§50322 Nominations

Summary

State or local agency heads may nominate a current officer from their own agency for a State and Local Law Enforcement Badge when the officer, in the agency head’s judgment, acted bravely while doing lawful duties. The bravery must either have caused a physical injury that put the officer at personal risk, or, even if the officer was not injured, the act must have put the officer at risk of serious physical injury or death. Each nomination must include seven items: a written account (no more than 2 pages) describing the incident and how it meets the bravery rules; the nominee’s full name; home mailing address; the agency the nominee served on the date of the act; the nominee’s job title and rank; the nominee’s field office address on that date; and the number of years of government service the nominee had as of that date. The agency head must send the nomination to the Office by February 15 of the year after the act occurred.