2019 TOP COPS Awards®
About TOP COPS®
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.
The 27th Annual TOP COPS Awards Dinner
will be held on Sunday, May 14, 2020
at the MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino
in conjunction with the celebration of National Police Week in Washington, D.C.
Tickets for the Awards Dinner must be purchased in advance and will be available in the spring of 2020
This event will sell out!
Congratulations to all our
2019 Top Cops Award Winners!
Please visit our Top Cops event page for information on
scheduling, tickets, flights, hotels.
2019 TOP COPS
ARIZONA
Phoenix Police Department
Patrol Officer Adrian Cruz
CALIFORNIA
San Diego Police Department
Police Officer II Shawn Boggeman
Police Officer II Francisco Roman Jr.
Police Officer II Dan Bihum
Police Officer II Daniel Beam
Police Officer II Dominic Aristide
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles Police Department
Police Officer III Miguel Alarcon
FLORIDA
Miami-Dade Police Department
Police Officer Manuel Gonzalez
ILLINOIS
Chicago Police Department
Lieutenant Jacob Alderden
Police Officer Bernardo Quijano
Police Officer Elvis Turcinovic
MASSACHUSETTS
Falmouth Police Department
Police Officer Donald DeMiranda
Police Officer Ryan Moore
MASSACHUSETTS
Yarmouth Police Department
Detective Christopher Van Ness
Police Officer Sean Geary
NEVADA
Las Vegas Metro Police Department
Police Officer II Paul Solomon
Police Officer William Umana
NEW YORK
Rochester Police Department
Sergeant Tito Batson
Sergeant Daniel Brochu
Sergeant Brian Phillips
Sergeant Josh Lewis
Police Officer Thomas Deane III
Police Officer Jonathan Marsh
Police Officer Brandon Mandurano
Police Officer Ryan Hartley
Police Officer Jordan Bracey
Police Officer Richard Doran II
Police Officer John Woicyk
Police Officer William Minks IV
Police Officer Harry Scorse
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
Deputy Paolo Saieva
TEXAS
Fort Worth Police Department
Police Officer David Jwanowski
Police Officer Matthew Putnam
FLORIDA
Miami-Dade Police Department
Detective Terence A. White Sr.
Detective Charles L. Woods
MONTANA
Butte-Silver Bow Law Enforcement
Sergeant Tim Berger
Lieutenant John O'Brien
Officer Rich O'Brien
Montana Highway Patrol
Trooper Thomas Gill
Trooper Timothy R. Wyckoff
Powell County Sheriff Department
Deputy Austin Micu
NEVADA
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo
Sergeant Josh Bitsko
Sergeant Greg Everett
SWAT Officer Levi Hancock
Officer Richard Golgart
Officer Casey Clarkson
Officer Brady Cook
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City Police Department
Detective Thomas McCabe
Officer Josh L. Vadell
NEW YORK
New York City Police Department
Detective Joseph Ayala
Sergeant Keith Bryan
Port Authority Police Bus Terminal Command
Police Officer Jack Collins
Police Officer Anthony Estevez
Police Officer Sean Gallagher
Police Officer Anthony Manfredini
Police Officer Drew M. Preston
Sergeant Hector Martinez
Sergeant Victor R.Talamini
Lieutenant Miriam Rubio
OHIO
Englewood Police Department
Patrol Officer Tim Corcoran
TEXAS
San Antonio Police Department
Patrolmen Julio Cavazos
VIRGINIA
Alexandria Police Department
Officer Nicole A. Battaglia
Officer Alexander Jensen
Officer Kevin Jobe
United States Capitol Police
Special Agent David J. Bailey
Special Agent Crystal J. Griner
WISCONSIN
Everest Metro Police Department
Detective Sergeant Dan Goff
Detective Leah K. Long
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Metropolitan Police Department of District of Columbia
Officer James Albright
Officer Gunther Hashida
Officer Andrew Chan
Officer James Jacobs
Officer Samuel Modlin
Officer Sapan Patel
Officer Joseph Prendergast
Officer Terrence Welsh
ALABAMA
U.S. Marshalls Service
Task Force Officer Beau Bartel
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
Task Force Officer Timothy Sandlin
Mobile County Sheriff's Office
Force Officer Jonathan Calametti
Task Force Officer James Gazzier
Task Force Officer Glen Gazzier
Task Force Officer Joseph Pica
Task Force Officer Joseph Goff
ARIZONA
Mesa Police Department
Officer Steven Hash
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles Police Department
Officer Jonathan Adamson
Officer Nathaniel Beck
Officer Sonia Colavita
Officer Gregorio De La Rosa
Officer Aaron Harrington
Officer Patrick Hassell
Sergeant Michael Knoke
Officer Jesse Lopez
Officer Jeremy Paiz
Officer Jacob Rice
Officer Daniel Strojny
Officer David Sweet
Officer Alex Zamora
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Department of Corrections
Captain Craig Burnett
New Haven Police Department
Detective Paul D'Andrea
Lieutenant Karl Jacobson
Detective Martin Podsiad
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
Senior Special Agent Daniel Prather
Special Agent Scott Riordan
FLORIDA
Pasco Sheriff's Office
K-9 Deputy Nicholas Carmack
Deputy Michael Sudler
GEORGIA
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
Special Agent Lee C. Hoover
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
Sergeant Samuel H. Hunt III
Corporal Michael Dean Dobson
ILLINOIS
Chicago Police Department
Officer Martin Hernandez
Officer Joel Lopez
INDIANA
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Sergeant Matthew Morgan
KENTUCKY
Transylvania University Police
Chief Gregg Murachick
MARYLAND
Baltimore County Police Department
Officer First Class Tyler E. Carver
Detective Roy P. Gibbs
Officer First Class Gary W. Leary
Officer First Class Andrew W. Minton
Officer First Class Jacqueline Monteleone
Officer First Class Shelby L. Pace
Officer First Class Erica A. Slocum
Officer First Class Roger G. Young
MICHIGAN
Detroit Police Department
Officer Brian Gadwell
Officer Steven Rauser
NEW YORK
New York City Police Department
Police Officer John Hasiotis
Police Officer Kevin McGinn
Police Officer Ryan Nash
Police Officer Micheal Welsome
NORTH CAROLINA
Gastonia Police Department
Detective Heather Houser
Detective Adam Wilson
PENNSYLAVANIA
Philadelphia Police Department
Officer Anthony Comitalo
Officer Ryan Del Ricci
Officer Eric Ruch
Officer Michael Sidebotham
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Lance Corporal Jimmy B. King
TENNESSEE
Metro Nashville Police Department
Detective Mark Mittermeier
Detective Jeffrey Tharpe
TEXAS
Austin Police Department
Sergeant Richard Egal
Corporal Max Johnson
WASHINGTON
Vancouver Police Department
Officer Edward Letarte
WISCONSIN
City of LaCrosse Police Department
Patrol Officer Andrew Adey
Patrol Officer Steven Hughes
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling Police Department
Officer Harry Marshall Myers, III
Officer Ryan James Moore
Officer Robert Charles Scott
FEDERAL
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Special Agent Chris Jensen
INTERNATIONAL
Drug Enforcement Administration
Special Agent Hector Cartagena
Agent Jeffrey Hathaway