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 compromised 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

Arizona

Phoenix Police Department

Officer Michael J. Lin

California

Los Angeles Police Department

Police Officer II April Lockhart 
Police Officer II Alberto Ortiz 

Florida

West Palm Beach Police Department

Officer Christopher Nebbeling

Illinois

Chicago Police Department

Police Officer Joseph D. Fernandez
Police Officer Thomas R. Gorman
Police Officer Anthony F. Munizzi
Police Officer Brandon C. Murphy
Detective Christopher M. Ross
Captain Edward J. Kulbida

Indiana

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Officer Gregory D. Milburn

Massachusetts

Boston Police Department

Police Officer Ryan J. Lenane
Police Officer William F. Traft
Sergeant Thomas J. Teahan

 

Alabama

Montgomery Police Department

Officer Robert F. Hubbard

Delaware

Wilmington Police Department

Detective David Ham
Detective Matthew Kucharski
Detective Matthew Rosaio
Sergeant Joseph F. Leary Jr.
Master Sergeant Thomas P. Looney

Delaware Department of Corrections

Senior Probation Officer Daniel Collins
Senior Probation Officer Joseph Scioli
Senior Probation Officer Kate Sweeney
Senior Probation Officer Bryan Vettori 

Washington, D.C.

Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.

K-9 Officer Stephen Giannini
Officer Thomas Moore II
Officer Shannon C. Strange II

Federal 

New York City Police Department

Detective Mario A. Muniz

United States Marshals Service

Inspector Patrick Lin
Deputy U.S. Marshal Ryan Westfield

Hawaii

Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Special Agent Kiyomi M. Griffey

International

Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Special Agent Bradley J. McCollum

Iowa

Sioux City Police Department

Patrol Officer Jill Ohm

Kentucky

Lexington Police Department

Detective Christopher L. Russell

Maine

Maine State Police

Detective Micah Perkins
Detective Todd M. Stetson

New York City Police Department

Detective James Normile
Detective Luis P. Sanchez