Each year since 1994 NAPO has presented the TOP COPS Awards® Ceremony.   The purpose of the TOP COPS Awards® is to educate the American public about our nation’s heroes and to pay tribute to law enforcement officers in federal, state, county, tribal and local agencies from across the country for actions above and beyond the call of duty during the preceding year. Our TOP COPS are nominated by fellow officers.  An independent Awards Selection Committee comprised of national law enforcement representatives select, from hundreds of nominations, one TOP COP case from each of the 50 States and U.S. territories.  Officers from the top ten cases are selected as our  TOP COPS Award® Winners.  In each remaining state, one case has been selected for which the officer(s) will receive an Honorable Mention award.   More

TOP COPS

Arizona

Phoenix Police Department

Police Officer Phillip Akins

Indiana

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Patrolman Ronald Clayton, Jr. 
Patrolman Richard Weaver

Kentucky

Kentucky State Police

Trooper First Class Jason McCowan
Trooper First Class David T. Long

United States Marshals Service

Deputy U.S. Marshal Adrian Romaniuk

Massachusetts

Boston Police Department

Detective Brian Ball
Police Officer Gregg Bowden
Police Officer James Conley
Police Officer Brian Johnson
Police Officer Janet P. Lewis
Police Officer Dennis Medina
Police Officer John Moynihan

Massachusetts State Police

Trooper William Cameron

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Arkansas

Texarkana Arkansas Police Department

Corporal Kristi Bennett

California

Los Angeles Police Department

Police Officer Jonathan Avila
Police Officer II Alfredo Lamas 

District of Columbia

Metropolitan Police Department

Officer Christopher Michael Brown
Officer James C. Da Re
Officer Perry B. Morgan, Jr.
Officer Ammar Rahim
Officer Matthew D. Rider 

Florida

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

Deputy Sheriff John M. Ross

Illinois

Normal Police Department

Officer Aaron Rowe
Officer Jonathan McCauley

Louisiana

Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office

Agent Brandon H. Masters

Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office

Corporal Stuart G. Talbot

DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office

Sergeant David J. Boudreaux
Sergeant Benjamin A. Jones 

Shreveport Police Department

Task Force Officer Jerry Alan Alkire

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Special Agent Charles "Erik" Simon
Special Agent Michael J. Wagoner
Special Agent Howard White 

Maryland

Baltimore County Police Department

Lieutenant Deanna L. Chemelli
Police Officer Sloane E. Fuller 

New Jersey

Hamilton Police Division

Police Officer Devin Hendricksen
Police Officer Richard A. Rettzo