2023 Winners

NAPO Top CopsEach 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.   More

TOP COPS 

ARIZONA
Phoenix Police Department
Police Officer Trisha Eskridge
Police Officer Christopher Jones
Police Officer John K. Noe
Police Officer Austin T. Peru
Police Officer Travis Spitler

CONNECTICUT
Bristol Police Department
Patrol Officer Alec Iurato

KENTUCKY
Kentucky State Police
Senior Trooper Billy Ball

Floyd County Sheriff’s Office
Deputy Kristopher D. Hall
Detective Darrin Lawson
Deputy Dusty Newsome

Prestonsburg Police Department
Patrolman Dennis Hutchinson

MICHIGAN
Detroit Police Department
Police Officer Brandon Balazsi
Police Officer Eric Anthony Campbell
Police Officer Amanda Hudgens
Police Officer Dylan Kennedy
Police Officer Brett Michael Murphy

NEVADA
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Police Officer Tierney Tomburo

 

NEW JERSEY
Howell Township Police Department
Patrolman Daniel Murphy

Middletown Township Police Department
Patrolman Omar Akel

Manalapan Township Police Department
Sergeant Eric Voorand 

NEW YORK
New York Police Department
Detective Sumit Sulan

OHIO
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department
Sergeant Scott Drew
Patrolman Saleem Ali

TEXAS
Corpus Christi Police Department
Police Officer Gustavo A.Medina

FEDERAL
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Supervisory Special Agent Brendan Kenney

City of Yonkers Police Department
Detective Brian Menton

New York City Police Department
Detective James Menton

Town of Greenburgh Police Department
Detective Daniel O’Malley

HONORABLE MENTIONS 

ALABAMA
Huntsville Police Department
Police Officer Tyler West

CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles Police Department
Police Officer III Cody MacArthur

Los Angeles Police Department
Sergeant Joseph Cavestany
Sergeant I Robert Sherock
Police Officer II Christopher Aboyte

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Metropolitan Police Department
Police Officer Peter J. Franz

DELAWARE
Wilmington Department of Police
Master Sergeant Deshaun Ketler
Senior Corporal Jhalil Akil
Senior Corporal Shauntae Hunt
Master Corporal Leonard Moses
Master Corporal David Schulz
Corporal Michael F. Chambers Jr.
Corporal Anthony Lerro
Corporal Harry Mann
Corporal Akquil Williams
Detective Christopher Rosaio

FLORIDA
Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office
Deputy Chicara Hearns

Florida Highway Patrol
Master Trooper Toni M. Schuck

MARYLAND
Baltimore Police Department
Detective Lamont Thompson

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Police Department
Patrol Officer Kyle Francis Moran
Patrol Officer William Parlon

MICHIGAN
Detroit Police Department
Police Officer Brandon Newman
Police Officer Matthew Webb

NEVADA
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Police Officer Derek Berger

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord Police Department
Detective Wade M. Brown
Detective Danika M. Gorham

NEW JERSEY
West New York Police Department
Police Officer Ruben Funes Jr.
Detective Daniel Hernandez
Detective Wendell Oms
Sergeant Samuel Molina

NEW YORK
Rochester Police Department
Police Officer Sino Seng

OHIO
Clearcreek Township Police Department
Patrol Officer Eric Ney
Sergeant Nicole Cordero

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City Police Department
Police Officer Bryce Sheehan

OREGON
Portland Police Bureau
Police Officer Mina Cavalli-Singer
Police Officer Charles Gill

PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia Police Department
Police Officer Brian Nuss
Police Officer Michael Wolf

TENNESSEE
Metro Nashville Police Department
Detective Riley Brewer

TEXAS
Corpus Christi Police Department
Senior Officer Brandon Cordell
Senior Officer Paul Lisowski

VIRGINIA
Prince William County Police Department
Sergeant Richard J. Toke
Police Officer Justice Agyare
Police Officer Samuel J. Harman
Police Officer Brian A. Centifonti
Police Officer Briana L. Huber
Police Officer Jason M. Weber Jr.

WEST VIRGINIA
Wood County Sheriff’s Office
Lieutenant Derek Cross
Deputy Brannon Turner Jr.

INTERNATIONAL
United States Airforce Security Forces 
Office of Investigations
Staff Sergeant Jordan Baldwin
Staff Sergeant Joash E. Rockensock