Recipients are announced by a decree of the Minister of the Interior, after consultation with the Director General of Police, on the proposal of the prefect or representative of the state for overseas territories.

[1] The reverse bears at its bottom a framed rectangular area destined to receive the name of the recipient and year of the award.

The ribbon's suspension loop is adorned with a crown composed of an olive branch and a sprig of oak with an opening on the right.

[1] The Honour medal of the rural and municipal police in Algeria included a clasp on the ribbon consisting of a star placed on a crescent of Islam.

Today, the only ribbon device is in the form of a silver five pointed star when the medal is awarded in exceptional circumstances.