Utah U.S. Attorney’s Office Honors Law Enforcement at 2026 Awards Ceremony

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah hosted the 2026 United States Attorney’s Awards for Law Enforcement Ceremony on May 14 to recognize officers across the country.

The ceremony took place in Salt Lake City during National Police Week, observed May 10-16, 2026. All active law enforcement officers in the United States fall within the scope of the recognition, which honors service performed under the full range of federal, state, local and tribal jurisdictions.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office presents the awards annually to individual officers and units for specific acts of valor, investigative achievements and community protection efforts.

The event marks the standard annual recognition program operated by the office. No change to eligibility rules, funding or statutory authority occurred. The 2026 ceremony proceeded on the fixed calendar established for National Police Week observances.

Downstream effects include continued coordination between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and partner agencies on pending investigations and prosecutions that rely on the same officers honored at the event. Federal grant applications tied to law enforcement performance metrics now incorporate the 2026 awards as supporting documentation for fiscal year 2027 requests.

State and local departments recognized at the ceremony must file updated use-of-force and training reports with the Bureau of Justice Statistics by December 31, 2026, per existing federal reporting cycles triggered by participation in the awards process.

This marks the second consecutive year the Utah U.S. Attorney’s Office has aligned its awards presentation with the national May observance. The Department of Justice has conducted similar recognition events in each judicial district since the formal establishment of National Police Week in 1962.