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Nomination, Selection and Awards

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is accepting nominations from college, university, municipal, county, state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies for the Oklahoma Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Awards. The selection process will be based on qualified candidates who have performed admirably in the line of duty within the past 18 months.

  • Regional winners will be selected by panels comprised of city, county, tribal, and state criminal justice professionals. Each panel will consider nominees from a different region.
  • The overall state Officer of the Year will be selected from the regional winners by the Office of the Attorney General.

Regional Officers of the Year will be honored at the Officer of the Year ceremony in November where Attorney General Drummond will announce the Oklahoma Outstanding Officer of the Year.

Nominations must include a letter sharing details of the nominee’s job performance. Letters should be limited to two (2) pages. Copies of background material, media clippings and a photo may be attached. Please label the back of the nominee’s photograph with their name, department and rank.

Gentner Drummond & 2024 Winner Austin Murray Attorney General Gentner Drummond & 2024 Officer of the Year Austin Murray

Submission

Nominations may be made online, email (officeroftheyear@oag.ok.gov) or by mail:

Office of the Attorney General
Attn: Amber Alphin
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

Region Map

NW, NE, SW, SE Officer of the Year Region Map of Oklahoma - See Region Counties in table
NW Region NE Region SW Region SE Region
Alfalfa Adair Beckham Atoka
Beaver Cherokee Caddo Bryan
Blaine Craig Cleveland Carter
Canadian Creek Comanche Choctaw
Cimarron Delaware Cotton Coal
Custer Kay Garvin Haskell
Dewey Lincoln Grady Hughes
Ellis Mayes Greer Johnston
Garfield McIntosh Harmon Latimer
Grant Muskogee Jackson Le Flore
Harper Noble Jefferson Love
Kingfisher Nowata Kiowa Marshall
Logan Okfuskee McClain McCurtain
Major Okmulgee Stephens Murray
Oklahoma Osage Tillman Pittsburg
Roger Mills Ottawa Washita Pontotoc
Texas Pawnee   Pottawatomie
Woods Payne   Pushmataha
Woodward Rogers   Seminole
  Sequoyah    
  Tulsa    
  Wagoner    
  Washington    
Last Modified on Apr 01, 2025