The NJNEOA recognizes several police officers and their departments by acknowledging the outstanding investigations that they have conducted during the year in the area of narcotic enforcement. The NJNEOA will present these officers and their departments with an NJNEOA Guns, Gangs and Narcotics Achievement Award during the Annual Conference, at the Annual Awards Ceremony.

    In order to be considered for an award it is mandatory that an ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM, found on this website at Award Submissions, must be completely filled out, and submitted prior to March 1st.  A brief summary of the specific investigation must also accompany the submission by being emailed to editor@njneoa.org. DO NOT JUST SUBMIT THE IR REPORT.

    Both the Online Submission and Narrative MUST be received by the NJNEOA prior to March 1, 2026.  No exceptions, we will no longer consider any submission received after the cut-off date..

   The NJNEOA Awards Committee reviews each submission as they are received and will make their final determination on the recipients during the 1st week of March.  Notifications will be sent on March 18th.  Albert Jasani, the Chairman of our Civilian Awards Committee will select the Community Leader Awards.