MEDALS FOR HEROES MEDALS FOR HEROES National Police Bravery Awards - Acts of Gallantry will not go unnoticed
The ‘Medals for Heroes’ campaign work continues, running hand-in-hand with this year’s bravery awards. As part of the planning and preparation for the PFEW Bravery Awards, each nomination has been checked against the awarding criteria for medals and honours that are already in place. This means that where appropriate, bravery nominations have also been passed onto the appropriate government authorities. The first step towards any kind of formal State recognition. National Board Member John
Partington told us: “Each year we are presented with some of the most inspirational acts of selflessness and service at our Bravery Awards. The Medals for Heroes campaign has already been successful in seeing the introduction of formal State recognition for officers who lose their lives in the execution of their duties and so the campaign focus now turns to those officers whose acts of bravery or gallantry are an inspiration to us all. “There are already a number of honours
and awards that are well established which are conferred by the Crown or State to recognise such acts. The Medals for Heroes campaign means that we can work alongside these established committees and panels to highlight some of the exemplary work undertaken by our members.” The nominations to the Police Bravery
Awards are judged by a panel of impartial individuals who meet to discuss each nominee. Running alongside this, John Partington checks the details against publicly available information to see if further consideration could be warranted. He adds: “The awarding criteria are very specific, but the details are available via the
GOV.UK website. This means that any application can be carefully prepared and written up for consideration. Some of this work may have already been done as part of the nomination process for our own bravery awards. And that’s why we now operate on the principal that every nomination should also be checked to see if they should be put forward for further recognition”. The process to apply for these awards
and honours can be lengthy. The journey toward Formal State recognition taking
years in some cases. Understandably so as some of the nominations under consideration can be incredibly complex. John tells us good working relationships with the Home Office and Cabinet Office helps. The nominations need to be submitted in the most appropriate way possible with all the relevant details in place from the very beginning where possible. These working relationships have taken time to establish but it is now working well as evidenced partly by the introduction of the Elizabeth Emblem. Once the application has been submitted, there is often another lengthy wait before word is received back. The George Cross Committee oversee some of the honours and awards in question. The members meet to discuss and investigate each application in detail, and at this point the Federation has no further involvement.
Although the process can be lengthy, nominations are encouraged as early as possible. There is no need for applications to be held back on account of court cases, inquests or enquiries as outstanding matters will be dealt with by the appropriate government department. Any members who feel they have information that should be considered are
encouraged to contact their local force or PFEW branch.
You can find out more online at:
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ cabinet-office
Home Secretary Rt Hon Yvette Cooper and Kerry McMahon-White, Managing Director of Police Mutual, with PFEW Acting National Chair Tiffany Lynch at 10 Downing Street garden reception of Police Bravery Awards 2024 nominees.
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