The TOP COPS are chosen each year by the National Association of Police Organizations, after being nominated by their fellow officers for their notable service during the previous calendar year. And as the President explained, all of today’s honorees – officers, detectives, patrolmen, special agents, and troopers – shared one thing in common:
When the moment came – when the shooting started, or a bomb went off, or a hostage was taken, or a child screamed for help – they did not hesitate. They went into action. They ran toward the danger – not away from it. And they risked their lives to save the lives of others.
Vice President Biden echoed these comments in his own remarks, saying that the act of putting on the police shield each morning is, in and of itself, “an act of bravery.”
President Obama also took the opportunity to thank the officers’ families, for supporting the officers every step of the way. “We know it takes a lot of courage to be a cop,” said the President, “but it also takes a lot of courage to love a cop – and to send them off to work every single day with a hug and a prayer for their safety. So all of you are heroes in my book, as well.”
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden honor the 2014 National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS award winners in the East Room of the White House, May 12, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Those are the cops that murdered the most American citizens…Gratz!!!
take a good look
no really , these are the jack boots on your neck people
Pig roast at the white house
for sure!
Man this pic. of all those cops make me fel sicker than what I already am.
They all make me want to puke.
there’s the enemy , FIRE.!!!!!!
And for lunch we have all you can eat DONUTS.
6 brown skinned cops and only one looks like he is enjoying being there. lol
All the uniforms look to be Chicago and New York
Why is that guy standing behind Biden have such a big grin on his face??
Interesting to note how the top lawbreakers and wanna be tyrants love to pose with their ass kicking enforcers. Just like the Nazi and Soviet communist party bigwigs were always kowtowing to the secret policemen, Beria, Yagoda, Himmler, Himmler.