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Nomination Guidelines
Get help with the online Congressional Badge of Bravery application and find detailed information about the different fields and requirements.
FAQs
Find answers to frequently asked questions received by the Congressional Badge of Bravery Office relating to the award and the nomination process.
Review Boards
Learn about the federal and state Badge of Bravery review board members who review the nominations and recommend individual recipients.
Recipients
Learn about the recipients of the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery and the events for which they were honored.
Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery
This award honors exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers.
National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Infographic
Date Published
January 2022
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Special Agent William Sentner, III (Posthumously) (U.S. Department of Justice, Miami, FL)
On Wednesday, June 21, 2006, Special Agent William Sentner of the Miami, FL, Field Office, Investigations Division, Office of Inspector General (OIG) was working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in an investigation involving corrupt prison guards in a federal prison facility in Tallahassee, Florida. As a result of the investigation, six prison guards were indicted for sexually abusing female inmates, smuggling contraband into...
DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program
With this program, BJA assists states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories to increase the capacity of public forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more DNA samples for the FBI's Combined DNA Index System.
Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program
This program helps address the extreme shortage of board-certified forensic pathologists in the United States and provides medical examiner and coroner offices with the resources to become accredited and maintain that accreditation.
Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
This program assists law enforcement and prosecutors to address and prosecute violent crime cold cases and decrease the number of violent crime cold cases awaiting prosecution.
February 20, 2018, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
February 14, 2003, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
October 22, 2008, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Recipients:
- Special Agent William Sentner, III (posthumously) (U.S. Department of Justice, Miami, Florida)
- Lieutenant Carlos Thompson (Mobile County Sheriff's Office, Mobile, Alabama)
- Officer David Goitia (Glendale Police Department, Glendale, Arizona)
- Detective Raymond Robertson and Commander Miguel Galvez (Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami, Florida, and Opa-Locka Police Department, Florida)
- Firefighter Brian D. Rothell (Chesterfield Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Chesterfield, Virginia)
July 27, 2017, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
December 12, 2007, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
May 16, 2016, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
May 16, 2022, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
March 16, 2006, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
February 11, 2015, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
September 9, 2019, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
July 14, 2005, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
Ceremonies and Recipients
Learn about the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor ceremonies and recipients.
February 20, 2013, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.
May 22, 2019, Medal of Valor Ceremony
Learn about Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor recipients and read about their heroic deeds.