Officers honoured in Queen’s birthday list

Norman Bettison has been knighted by the Queen in her annual list of honours. The full list of titles to be awarded and the officers who received them include:

Jun 29, 2006
By Damian Small
Vickrum Digwa

Norman Bettison has been knighted by the Queen in her annual list of honours. The full list of titles to be awarded and the officers who received them include:

Knighthood

  • Norman Bettison, QPM Chief Executive, Centrex and lately Chief Constable, Merseyside Police.
  • Commanders of the British Empire (CBE)
  • Andrew Hayman, QPM Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Crime, Metropolitan Police.
  • Miss Barbara Wilding, QPM Chief Constable, South Wales Police.

Order of the British Empire (OBE)

  • Douglas Cross Director of Corporate Services, Tayside Police.
  • Richard Fedorico, Director of Public Affairs, Metropolitan Police Service.
  • Neil Franklin, Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service.
  • Patricia Gibson, Director of Investigation, Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman.
  • Julie Spence, Chief Constable, Cambridgeshire Constabulary.

Members of the British Empire (MBE)

  • Glen Barham, Sergeant, Hampshire Constabulary.
  • Graham Broom, Director, IS/IT, Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
  • Margaret, Douglas, Office Manager, Lancashire Police.
  • David Hamilton, Legal Adviser, Metropolitan Police Service.
  • Paul Handford, Sergeant, West Midlands Police.
  • Barbara Holmes, Manager, Criminal Justice Unit, Essex Police.
  • Ian James, Detective Sergeant, Cleveland Police.
  • Geraldine Middleton-Stewart, Head of Registry, Surrey Police.
  • David Wilkins, Constable, West Mercia Constabulary.
  • Diana Woodward, Constable, Cheshire Constabulary.

Overseas MBE

  • Detective Constable Joan Sewell. For services to family liaison, especially involving incidents overseas

Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)

  • William Wesley Wilson, Chief Superintendent, Police Service for Northern Ireland
  • Philip Wright, Detective Chief Superintendent, Police Service for Northern Ireland
  • Gary McNair, Acting Detective Inspector, Police Service for Northern Ireland
  • Richard Venables, Lately, Director Inspector, Centrex
  • Richard Brunstrom, Chief Constable, North Wales Police
  • Barbara Franklin, Detective Sergeant, Northumbria Police
  • Sara Thornton, Acting Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police
  • Stephen Finnigan, Acting Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary
  • Martin Parker, Detective Superintendent, Surrey Police
  • Sarah Douglas, Constable, Cheshire Constabulary
  • Mike McAndrew, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service
  • David Gregory, Constable, Hampshire Constabulary
  • Trevor Pearce, Lately, Director General, NCS
  • Paul Forrester, Chief Superintendent, Merseyside Police
  • Ian Redhead, Deputy Chief Constable, Hampshire Constabulary
  • Colin Smith, Lately, Assistant Chief Constable, Hampshire Constabulary
  • Frank Whiteley, Chief Constable, Hertfordshire Constabulary
  • Alan Given, Lately, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Ronald McPherson, Deputy assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Bob Mackie, Chief Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Sharon Kerr, Detective Chief Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service
  • David Armond, Lately, Commander, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Ian Latimer, Chief Constable, Northern Constabulary
  • Patrick Tomkins, Chief Constable, Lothian & Borders Police

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