|
Since
NAPO launched the awards program in 1994, the TOP COPS Awards®
have paid tribute to outstanding law enforcement officers
across the country for actions above and beyond the call of
duty. TOP COPS® awardees are nominated by their fellow
officers for outstanding service during the preceding calendar
year.
The TOP
COPS® are selected by an Awards Selection Committee comprised
of national law enforcement representatives who choose one
TOP COPS® case from each state and U.S. territory. The
cases are then ranked and the top ten case winners are flown
to Washington, DC for the awards ceremony. The awards show
features a three-minute videotape of each TOP COP® and
his or her story.
The TOP
COPS Awards® are attended by celebrities, politicians,
members of the national law enforcement community, corporate
donors and other interested individuals. Here is just a short
list of attendees weve been honored to have throughout
the years:
President Bill Clinton
Vice President Al Gore
Michael
Beach - NBCs Third Watch
Coby
Bell - NBCs Third Watch
Richard
Belzer - NBCs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
[emcee 1995-2000]
Bobby
Cannavale - NBCs Third Watch
Charley
Casserly - General Manager, Washington Redskins
Thomas
Constantine -Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
William
Coyne - U.S. Representative (D-PA)
Dianne
Feinstein - U.S. Senator (D-CA)
Dann
Florek - NBCs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Max
Gail - Barney Miller
Dermot
Gallagher - Irelands Ambassador to the US
Eduardo
Gonzalez - Director, U.S. Marshals Service
Mariska
Hargitay - NBCs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Michelle
Hurd - NBCs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jim
Johnson - Under Secretary for Law Enforcement, U.S. Treasury
Ray
Kelly - Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service
Yaphet
Kotto - NBCs Homicide: Life on the Street
John
Magaw - Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Ed
Marinaro - NBCs Hill Street Blues
Matthew
G. Martinez - U.S. Representative (D-CA)
Barry
McCaffrey - Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Christopher
Meloni - NBCs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
S.
Epatha Merkerson - NBCs Law & Order
James
Oberstar - U.S. Representative (D-MN)
Jerry
Orbach - NBCs Law & Order
Molly
Price - NBCs Third Watch
Jim
Ramstad - U.S. Representative (R-MN)
Kim
Raver - NBCs Third Watch
Jack
Reed - U.S. Senator (D-RI)
Anthony
Ruivivar - NBCs Third Watch
Lynn
Russell - CNNs Headline News [emcee 1995-2000]
William
Sessions - FBI Director
Skipp
Sudduth - NBCs Third Watch
John
Walsh - Host of FOXs Americas Most Wanted [emcee
1994-Present]
Jason
Wiles - NBCs Third Watch
Willie
Williams - Los Angeles Police Chief
Proceeds
from this event benefit the National Law Enforcement Officers
Rights Center, the Police Research and Education Project (PREP),
NAPOs 501 (c)(3) educational organization.
|