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Florida Missing Children's Day (FMCD) Awards

Submit 2024-2025 Florida Missing Children's Day Award Nominations!
NOMINATIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025
 
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is accepting nominations for the 2024-2025 FMCD Ceremony on Monday, September 8, 2025. Florida Missing Children's Day is sponsored by the Florida Missing Children's Day Foundation and supported by the Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse (MEPIC) Advisory Board. 

To see the 2024 FMCD Award Winners, please visit the Florida Missing Children's Day Foundation's website to view their pictures and their award summary. You may also view the FDLE press release. 

FMCD recognize citizens, law enforcement officers, and K9 trailing teams for their exemplary efforts when investigating missing persons or preventing child abductions. These men, women and K9's serve Florida's citizens to ensure their safety and serve our community. They have gone above and beyond in ensuring child safety, working cases related to children, or enforcing cases related to child homicide or sexual exploitation. 

Please take a moment to consider individuals, who have gone above and beyond, for these prestigious awards.
Nomination Deadline: Friday, May 16, 2025

Nominations may be submitted using the new multipurpose award nomination form. Completing the multipurpose award nomination form allows FDLE and the MEPIC Advisory Board to select the award category that best exemplifies the work completed and/or consider applicants for awards that do not have specific nomination forms. The multipurpose award nomination form may be used for ALL award categories except the Combatting Human Trafficking Award and the Jimmy Ryce Trailing Team of the Year Award.   

Multipurpose Award Nomination Form
Combatting Human Trafficking Award
Jimmy Ryce Trailing Team of the Year Award

If you would like to submit specific nominations to a specific category, you may use the nomination forms below.
You do not need to complete or submit the nomination applications below if you complete the multipurpose award nomination form. 
 

Award Nomination Form for Citizens (Citizen of the Year, School Bus Operator of the Year, & Young Hero Award)
Award Nomination Form for Sworn Law Enforcement (Local Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award & State/Federal Officer of the Year Award)
Task Force/Team of the Year Award Nomination Form (Requires at least one sworn law enforcement member to qualify. However the task force/team may include other sworn members, non-sworn members, civilians, and different agency/organization members that substantially participated on the team.)

To submit FMCD nominations, email the completed form as an attachment to FMCD@fdle.state.fl.us.  The FMCD general award winners will be selected by the FDLE Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse Advisory Board. The awards will be presented at the FMCD ceremony on Monday, September 8, 2025. For further information, contact FMCD@fdle.state.fl.us or call Mehgen Peoples at 850-410-8863.