New Year's Honours List

Chris Fox, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers was awarded a Knighthood in this years Honours List, which saw a goodly number of officers and support staff receiving recognition for their efforts, who between them received seven CBEs, sixteen MBEs, seventeen QPMs, seven RVMs and three MVOs. A good haul by any standards!

Honour of Knighthood

FOX, Christopher, Q.P.M., President, Association of Chief Police Officers (pictured right). For services to the Police.

Following the announcement of his knighthood, Sir Chris paid tribute to the 'many others' that had supported him.

‘It is really the work of operational police staff we should recognise. I do, with admiration and total support.’

Sir Chris rose to the rank of Chief Constable of Northamptonshire police in 1996 before becoming the first full time President of ACPO in 2003.

As head of ACPO, he has led and co-ordinated the police national response to major events including the fuel dispute, the tsunami, G8 and the London bombings.

Sir Chris steps down this year when he will retire from the service.

C.B.E.

STEVENS, David Frederick, Q.P.M., lately Chief Constable, Essex Police. For services to the Police. O.B.E

Mark EVANS, the Director of Analytical Services for the Police Service of Northern Ireland, receives an OBE.

Mr Evans has worked in policing in Northern Ireland since 1993 and in recent years has been responsible for the establishment and management of the internationally acclaimed PSNI Analysis Centre which plays a central role in the fight against crime.

His vision and ingenuity have played a major part in the Service's change management programme and the introduction of the National Intelligence Model which has contributed substantially to falling crime levels.

BAKER, Ms Gillian Elaine, Inspector, West Midlands Police. For services to the Police.

BRACKEN, Nicholas Patrick, Detective Chief Superintendent, British Transport Police. For services to the Police.

CLARKE, Peter John Michael, C.V.O., Q.P.M., Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police.

DAC Clarke has been head of the MPS Anti-Terrorist Branch and National Co-ordinator of Terrorist Investigations since June 2002.

He led the Anti-Terrorist Branch in the response to the 7th July London bomb attacks which were of a type and scale unprecedented within the United Kingdom. Despite huge investigative challenges his team identified those responsible within days of the attacks.

DAC Clarke said:
‘I am delighted to receive this honour. It is a recognition of the dedication, professionalism and extreme hard work by many colleagues over a long period of time to meet the unprecedented challenges from international terrorism’.

FLANNERY, Ms Kate Anne, Inspector, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. For services to the Police.

WEAR, Michael John, Chair, Vehicle Crime Reduction Action Team. For public service.

M.B.E

ALLISON, Christopher John, Commander, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police.

Commander Chris Allison has served in the Metropolitan Police Service for the whole of his policing career, and for the majority of nearly 22 years this has been as a uniformed officer.

For the last three years, he has been responsible for policing the City of Westminster which is right in the heart of London. This is the largest borough in the Metropolitan Police Service with over 2,100 staff and is the only Basic Command Unit in the country headed by an officer from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).

Commander Chris Allison said:
‘I am delighted and humbled to receive this honour and would like to thank all the people who responded so magnificently in July. The terrorist atrocities were a testing time for everyone, whether you were caught up in the attack or whether you were involved in responding to it. The way in which the emergency services worked together, being supported by the public, showed how effective our society can be in responding to a such a horrific event.’

DOIG, Neil, Constable, Lothian and Borders Police. For services to the Police.

RUSSELL-FENWICK, Ms Deborah Anne Lynne, Constable, British Transport Police. For services to the community in London.

GOOSE, Gary, Detective Chief Inspector, Cambridgeshire Constabulary (pictured right). For services to the Police.

Det Ch Insp Gary Goose was appointed family liaison co-ordinator for the families of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. He was also a member of the senior investigation team for Operation Fincham, the investigation into their murder in 2002 and was commended for his leadership, sensitivity and his professionalism as a detective.

DCI Goose, 44, said: ‘I am very pleased to accept it, but I recognise that it is as much a tribute to the talents hard work and dedication of many of the colleagues with whom I have work over the years.

LAMBERT, Kevin, Chief Superintendent, Gloucestershire Constabulary. For services to the Police.

LEAK, Godfrey David. For services to Criminal Justice Agencies and to the community in Hertfordshire.

MACKENZIE, Christopher, Constable, Greater Manchester Police. For services to the Police.

MCMUNN, Glen William, Inspector, British Transport Police. For services to the community in London.

MINGAY, Stephen Paul, Temporary Inspector, British Transport Police. For services to the community in London.

NICHOLAS, John, Senior Traffic Warden, West Mercia. For services to the Police.
PARKS, Ian Michael B.E.M., Special Constable, Durham Constabulary. For services to the Police.

PERCIVAL, Patricia Ann, Mrs., Head, Corporate Communications Department, Northamptonshire Police (pictured right). For services to the Police.

The Head of Corporate Communications at Northamptonshire Police who has worked for the county force for 20 years, says she was 'stunned' to learn that she had been singled out for the honour.

‘I'm more used to promoting the success of colleagues and it seems strange to be the focus of attention myself. But I'm absolutely thrilled and genuinely honoured to receive this award for doing a job I love, ‘ she said.

Pat joined Northamptonshire Police as its first press and public relations officer in 1985, after more than 20 years as a journalist in local newspapers and broadcasting.

She now leads a department which includes the police press office, public relations, marketing and e-services (the police website, intranet and email).

THOMAS, Jean Gwendolene, Mrs., Head of Nursing and Counselling Occupational Health, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Healthcare.

As head of nursing for the MPS Jean Thomas has made a significant contribution to the welfare and well-being of Metropolitan Police personnel. She has played a key role in supporting police personnel who were closely involved in a number of major disasters both in the United Kingdom and abroad.

In the UK she supported the police response to the rail crashes at Paddington and Hatfield where, at short notice, she arranged counselling for officers who faced the trauma of dealing with horrific injuries. She produced a national strategy for debriefing officers returning from the tsunami disaster. She has also contributed significantly to the production of longer-term strategies that have reaped considerable benefit for the MPS, including enhanced first aid for firearms officers and debt counselling.

WEBSTER, Ronald, Member, National Association of Retired Police Officers, Greater Manchester Police. For services to the community in Manchester.

BELTON, Genny, chief inspector, PSNI, has been a police officer for 27 years, serving in operational roles in Lisburn, Newtownards, Comber, Downpatrick and Antrim and has received an MBE.

She has also worked in Complaints and Discipline, Force Inspectorate and Command Secretariat and served a two-year secondment as a staff officer with Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary in England.

Over the past six years she has played a significant and leading role in the change management programme implementing the Patten Report, applying herself to this enormous and challenging task with unstinting endeavour, professionalism and dedication to duty.

LINDSAY, Adrian, sergeant, PSNI has just retired as the police officer in day-to-day charge of beat patrolling in Newry city centre and also receives an MBE.

Despite receiving serious arm and leg injuries in a terrorist attack some years ago, he returned to duty and remained fully operational until his retirement earlier this year. In 28 years of service, he did much to enhance local policing in the greater Newry and Mourne area and, in particular, with shoppers and the business community in Newry city. A married man with two grown up children, he is an officer of the highest integrity, professionalism and personal bearing.

An MBE also goes to Constable Brian HEDLEY who has recently retired after spending most of his 28-year police career working with communities, first in Fermanagh and for the past 12 years in Larne.

A qualified deaf signer, he has provided education on drugs awareness and personal safety to schools and youth groups. He has worked for the Police Athletics Association, been involved in assisting the Co Antrim team in the Milk Cup football tournament and devoted much of his own time to charity work.

Reserve Constable Billy McCAHON has been a part-time officer for more than 31 years in Armagh was also awarded an MBE.

A former teacher, Reserve Constable McCahon has performed regular duties alongside his full-time colleagues, retaining fully his enthusiasm and commitment for the role over more than three decades of service.

HUGHES, Meredydd John, Chief Constable, South Yorkshire Police.

LOGAN, Davina Jessie, Mrs., Deputy Chief Constable, Northamptonshire Police (pictured right).
Northamptonshire's deputy chief constable Davina Logan has been awarded the Queen's Police Medal for distinguished service.

Mrs Logan, who has been a police officer for 29 years, joined Northamptonshire Police on promotion 14 months ago, since when she has helped to shape the improvement of the force, while also playing an important role at regional and national level.

Chief Constable Peter Maddison said the award is very well deserved.
‘She is an excellent leader for the police service and I am delighted her work has been recognised in this way. She is a very influential individual,’ he said.

Mrs Logan joined the Metropolitan Police and moved on to serve with Thames Valley Police between 1978 and 2001.

MCKENNA, Douglas Gardner, Detective Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service.

Detective Superintendent McKenna joined the Anti-Terrorist Branch in 1990, serving with the branch throughout the terrorism campaign in Northern Ireland until 1997 when he joined the National Crime Squad.

He returned to the Anti-Terrorist Branch in September 2002 as a senior investigator, undertaking a wide range of enquiries at home and abroad.

Following the terrorist attacks in London on 7th July, he had responsibility for overseeing the forensic examination of the four crime scenes and liaised with HM Coroner over victim identification, a role that he fulfilled with great skill and sensitivity. He was the senior investigating officer into the alleged terrorist attack on London's transport system on 21st July. Sixteen people are currently awaiting trial in connection with the alleged events on that day.

MURRAY, David John, Chief Superintendent, Thames Valley Police.

Ch Supt David Murray, who has already received a commendation from the Queen for Bravery and six from the Chief Constable during his career, spent the majority of his service in the Tactical Firearms Team before being appointed to head Reading with Wokingham in 2000.

Following an extensive re-structure of the Force in 2004, he was appointed to lead Berkshire West BCU - one of the most demanding BCU commands in the Force.

He is a fervent supporter of partnership working and continues to champion the need for effective drug treatment and diversion schemes for the prolific offenders who commit crime to fund their addiction. This pressure to improve services is already paying off, with drug testing in custody units now being linked to a referral team and access to specialist GPs in a short space of time.

On hearing the news, the officer said: ‘I am deeply honoured to receive this award and to have had the opportunity to serve the public and Thames Valley Police for nearly 30 years.'

PRUNTY, John Raymond, Detective Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service.

Detective Superintendent Prunty joined the Anti-Terrorist Branch shortly after the attacks on key areas of the United States of America in September 2001 and since then has made an enormous contribution to British counter-terrorism.

He has led several high-profile and complex enquiries during which he has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills coupled with outstanding professional detective ability. Early in 2004 he became the Senior Investigating Officer for an enquiry focused upon the alleged activities of a group of men who were suspected of conspiring to cause an explosion within the United Kingdom.
He planned and coordinated a series of raids around London and the Home Counties resulting in the arrest and charging of several men who are currently awaiting trial.

He was appointed as the Senior Investigating Officer for the group of British citizens held in United States detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The return of these men in two groups required considerable negotiation with a wide range of partners over a protracted period of time. Following the terrorist attacks in London on 7th July 2005, he was appointed as the Senior Investigating Officer for the largest mass murder investigation that London has ever seen.

WARD, Terence Lewis Anthony, Constable, Merseyside Police.

WOOD, John Horace, Chief Superintendent, Staffordshire Police.

YATES, John, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service (pictured right).

Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Yates served as a Senior Investigating Officer at Detective Chief Inspector and Detective Superintendent ranks on over twenty murder enquiries.

In the 1990s, as a Detective Superintendent he led a corruption enquiry into the activities of the South East Regional Crime Squad, resulting in the imprisonment of six corrupt detectives.

In January 2005, he was tasked with the role of Gold Commander for Operation Bracknell, the police response to the south east Asian tsunami disaster, the second-largest recorded earthquake in history which caused the death of approximately 300,000 people. He played a key role in the co-ordination of the UK policing resources and deployments to the earthquake region.

Members of the Royal Victorian Order

Sergeant Ian HUGGETT MVO
Specialist Operations - Royalty Protection

Sergeant Patrick O'HIGGINS MVO
Specialist Operations - Royalty Protection

Inspector Christopher TARR MVO
Specialist Operations - Royalty Protection