The Delaware Valley Association of Professional Police Officials presented six officers with the 2007 Legion of Excellence Award on Saturday at The Desmond Hotel in East Whiteland.

West Chester detective Sgt. Louis DeShullo was honored for his work on the Christian Oliveras homicide investigation. Oliveras was killed last summer. Four county men have been charged with the crime.

The other officers honored were: Det. Mark Kelly, Bensalem PD, Bucks County; Officer Charles Peterson, Upper Darby PD, Delaware County; Officers Adam Dunning and Darin Daley, Horsham PD, Montgomery County; and Officer Richard DeCoatesworth, Philadephia Police Department.