Each year during its annual awards banquet, Friends of the Dallas Police honors police officers and non-sworn employees who have been recognized by the Dallas Police Department in the past year for their strong leadership, courage and exceptional service including Field Training Officer of the Year, Joe C. Jones Reserve Officer of the Year, Marvin R. Bullard Supervisor Non-Sworn Employee and Officer of the Year and Johnny Sides Rookie of the Year.

Friends of the Dallas Police also honors top division non-sworn employee and officer of the year award recipients chosen by the Dallas Police Department in the following areas: Office of the Chief of Police Non-Sworn Employee and Officer of the Year, Administrative Non-Sworn Employee and Officer of the Year, Communications Non-Sworn Employee of the Year, Community Outreach Non-Sworn Employee and Officer of the Year, In-Field Support Non-Sworn Employee of the Year, Operations Non-Sworn Employee of the Year, Support Non-Sworn Employee of the Year, Central Patrol Bureau Officer of the Year, West Patrol Bureau Officer of the Year, East Patrol Bureau Officer of the Year and South Patrol Bureau Officer of the Year

The highest honors given during the awards banquet are the Departmental James Taylor Non-Sworn Employee of the Year selected from the non-sworn top division employee winners and the Joe T. McCarthy Officer of the Year selected from the officer of the year top division winners.

At the 2019 Friends of the Dallas Police Awards Banquet, over 150 police officers and non-sworn employees were honored for their strong leadership, courage and exceptional service demonstrated throughout the past year. Also this year, seven units were recognized with the Meritorious Conduct Unit Ward; Police Communications, Southwest NPO Unit, Homicide Cold Case Unit, Training Unit, Background Unit, Applicant Processing Unit and Recruiting Unit.

NON-SWORN SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR Cathy Gray Internal Affairs Division	SWORN SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR Sergeant Jeramy Mills Crimes Against Persons Division	JAMES R. LEAVELLE DETECTIVE OF THE YEAR Detective Brian Tabor Homicide Division
THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER OF THE YEAR Senior Corporal Oscar Carter South Central Patrol	JOHNNY SIDES ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Officer Reginald Foster Southwest Patrol	JOE C. JONES RESERVE OFFICER OF THE YEAR Senior Corporal Franklin Foster
JAMES TAYLOR NON-SWORN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR Sharee Salter Employee Relations	JOHN T. MCCARTHY OFFICER OF THE YEAR Senior Corporal Joseph Meno North Central