31 Dec 2014
Police officers and staff throughout the UK and abroad have been awarded various accolades in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.
ACPO President Sir Hugh Orde said:
“It is great to see recognition of officers, staff and volunteers across the ranks in this New year’s Honours list.
“It is just reward for the countless effort they put in to help protect not just their communities but the public as a whole and recognises the high respect in which they are held.”
The below individuals received the following honours:
KNIGHTS BACHELOR
Matthew David Baggott, CBE, QPM. Formerly chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to Policing in the United Kingdom. (Solihull, West Midlands)
CBE (Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
Miss Cressida Rose Dick, QPM. Assistant commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing. (London)
John Paul Randall. Formerly Independent Chair Police Negotiating Board and Police Advisory Board of England and Wales. For services to Policing. (Worcestershire)
OBE (Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
Mrs Joanne Allison Ashworth. Director of Forensic Services of East Midlands Police Forces. For services to Forensic Science. (Wakefield, West Yorkshire)
Philip John Chesworth. Formerly Detective Sergeant Police Scotland. For services to Counter Terrorism. (London)
Kevin Paul Hyland. Formerly Detective Inspector Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Combating Human Trafficking. (Limerick, Republic of Ireland)
Jeremy Charles Moore. Liaison Officer for Road Policing Association of chief Police Officers. For services to Road Safety and Policing. (Chelmsford, Essex)
MBE (Members of the Order of the British Empire)
Mrs Carole Margaret Louise Atkinson. Volunteer, Metropolitan Police Service. For voluntary service to the community in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. (Hampton Hill, Middlesex)
Paul Edward Harrison. For services to Law Enforcement and the Public through the Metropolitan Police Service and St. John Ambulance. (London)
Derek Royston Hopkins. Assistant chief Officer Special Constabulary, Essex Police. For services to the community in Essex. (Witham, Essex)
Surinder Pal Singh Khurana. Volunteer Humberside Police. For services to the community In North East Lincolnshire. (Grimsby, Lincolnshire)
Geoffrey Ogden. Volunteer Humberside Police. For services to the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire. (Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire)
Jonathan Robert Pickles. Bradford Community Safety Inspector West Yorkshire Police. For services to Policing and the community in Bradford. (Bingley, West Yorkshire)
BEM (British Empire Medal)
John Arthur Ayers. Special Constable Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Community Policing. (London)
Andrew Cornett Clint. Chairman Armagh Police Voluntary Welfare Group. For services to the community in Armagh. (Craigavon, Armagh)
Miss Patricia Ann Gates. Secretary National Association of Retired Police Officers, Bristol. For services to Policing. (Stone, Staffordshire)
Mrs Jean Eileen Greenwood. Lead Volunteer, Rushcliffe Neighbourhood Policing Team, Nottinghamshire Police. For services to the local community. (Nottinghamshire)
John Hughes. Chairman Newtownabbey Police Voluntary Welfare Group. For services to Police Welfare in Northern Ireland. (Ballyclare, Antrim)
Vincent Lobley. Volunteer Humberside Police. For services to the community in North East Lincolnshire. (Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire)
Richard William Thomas Miles. Community Engagement Officer Northumbria Police. For services to the community. (Ryton, Tyne and Wear)
Mrs Catherine Ann Mitchell. Cleaner, Annan Police Station. For services to Dumfries and Galloway Division, Police Scotland. (Annan, Dumfries)
Ms Elizabeth Virgo. Volunteer Metropolitan Police Service. For voluntary service in Westminster, London. (London)
CMG
James Jonathan Howard Morrison. Chief of Staff to the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Police. For services to the European External Action Service.
OVERSEAS TERRITORIES POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE MEDAL
George Kiteos. Superintendent Western Sovereign Base Area, Sovereign Base Areas Police.
QPM (Queen’s Police Medal)
ENGLAND AND WALES
Simon John Alcock. Constable Suffolk Constabulary.
Graham John Alexander Cassidy. Formerly chief Superintendent South Yorkshire Police.
Ms Rebecca Cawsey. Detective Inspector Avon and Somerset Constabulary.
Simon Edens. Deputy chief Constable Leicestershire Constabulary.
James Lawson Guy. Chief Superintendent Eastern Sovereign Base Area, Cyprus.
Steven Patrick Kershaw. Formerly Detective chief Superintendent Metropolitan Police Service.
Paul Marshall. Formerly Deputy chief Constable Suffolk Constabulary.
Ms Janette Elise McCormick. Deputy chief Constable Cheshire Constabulary.
Ms Stephanie Morgan. Formerly Temporary Deputy chief Constable Leicestershire Constabulary.
Gary Alwyne Parkin. Superintendent Derbyshire Constabulary.
Ms Helen Spooner. Detective Inspector Cheshire Constabulary.
Oliver Richard Tayler. Sergeant Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.
Peter Hugh Terry. Commander Metropolitan Police Service.
Jonathan Wilson Ward. Chief Superintendent Merseyside Police.
David Charles Wildbore. Chief Superintendent British Transport Police.
Giles Tristan York. Chief Constable Sussex Police.
SCOTLAND
Stephen Allen. Deputy chief Constable Police Service of Scotland.
Mark McLaren. Chief Superintendent Police Service of Scotland.
Marshall Moyes. Special Constable Police Service of Scotland.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Simon McNee. Sergeant Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Thomas Stevenson. Sergeant Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Stephen Wilson. Detective Inspector Police Service of Northern Ireland.
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