President Joe Biden signed legislation giving the men and women of the Capitol Police and the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department the Congressional Medal of Honor last week. But no mention was ever made of the thousands of other law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line protecting cities throughout the violent riots of 2020.

“Police officers are not what you do,” Biden said of the officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6. “It is who you are. … It’s not some hyperbole to suggest ‘duty, honor, service.’ That’s who you are. … And America owes you a debt we can never fully repay.”