A total of 15 police personnel from Odisha have been awarded medals on the occasion of Independence Day. The following Odisha Police personnel have been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service:

• Prakash Kumar Naik, Additional Superintendent of Police (Vigilance cell), Cuttack
• Sachidananda Rath, Deputy Superintendent of Police (STF, CID, CB), Bhubaneswar
• Guruprasad Shivasankar Nanda, Deputy Superintendent of Police (BPSPA), Bhubaneswar
• Banita Majhi, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rourkela
• N Trinath Dora, Sub-Inspector of Police (CID, CB), Cuttack
• Mohammed Jahangir, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (Special Squad), Sambalpur
• Bishnu Kumar Bura, Havildar, OSAP 2nd Battalion, Jharsuguda
• Hrushikesh Barik, Driver Havildar, Angul
• Basanta Kumar Dakua, Assistant Armourer (SOG, AET & RC), Koraput
• Anjan Kumar Mohanty, Constable, DFSL Sundargarh
• Prasanta Parida, Sepoy, OSAP 3rd Battalion, Koraput