The girls working in the cocaine packing plant are shown working almost naked, wearing just their bra and panties. While this is mostly just a TV and movie trope, most drug cartels don't have workers do this, there have been a few known to do it. There are a few reasons it might make sense, if someone is naked (or only in underwear) there is nowhere for them to try and hide drugs. However, cartels and gangs always strip search workers when they leave anyways, plus workers know the penalty for stealing and few would be stupid enough to risk the consequences, so theft prevention doesn't make too much sense. The reason for working nearly naked that makes the most sense is to prevent dust or powder from the drugs getting on the workers clothes, drug residue on clothing could be used to single out a person working in one of these places while in public, its something a drug dog would smell easily.
Stabler mentions that his father was awarded the Police Combat Cross, which is the second highest commendation of the New York City Police Department. The third highest commendation is the Police Medal of Valor; the highest is the Police Medal of Honor.
The Medal of Valor is awarded to police officers for: "acts of outstanding personal bravery intelligently performed in the line of duty at imminent personal hazard to life under circumstances evincing a disregard of personal consequences". The image of the Police Memorial Statue is in the center of the medal, surrounded by Mediterranean evergreen laurel leaves, which have signified honor and glory since the days of ancient Rome. The outer background and ribbon are police blue "For Valor, Police Department City of New York" are written on the face of the medal in gold lettering. For each subsequent medal earned a gold palm leaf is added to the breast ribbon.
The Combat Cross is awarded to police officers who: "having received Honorable Mention awards, successfully and intelligently perform an act of extraordinary heroism while engaged in personal combat with an armed adversary under circumstances of imminent personal hazard to life". The medal is a gold Maltese Cross with the seal of New York City set in the center and surrounded by the inscription, "For Valor, Police". The cross is suspended by a ring from green silk ribbon, a gold palm leaf is added to the green ribbon if the medal is awarded a second time.
The NYPD Medal of Honor is award to police officers who: "commit an act of extraordinary bravery performed in the line of duty at extreme risk and danger to life." A good example being each of the police officers that responded to the twin towers in September 11th, 2001; every officer that died in the building was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The medal is silver in the shape of the department shield. On the obverse is the figure of a draped woman placing a wreath upon the head of a police officer. On the reverse is an inscription of the act of bravery and the names of the city's commissioners. The medal hangs from a ring and suspender on which the letters "NY" are interlocked (the NY Yankees logo is based off the letters on this medal) and attached to a top bar that is inscribed with the word "valor". The stars on the green ribbon suspender commemorate the city's original 12 police constables, who began to patrol in the 1700s. Once again a second awarded medal is denoted by a gold leaf on the breast ribbon, but it is rare for an officer to be awarded the Medal of Honor, let alone a second one.
The Medal of Valor is awarded to police officers for: "acts of outstanding personal bravery intelligently performed in the line of duty at imminent personal hazard to life under circumstances evincing a disregard of personal consequences". The image of the Police Memorial Statue is in the center of the medal, surrounded by Mediterranean evergreen laurel leaves, which have signified honor and glory since the days of ancient Rome. The outer background and ribbon are police blue "For Valor, Police Department City of New York" are written on the face of the medal in gold lettering. For each subsequent medal earned a gold palm leaf is added to the breast ribbon.
The Combat Cross is awarded to police officers who: "having received Honorable Mention awards, successfully and intelligently perform an act of extraordinary heroism while engaged in personal combat with an armed adversary under circumstances of imminent personal hazard to life". The medal is a gold Maltese Cross with the seal of New York City set in the center and surrounded by the inscription, "For Valor, Police". The cross is suspended by a ring from green silk ribbon, a gold palm leaf is added to the green ribbon if the medal is awarded a second time.
The NYPD Medal of Honor is award to police officers who: "commit an act of extraordinary bravery performed in the line of duty at extreme risk and danger to life." A good example being each of the police officers that responded to the twin towers in September 11th, 2001; every officer that died in the building was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The medal is silver in the shape of the department shield. On the obverse is the figure of a draped woman placing a wreath upon the head of a police officer. On the reverse is an inscription of the act of bravery and the names of the city's commissioners. The medal hangs from a ring and suspender on which the letters "NY" are interlocked (the NY Yankees logo is based off the letters on this medal) and attached to a top bar that is inscribed with the word "valor". The stars on the green ribbon suspender commemorate the city's original 12 police constables, who began to patrol in the 1700s. Once again a second awarded medal is denoted by a gold leaf on the breast ribbon, but it is rare for an officer to be awarded the Medal of Honor, let alone a second one.