National Policing Institute Annual Awards Program
In 2022, NPI established the prestigious Annual Awards Program to recognize leaders in policing whose exceptional and innovative work has advanced the profession.
Two awards are presented annually: the Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy Award for Leading Change in Policing and the Hubert Williams Equal Justice and Effective Policing Award.
Please explore these awards and past honorees and submit your nominees for consideration below.
“Honorees selected for these awards are true visionaries and serve as role models and mentors to many across the policing profession.”
Jim Burch, President, National Policing Institute
Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy Award for Leading Change in Policing
This award honors a police professional who has taken bold steps to improve, reform, or advance policing from within the profession. Likely challenging the status quo, this nominee has implemented innovative, evidence-based initiatives within their community or agency. The ideal nominee's work should have made a lasting impression on a community or the profession at large and has likely impacted policy, local or national public safety standards, overall quality of life, or other factors of similar importance.
Learn more about Commissioner Murphy, our past honorees, and 2024 nomination criteria by clicking one of the buttons below.
Hubert Williams Equal Justice and Effective Policing Award
This award recognizes a police professional who currently or previously championed and promoted fairness, equal justice, and the civil rights of all. The ideal nominee will have worked to advance policing and public safety in ways that emphasize constitutional and civil rights, communities’ roles in safety or justice, agency accountability, and/or addressing racial or ethnic disparities. This nominee’s experience should have impacted a community or police agency through education, published research, policy change, passing of legislation, or similar caliber.
Learn more about Mr. Williams' trailblazing career, our previous honoree, and the qualifications that make someone worthy of this honor by clicking one of the buttons below.
