The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) is now accepting nominations to honor worthy law enforcement officers or organizations with several prestigious awards:
- John Kolman Award of Excellence
- NTOA Award of Valor
- Negotiations Award
- NTOA TEMS Award
- NTOA Unit Citation for Valor
- Spirit of NTOA Award
- K9 SWAT Deployment Award
The awards are for incidents occurring between June 1, 2015 and June 1, 2016. Nominations for each award submitted to NTOA must be for active members of NTOA (with the exception of the Spirit of NTOA award). The deadline for submitting nominations is June 15, 2016, with the exception of the Negotiations Award which is due on Sept. 9, 2016.
Awards will be presented at NTOA’s annual Tactical Operations Conference Awards banquet, to be held this year in Louisville, Kentucky. The Negotiations Award will be presented at the annual CNT Conference in Mesa, Arizona. Recipients are gifted with a plaque and their name and agency are published in The Tactical Edge.
For more information on the award process, contact Laura Gerhart at 800-279-9127 ext. 128 or visit http://ntoa.org/about/awards/.
For more information on the National Tactical Officers Association, visit www.ntoa.org or call 800-279-9127. Join the NTOA today and start receiving the benefits of better training and stay on top of the ever changing and challenging world of law enforcement.