Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were also decorated posthumously.
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total of 855 police and paramilitary personnel were awarded police
medals Friday, including 149 for gallantry in Jammu and Kashmir,
Naxal violence-affected areas and others, ahead of the Republic
Day.
The
CRPF, the country's largest paramilitary force, was decorated with
maximum 44awards for bravery followed by Odisha Police at 26 medals,
Jammu and Kashmir Police 25 medals and Chhattisgarh 14 medals.
Three
Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were also decorated
posthumously with the top category President's Police Medal for
Gallantry (PPMG).
Other
gallantry medal winners hail from Meghalaya (13), Uttar Pradesh (10),
Border Security Force (8), Delhi (4), Jharkhand (3) and one each from
the Assam Rifles and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
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Ministry of Home Affairs order said a total of 146 Police Medal for
Gallantry (PMG), 74 President's Police Medal for distinguished
service and 632 police medal for meritorious service were conferred
on the men and the women in khaki from various state police and
central police forces and organisations.
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