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### **Fourth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing**

April 2020 | Volume 13 | Issue 4

Nominations are now open for the Fourth Annual Attorney  General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing. This award recognizes  individual state, local, or tribal sworn police officers, deputies, and  troopers for exceptional policing efforts of proven efficacy. 

 The Attorney General’s Award is given for work in three  areas: Innovations in Community Policing, Criminal Investigations, and Field Operations  Eligible candidates for these awards must be rank-and-file officers, deputies,  or troopers in non-supervisory positions and must demonstrate active, exceptional  performance in one of these three areas.

 Within each area, three awards will be made, to nominees from  law enforcement agencies serving jurisdictions of different sizes. Member of  agencies serving populations smaller than 50,000 are eligible in the Small  category, those serving populations between 50,000 and 250,000 in the Medium  category, and those serving populations greater than 250,000 in the Large  category.

 By distinguishing and rewarding these efforts, the  Department of Justice strives to promote and sustain its national commitment to  policing and to advance policing practices that are fair and effective.  

 Within and across this country’s more than 18,000 local  law enforcement agencies, individual rank-and-file officers, deputies, and  troopers serve important and invaluable roles in their communities. The U.S.  Department of Justice is committed to supporting initiatives and opportunities  that reflect the importance of these individuals, and to recognize their  efforts in keeping the nation safe.

 To learn more, or to nominate an officer, deputy, or trooper, visit the Attorney General’s Award for  Distinguished Service in Policing website. **Nominations must be submitted by  8:00 p.m. EST, Monday, June 1, 2020.**

 Please direct all general inquiries to dojpolicingawards@usdoj.gov. 

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