Policing honours: the King's birthday list in full

Dozens of police officers, staff and volunteers have been recognised in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours List, with awards ranging from a damehood for a recently retired chief constable to medals for long-serving constables and special constables.

Jun 15, 2026
Former chief constable Serena Kennedy

Serena Kennedy, the former chief constable of Merseyside Police, received a damehood. Paul Taylor, Police Chief Scientific Adviser at the NPCC’s Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser, and Deputy Chief Constable Terence Woods of Greater Manchester Police were appointed CBE.

NPCC Chair Chief Constable Gavin Stephens said the recipients had demonstrated “courage, dedication and commitment to serving our communities” and expressed his “sincerest congratulations to everyone that has been recognised.”

The full list of policing recipients is below.

Damehood

  • Serena Kennedy, lately Chief Constable, Merseyside Police

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

  • Paul Taylor, Police Chief Scientific Advisor, OPCSA, NPCC
  • Deputy Chief Constable Terence Woods, Greater Manchester Police

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

  • Dean Ames, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Assistant Chief Officer Alexis Poole, Devon and Cornwall Police

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

  • Ian Drysdale, lately Assistant Chief Officer Kent Police and NPCC
  • Gary Davies, Youth Justice Practitioner, Community First Responder and lately Police Officer, South Wales Police
  • Sergeant Kyle Gordon, British Transport Police
  • Vincent Jones, West Midlands Police
  • Special Police Constable Thelma Viona Anderson Mackenzie, Police Scotland
  • Amanda Radley, British Transport Police
  • Brian Whitaker, Metropolitan Police Service

Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

  • Janice Bullfield, Thames Valley Police
  • Police Constable Scott Caswell, Warwickshire Police
  • John Day, lately Police Constable Humberside Police
  • Police Community Support Officer Susan Falconer, Gwent Police
  • Anne Hook, lately Police Constable Metropolitan Police Service
  • Georgina Johnstone, West Midlands Police
  • Margaret Lawson, South Yorkshire Police
  • Special Sergeant Michael Leonard, West Midlands Police
  • Frederick Lewis, South Yorkshire Police
  • John Meek, West Mercia Police
  • Special Constable Hitesh Metha, West Midlands Police and Charity Trustee, Shree Krishna Temple
  • Police Constable Dharmesh Mistry, West Yorkshire Police
  • Police Community Support Officer Adrian Richards, Durham Constabulary
  • John Gordon Scott, Police Service of Northern Ireland

King’s Police Medal (KPM)

England and Wales

  • Detective Chief Superintendent Nicholas Blackburn, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Hayley Crawford, lately Inspector Nottinghamshire Police
  • Police Constable Heidi Goldsack, North Wales Police
  • Detective Chief Inspector Yasmin Lalani, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Chief Superintendent Kim Madill, West Midlands Police
  • Sergeant Russell Massie, Thames Valley Police
  • Chief Superintendent Richard Padwell, West Yorkshire Police
  • Chief Constable Amanda Pearson, Dorset Police
  • Detective Chief Inspector Jason Pye, Merseyside Police
  • Detective Sergeant Emma Rickard, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Deputy Chief Constable Michelle Shooter, Derbyshire Constabulary
  • Police Constable Paul Shutler, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police
  • Chief Constable Timothy Smith, Kent Police
  • Assistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes, Greater Manchester Police
  • Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Sergeant Mohammed Uddin, Metropolitan Police Service

Scotland

  • Sergeant Rhona Meikle, Police Scotland
  • Detective Chief Superintendent Sarah Taylor, Police Scotland
  • Management Support Sergeant Michelle Webster, Police Scotland

Northern Ireland

  • Sergeant Elaine McCabe, Police Service of Northern Ireland
  • Inspector Jonathan Anthony McToal, Police Service of Northern Ireland
  •  Sergeant Ronald Dwayne Stewart, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Overseas

  • Detective Superintendent Peter Alan Lansdown, Royal Cayman Islands Police Service

Crown Dependencies

Isle of Man

  • Detective Constable Kate Crompton, Isle of Man Constabulary

The Royal Victorian Order

M.V.O.

  • Inspector Jagjivan Singh Khangura, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Constable Darren John Randall, Metropolitan Police Service
  • David Martin Taylor, Norfolk Constabulary

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