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honors Chattanooga officer as one of nation's "Top Cops"
Posted: Updated: Saturday at White House Rose Garden (via Callie
Starnes) Saturday at White House Rose Garden (via Callie
Starnes)  (WRCB/AP) -- President Barack Obama honored the
nation's top police officers for their courage and sacrifice.
Obama praised the winners of a national police association award
Saturday at a White House ceremony, paying tribute to officers
who showed courage in the line of duty.  The president, joined
by Vice President Joe Biden, said they were representative of
the "sacrifices and that quiet courage" found in officers across
the nation.  Among those honored in Saturday's ceremony is
Chattanooga Police officer Lorin Johnston, who was wounded
during a shoot-out that claimed the life of Sergeant Tim Chapin.
Recipients also included 15 members of the Detroit Police
Department who confronted a gunman who