dojpolicingawards@usdoj.gov.