how to submit a tnoa award for tNOA 2024
*All award nominations need to be submitted no later than September 15, 2024*
The Tennessee Narcotics Officers Association believes that the tireless work and dedication of the many clandestine investigators across Tennessee deserves recognition. These significant and large-scale investigations take countless hours of dedicated service and professional excellence. A committee comprised of TNOA Board Members reviews all submissions and decides the annual recipients. Every year at our annual convention, we host a banquet, promoting fellowship, camaraderie, and professional networking. We deliver an awards ceremony to conclude the banquet to honor our hard-working investigators and supervisors.
Below are two forms, one for submitting an award for an individual, and one for submitting an award for a group or a case. The award categories that apply for each are in a drop-down menu for easy selection and clarification. Please fill out the respective award form and submit it. If you would like to submit a second award, you will need to refresh this page for the form to come back up. If the award is selected, then a TNOA Board member will contact you for notification and further information.
There are several awards categories our investigators can qualify for under:
Individual Awards:
Officer of the Year East TN
Officer of the Year West TN
Officer of the Year Middle TN
Interdiction Officer of the Year
K-9 Officer of the Year
Supervisor of the Year
Pill Punisher (Given by Dangerous Drugs Task Force)
Meth Man (Given by Dangerous Drugs Task Force)
Awards of recognition and outstanding achievements
Case/Group Awards:
Largest seizure of Cocaine (can be an individual award if applicable)
Largest seizure of Marijuana (can be an individual award if applicable)
Largest seizure of Fentanyl (can be an individual award if applicable)
Largest seizure of Heroin (can be an individual award if applicable)
Largest seizure of Currency (can be an individual award if applicable)
Narcotics Unit/Group of the Year
Interdiction Unit Of the Year
Awards of recognition and outstanding achievements for cases resulting in significant community impacts, seizures, and/or arrests
FOR INDIVIDUAL AWARDS: Individuals must have been current TNOA members at the time of seizure/enforcement activity to be eligible for individual awards.
FOR GROUP/CASE AWARDS: You must have at least one officer involved in the investigation who was an active TNOA member at the time of the seizure or enforcement activity to be considered for an award.
THE TOP TEN "AWARDS OF RECOGNITION" SUBMISSIONS WILL BE VOTED ON BY OUR AWARDS COMMITTEE AND SELECTED FOR THIS AWARD. ALL OTHERS WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY AWARDED BY THEIR CATEGORY.