Award presented to officers union president Joe Gamaldi

HOUSTON (FOX 26) — Caps 4 Cops, a nonprofit organization, is showing its support for Houston Police Officers' Union president Joe Gamaldi by presenting him with its most distinguished award on Friday.

Gamaldi was presented with the Beyond the Badge award following his passionate but controversial comments following a deadly police raid in January that remains under investigation.

Caps 4 Cops executive director Josh Ingram says the organization supports Gamaldi's comments and recognizes the raid a "a bad situation."