Department of Justice Announces Second Annual Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in Policing

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced the Second Annual Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in Policing. The award recognizes individual state, local or tribal sworn, rank-and-file police officers and deputies for exceptional efforts in community policing. The awarded officers or deputies will have demonstrated active engagement with the community in one of three areas: criminal investigations, field operations or innovations in policing. Within each category, an award will be given to law enforcement agencies serving small, medium and large jurisdictions. Nominations will remain open until April 23, 2018. The application for nominees can be found at https://www.justice.gov/ag/policing-award. For additional information, see https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-second-annual-attorney-general-s-award-distinguished-service.