Officers and staff recognised in Queen’s New Year’s Honours

Police officers of all ranks, along with support staff and senior managers, were recognised for their bravery, dedication and commitment in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours, with a Knighthood for ACPO President Chris Fox among the highlights.

Mr Fox, who will finish his terms as President of ACPO this year after six years in post, said: “I am honoured, but while I receive this recognition with pride, many others have supported me – family, friends and colleagues. It is really the work of operational police staff we should recognise – I do, with admiration and my total support.”

Jan Berry, Chairman of the Police Federation, was also mentioned in the Honours list, as one of 23 officers to receive the Queen’s Police Medal.

And the officers and emergency workers who helped victims of the July 7 bombings in London were also honoured, along with those who led the investigations into the attacks; they included an MBE for British Transport Police PC Deborah Russell-Fenwick, who helped victims of the Tavistock Place bus bomb, and Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, the head of the Anti-Terrorist Branch who led the investigation into the attacks, was made an OBE.

Knights Bachelor

• Chris Fox, ACPO President

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• Michael Eland, director-general of law enforcement and compliance, Revenue and Customs

MVO

• Sgt Ian Huggett, Metropolitan Police, services to royalty protection

• Sgt Phelim Patrick O’Higgins, Metropolitan Police, services to royalty protection

• Insp Christopher Tarr Metropolitan Police, services to royalty protection

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

• PC Allister Brown, Metropolitan Police, services to royalty protection

CBE

• David Heycock, formerly head of serious organised crime agency implementation, CPS

• Robert Morrison, formerly assistant director, Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

• David Stevens, formerly Chief Constable, Essex Police, services to the police

OBE

• John Allan sheriff, Lothian and Borders, services to the administration of justice

• Insp Gillian Baker, West Midlands Police, services to the police

• Det Chf Supt Nicholas Bracken, British Transport Police, services to the police

• DAC Peter Clarke, Metropolitan Police Service, services to the police

• HMIC Kate Flannery, services to the police

• Rachel Lipscomb formerly chairman, Magistrates’ Association, services to the administration of justice

• Yvonne Moreno (Moran) Crown Prosecutor, CPS

• Michael Wear, chair, Vehicle Crime Reduction Action Team, public service

• Christopher Yule, formerly Chief Crown Prosecutor, Suffolk, CPS

• Commdr Christopher Allison, Metropolitan Police Service, services to the police

MBE

• Paul Bamford, higher investigation officer, law enforcement, investigation (drugs), Revenue and Customs

• Heather Chapman, Neighbourhood Watch volunteer, services to community in West Yorkshire

• PC Neil Doig, Lothian and Borders Police, services to the police

• PC Deborah Russell-Fenwick, British Transport Police, services to the community in London

• DCI Gary Goose, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, services to the police

• Chf Supt Kevin Lambert, Gloucestershire Constabulary, services to the police

• Godfrey Leak, services to criminal justice agencies and to the community in Hertfordshire

• PC Christopher MacKenzie, Greater Manchester Police, services to the police

• Insp Glen McMunn, British Transport Police, services to the community in London

• Act Insp Stephen Mingay, British Transport Police, services to the community in London

• John Nicholas, senior traffic warden, West Mercia, services to the police

• SC Ian Parks, Durham Constabulary, services to the police

• Patricia Percival, Head of Corporate Communications, Northamptonshire Police, services to the police

• Alison Thompson coroner, West London, services to disaster relief

• Ronald Webster member, National Association of Retired Police Officers, Greater Manchester Police, services to the community in Manchester

• Sgt Shephard Paul James, Adjutant G