Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor

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United States national award civil award decoration

The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor is the highest national award in the United States for public safety officers who display extraordinary heroism in the line of duty.

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Label	Occurrences
Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor canonical	4
Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor (state and local analogs)	1
Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor program	1
United States Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1083794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
Context triple: [United States awards and decorations, includes, Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor]

A. Medal of Valor
The Medal of Valor is the highest military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
B. Medal for Courage
The Medal for Courage is a Soviet military decoration awarded to individuals for personal bravery and heroism in combat.
C. Gold Medal of Military Valor
The Gold Medal of Military Valor is Italy’s highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary bravery and heroism in combat.
D. National Security Medal
The National Security Medal is a prestigious United States government decoration awarded for distinguished achievement or outstanding contributions to the nation’s security and intelligence efforts.
E. Good Conduct Medal
The Good Conduct Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to enlisted service members who demonstrate exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity during their period of active service.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
Target entity description: The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor is the highest national award in the United States for public safety officers who display extraordinary heroism in the line of duty.

A. Medal of Valor
The Medal of Valor is the highest military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
B. Medal for Courage
The Medal for Courage is a Soviet military decoration awarded to individuals for personal bravery and heroism in combat.
C. Gold Medal of Military Valor
The Gold Medal of Military Valor is Italy’s highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary bravery and heroism in combat.
D. National Security Medal
The National Security Medal is a prestigious United States government decoration awarded for distinguished achievement or outstanding contributions to the nation’s security and intelligence efforts.
E. Good Conduct Medal
The Good Conduct Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to enlisted service members who demonstrate exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity during their period of active service.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States national award ⓘ civil award ⓘ decoration ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of Justice Programs ⓘ U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Justice
awardedFor	extraordinary heroism in the line of duty ⓘ extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty ⓘ
awardingFrequency	annual ⓘ
conferralLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
conferralMethod	presidential ceremony ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleRecipients	emergency medical services personnel ⓘ firefighters ⓘ law enforcement officers ⓘ public safety officers ⓘ
establishedBy	Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 ⓘ
hasComponent	medal ⓘ ribbon ⓘ
hasMotto	For Extraordinary Valor Above and Beyond the Call of Duty ⓘ
inception	2001 ⓘ
isHighestAwardFor	public safety officers in the United States ⓘ
legalBasis	United States federal law ⓘ
posthumousAwardPossible	true ⓘ
presentedBy	Attorney General of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States Attorney General President of the United States ⓘ
relatedAward	Medal of Honor ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor (state and local analogs) ⓘ linked to: Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
scope	national ⓘ
selectionBody	Medal of Valor Review Board ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States awards and decorations → includes → Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor ⓘ

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor → relatedAward → Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor (state and local analogs) ⓘ

linked to: Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 → createsAward → Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor ⓘ

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 → definesTerm → Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor ⓘ

Medal of Valor Review Board → awardEvaluated → Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor ⓘ

Medal of Valor Review Board → awardEvaluated → United States Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor ⓘ

linked to: Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor

Medal of Valor Review Board → relatedTo → Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor program ⓘ

linked to: Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor

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