"There are no better men anywhere than the men of the ... police force..."
Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography (1913).

The Theodore Roosevelt Association established the Theodore Roosevelt® Police Awards in honor of Roosevelt's distinguished service as President of the Board of Police Commissioners of New York City from May 6, 1895 to April 19, 1897, and in recognition of TR's lifelong admiration for the police.

The first Theodore Roosevelt® Police Award was given in 1983 in New York City, honoring the 125th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's birth. In 1991 a second Theodore Roosevelt® Police Award was established for the Western New York State region, in 1992 this award was started for the Boston Police Department and in 1995 awards were established for both Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, New York. In 1998 awards were created in New Orleans, Louisiana and Nashville, Tennessee. In 2002 an award was started in Los Angeles, California.

Awardees are police officers who have overcome an adversity whether injury, illness or other disability, as Theodore Roosevelt triumphed over the physical handicaps of his youth, and who have rendered, and continue to render, outstanding and praiseworthy service to their respective police department, as TR did in his years as President of the Board of Police Commissioners of
New York City.

Many, if not all of the departments have approved the wearing of the medal with the officer's uniform.

New York City, New York

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Detective Alphonse Ripandelli, Jr. Detective John Snidersich Police Officer Michael McComick Police Officer Vivian F. Picciarelli Lieutenant Gerard P. Simpson Sergeant Clement C. Johnson Detective Christ L. Loucas Detective Jean Suhr Police Officer Yolanda Lugo Police Officer Joseph Wittleder Captain Edward Mamet Police Officer Michael Schoonmaker Detective Douglas Pfleging Police Officer Garret Lavelle Sergeant Andrew S. Benjamin Sergeant Richard Fernandez Police Officer Anthony Maresca Sergeant Maria Codd-Perez Detective Thomas Koehler Lieutenant Robert J. Martin No award Sergeant Patrick Benevent No award -

Western New York State

Nassau County, New York

Suffolk County, New York

1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 -

Detective John P. Keane, Jr. Detective Robert T. Staab Lieutenant John J. Horan Police Officer Anthony T. Molfetta Detective James Hughes Police Officer Daniel Cunningham Police Officer Scott A. Farber Detective Robert J. Anderson Police Officer William R. Fairchild Police Officer Marlene Tully Police Officer Kathleen A. McGowan -

Boston, Massachusetts

1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 -

Detective John H. Arnstein Sergeant Richard J. Sweeney Detective Edwin J. Kennealey Police Officer Gladys Rubi Aquino-Gaines Police Officer Richard L. Whalen Sergeant Andrew G. Garvey Sergeant Robert P. Guiney Sergeant Brendan M. Craven Sergeant Detective Jeffrey I. Walcott In memory of the victims of 9-11-2001 Deputy Superintendent Marie L. Donahue Lieutenant Maura J. Flynn Captain Paul Russell Police Officer David Powell

Dallas, Texas

1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 -

Senior Corporal Ronald Iscaro Corporal Robert McGovern Police Officer David Llewellyn Senior Corporal Thomas Cicio* Sergeant Tony Crawford* Officer Kenneth Hall Sergeant Fred Katani Senior Corporal Sherry Goelden Officer Robert Becker Police Officer Douglas Brady Sergeant Laura Beattie

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

New Orleans, Louisiana

1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 -

Police Officer Lloyd Van Clark No Award Police Officer Carlton L. Lewis Police Officer Stephen A. Pepin Public Information Officer Juan D. Barnes, Sr. Police Officer Christopher W. Abbott Police Officer Timothy Bruneau Police Officer Robert Canedo -

Nashville, Tennessee

Los Angeles, California

2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 -

Deputy Terry Wenger Deputy Michael Schaap No award No award -

Washington, D.C.

The Theodore Roosevelt Association would like to thank the sponsors of our various awards without whose generous funding the awards would not be possible:

New York City, New York
Western New York State
Boston, Massachusetts
Nassau Count, New York

Suffolk County, New York

Dallas, Texas

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nashville, Tennessee

Los Angeles, California
Washington, D.C.

Verizon, Inc.
Roosevelt & Cross
TRA New England Chapter
Friends of Sagamore Hill &
New York Commercial Bank
Friends of Sagamore Hill &
New York Commercial Bank
ER Operating Company
Thompson & Knight, LLP

J. Randall Baird
Sprint
Nextel
Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs

The Theodore Roosevelt Association expresses its appreciation to each of these fine sponsors.

The Theodore Roosevelt Association, chartered by Congress in 1920, is a national nonprofit historical society and public service organization dedicated to perpetuating the memory and ideals of the twenty sixth President of the United States.