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.

The Hubert Williams Equal Justice and Effective Policing Award is open to all active or retired police professionals in the United States, both sworn and non-sworn, with at least 10 years of relevant experience.

NPI staff may contact nominators for additional information, if needed, in order to thoroughly assess your nominee.