Professional Services

If you know a MAP member who has gone above and beyond the call of duty during the past year, now is the time to recognize them.

MAP members are encouraged to nominate fellow Union members for the 2023 MAP Officer of the Year Award before the Oct. 1, 2023 deadline. Nominees who have displayed extraordinary service between Sept. 1, 2022 and Sept. 1, 2023 are eligible.

The Officer(s) selected to receive this award will be honored at the MAP Annual Holiday Open House in December.

Please click here for the MAP Officer of the Year Nomination Form. 

National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) President Mick McHale shared the following message remembering the bravery and sacrifice of First Responders to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001:

“22 years ago today, we experienced the deadliest terrorist attack on our nation’s soil,” McHale wrote in an email to NAPO members. “On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 of our fellow citizens gave their lives in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. This includes the more than 400 federal, state, and local public safety officers who ran into harm’s way to save others, many of whom were NAPO members.”

“As we remember those who died on September 11, 2001, we also must recognize those we have lost and continue to lose as the lasting effects of that day make themselves known,” he wrote. “As we know too well, First Responders across the country continue to die from their rescue and recovery efforts on and after 9/11 from cancers and other serious health conditions related to sustained exposure to toxins found at Ground Zero.”

This year, 62 officers who died of a 9/11-related health condition were honored by adding their names to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. In recent years, nearly 330 other 9/11 First Responders have been added to the Memorial’s walls.

“Unfortunately, this number will only continue to grow,” McHale wrote. “Today, and every day, NAPO remembers our members and all the First Responders who heroically gave their lives because of their service on September 11, 2001, and in the years after. We will forever remember these officers, their families, and all survivors of 9/11. God bless the men and women who serve our nation as law enforcement officers and God bless America.”

A Michigan non-profit is offering a free special hunt for disabled first responders. Current or former first responders with a physical disability that is preventing them from going hunting are encouraged to apply to participate in the First Responders Hunt, organized by Hunt 2 Heal.

Safari Club Mid-Michigan Chapter is hosting the free weekend for physically disabled first responders, which includes lodging and meals. Prospective participants may apply for one of five hunting weekends planned from September to December 2023.

Hunt 2 Heal provides outdoor hunting for individuals with disabilities to experience the outdoors at no cost and without worry. The dedicated barrier-free lodge and 640-acre property in Bitely, Michigan (near Big Rapids) has been designed for people with physical disabilities. Specially designed hunting blinds with groomed trails and assistance from skilled guides allow for “any type of wheelchair or adaptive equipment,” according to the Hunt 2 Heal press release.

Click here for more information in the Hunt 2 Heal Flyer.

To submit your application and for more details, visit Hunt 2 Heal’s website or connect with Hunt 2 Heal on Facebook.

Excerpted from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund

Nationally, the number of law enforcement line-of-duty fatalities has plummeted by 66 percent in the first half of 2023 compared to the first six months of 2022, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) 2023 Mid-Year Preliminary Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report. 

From Jan. 1 to June 30, 2023, 52 federal, state, county, municipal, military, and campus officers died in the line of duty compared to 153 officers who died during the same time period in 2022, according to the 2023 mid-year report. While much of this decline is attributed to a significant reduction in COVID-19-related deaths, law enforcement line-of-duty deaths are down across the board.

“There is no good news in reporting the death of even a single police officer,” said NLEOMF Interim CEO Bill Alexander, “yet based on this preliminary data, we are cautiously optimistic that conditions may be improving for our law enforcement professionals who willingly put themselves at risk to serve and protect.”

Traffic-related fatalities fell dramatically by 63 percent with 11 deaths by mid-year 2023 compared to 30 during the same period last year. Two of those 11 officers were struck and killed deploying Tire Deflation Devices (TDD). Both officers worked for the same law enforcement agency, but were killed in separate incidents. Struck-by fatalities dropped 82 percent, from 11 in 2022 to two in 2023. Of the remaining 2023 mid-year traffic-related fatalities: five officers were killed in automobile crashes; three were involved single-vehicle crashes; and one died in a motorcycle crash.

Read more: Law Enforcement line-of-duty fatalities plummet in first half of 2023