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AE-COPSD European Police Cross of Honor: European Association of Bodies and Public Organizations of Security and Defense: Serving or having served with honor, loyalty, integrity and courage during the course of their career Europe: European Police Achievement Badge: European Police Sports Association: Proficiency in marksmanship, swimming, and ...
During the trial of George Zimmerman, the Sanford Police Department came under heavy criticism when it was revealed on national television that their officers were wearing U.S. military awards, including such decorations as the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, with simply different names as police awards.
The American Police Hall of Fame & Museum is located at 6350 Horizon Drive just south of Titusville, Florida, adjacent to the Astronaut Hall of Fame. It houses law enforcement exhibits, a memorial and a Hall of Fame. [1] It is the nation's first national police museum and a memorial dedicated to law enforcement officers killed in the line of ...
Donald J. Guilfoil, a detective with the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association, initiated the federal legislation to establish a National Police Memorial in 1972. . Representative Mario Biaggi, formerly a highly decorated police officer, then took up the cause and joined forces with U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI) to establish the national memorial to honor all of America's fallen ...
NACOP founded and funds the 30,000 ft 2 American Police Hall of Fame & Museum, located in Titusville, Florida, that is dedicated to the officers and community leaders who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. [4] The museum exhibit explains that—on average—every 57 hours an officer is killed in America.
It was founded in 1978. NAPO represents more than 2,000 police units and associations, 241,000 officers, 11,000 retired officers and more than 100,000 others not directly associated with the police. NAPO sponsors the Top Cops award for outstanding achievements by individual police officers. [1] Bill Johnson is Executive Director. [2]
President Donald Trump presents the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor in the East Room of the White House in May 2019. The original Medal of Valor was established on June 29, 2000, by President Bill Clinton with his issuance of Executive Order 13161 and was originally called the Presidential Medal of Valor for Public Safety Officers. [3]
The San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA) is the largest police union representing the San Francisco Police Department, with around 2,200 members as of 2016. [1] It was founded in 1946 [ 2 ] and by the late 1980s had around 1,750 members, amounting to the majority of San Francisco police officers . [ 3 ]