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A Law Enforcement Purple Heart and Certificate issued by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. United States law enforcement decorations are awarded by the police forces of the United States of America. Since the United States has a decentralized police force, with separate independent departments existing on the state and local level ...
The Medal of Honor (solid green bar speckled tiny gold stars) is awarded for: Individual acts of extraordinary bravery intelligently performed in the line of duty at imminent and personal danger to life. Specifically, the Department Medal of Honor is awarded for acts of gallantry and valor performed with knowledge of the risk involved, above ...
Jersey. Jersey Honorary Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Honorary Police. 12 years service. Spain. Order of Police Merit. Ministry of the Interior. Demonstration of the highest qualities of service to Spain, the police community, and humanity at large. United Kingdom.
The department presents a number of medals to its members for meritorious service. [76] The LAPD awards medals for bravery, service, unit citations, ribbons for assignment and time-specific service, and marksmanship. Medal of Valor; The LAPD Medal of Valor is the highest law enforcement medal awarded to officers by the Los Angeles Police ...
The Pittsburgh Police (PBP), officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania. The modern force of salaried and professional officers was founded in 1857 but dates back to the night watchmen beginning in 1794, and the subsequent day patrols in the ...
The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor, which intentionally resembles the military's Medal of Honor, is a gilt, blue-enameled, five-pointed, upside-down star (i.e. one arm points downwards), with each arm formed by a letter "V" (for Valor), surrounded by a wreath of laurel. The central disc bears the obverse of the Great Seal of the United ...
Example of U.S. Army badges on the Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform (worn above the U.S. Army nametape). Military badges of the United States are awards authorized by the United States Armed Forces that signify rating, qualification, or accomplishment in several career fields, and also serve as identification devices for personnel occupying certain assignments.
The Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was instituted under Royal Warrant by King George VI in June 1951 and is awarded as a mark of the Sovereign's appreciation of long and meritorious service rendered by members of the Police Forces of the United Kingdom. [ 3 ] For an officer to become eligible for this award the Chief Constable must ...