The New York City Police Department presents medals to its members for meritorious service. [1] The medals the NYPD awards are as follows (from highest precedence to lowest):
The Medal of Honor (solid green bar speckled tiny gold stars) is awarded for:
The Police Combat Cross (solid green bar) is awarded for:
The Medal for Valor (solid blue bar) is awarded for:
The Honorable Mention (displayed wearing the MPD medal with a silver star in the middle) is awarded for:
The Exceptional Merit (displayed wearing the MPD medal with a green star in the middle) is awarded for:
The Commendation or Commendation—Integrity (displayed wearing the MPD medal with a bronze star in the middle) is awarded for:
The Commendation—Community Service (displayed wearing the MPD medal with a blue star in the middle) is awarded for:
The Meritorious Police Duty (MPD medal with no star in the middle) is awarded for:
The Excellent Police Duty (green and white bar with gold vertical bars) is awarded for:
The Unit Citation (medium blue bar) is awarded to a specific unit or precinct for outstanding accomplishments.
The department awards a Purple Shield to those seriously physically injured or killed in the line of duty.
The department awards the Distinguished Service Medal posthumously to members of the service who suffer death as a result of illnesses associated with duty performed under unusual hazard or demand. It was first awarded in 2008.
Various commemorative medals, unit citations, air crew wings, and others have also been authorized for wear.
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A "V" device is a metal 1⁄4-inch (6.4 mm) capital letter "V" with serifs which, when worn on certain decorations awarded by the United States Armed Forces, distinguishes a decoration awarded for combat valor or heroism from the same decoration being awarded for a member's actions under circumstances other than combat.
United States law enforcement decorations are awarded by the police forces of the United States of America. Since the United States has a decentralized police force, with separate independent departments existing on the state and local level, there are thousands of law enforcement decorations in existence.
The New York City Police Department Medal of Honor is the highest law enforcement medal of the New York City Police Department. The Medal of Honor is awarded for individual acts of extraordinary bravery performed in the line of duty at extreme risk and danger to life.
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Awards and decorations of the United States government are civilian awards of the U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious service, in a civilian capacity, while serving in the U.S. federal government. Certain U.S. government awards may also be issued to military personnel of the United States Armed Forces and be worn in conjunction with awards and decorations of the United States military. In order of precedence, those U.S. non-military awards and decorations authorized for wear are worn after U.S. military personal decorations and unit awards and before U.S. military campaign and service awards.
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The Police Combat Cross is the second highest departmental award of the New York City Police Department. The Police Combat Cross is awarded to police officers who, "having received Honorable Mention awards, successfully and intelligently perform an act of extraordinary heroism while engaged in personal combat with an armed adversary under circumstances of imminent personal hazard to life".
The New York City Police Department's Medal for Valor is the department's third highest medal. It is conferred upon police officers for acts of outstanding personal bravery intelligently performed in the line of duty at imminent personal hazard to life under circumstances evincing a disregard for personal consequences.
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The Republic of Namibia has an honours system comprising orders, medals, military decorations, and police decorations. Legislation also provides for the establishment of decorations and medals for the intelligence service, the prisons service, and the fire services.
The Orders, decorations, and medals of Guyana were established after Guyana gained independence from the United Kingdom. In 1970 Guyana became a Republic and established its first two national awards under the Constitution of the Orders of Guyana. In 1976, the Constitution of the Orders of Guyana was amended to add a third national award.
The Armed Forces of India are eligible for many military decorations awarded for extraordinary bravery and distinguished service during times of war and peace. Service and campaign medals have been awarded throughout India's history as an independent state.
The State of Queensland has created several independent honours to that of the Australian Honours System.
The State of New South Wales has created several independent honours to that of the Australian Honours System.
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