Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor (posthumous) - may be awarded by the Board of Police Commissioners to a Department employee for a conspicuous act of valor when that employee, while performing a police-related act on- or off-duty, has given his or her life. The award is given to the employee's family member at the annual Uniform Day ceremony.

Recipients

(as of June 1, 2009)

Police Officer Richard Weinhold - October 31, 2000

Police Officer Thomas Smith, Jr. - December 5, 1997

Detective Willie Neal, Jr. - January 29, 1997

Police Officer Joann Liscombe - January 14, 1991

Detective Lawrence McCormack - April 14, 1989

Police Officer Kenneth Koch - October 26, 1984

Police Officer Robert Jordan - May 16, 1981

Police Officer James Reifschneider - April 30, 1977

Detective Wayne McClelland - April 17, 1975

For more information about our fallen officers, either click on the wreath to go to that particular officer's page, or click here to go to the memorial page.