NEWS THE KING’S HONOURS


Outstanding police officers from across the country have been recognised in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours, celebrating their exceptional service, innovation and dedication


• Dawn Jeffries, Detective Constable, Metropolitan Police Service


Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service


• Heath Joseph Thomas Keogh, Constable, Metropolitan Police Service


• Stuart Stephen King, Inspector, Avon and Somerset Police


• Martin Levi, formerly Detective Inspector, Greater Manchester Police


• John Donaldson Philip, Chief Officer Special Constabulary,


The Police Federation of England and Wales extends its warmest congratulations to the exceptional officers recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours, celebrating their dedication, innovation, and service to communities across the country. Amongst the


distinguished recipients is Tim Rogers, Branch Secretary of the West Midlands Police Federation, who has been awarded the King’s Police Medal (KPM). With three decades of service, Sergeant Rogers has been instrumental in leading a landmark campaign to reform the legal framework surrounding police driving. Thanks to his efforts, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 now ensures that officers are assessed against the standards of a “competent and trained police driver” rather than those of a civilian—an achievement that has significantly strengthened protections for officers responding to emergencies. Also receiving the KPM is Inspector


Chair, praised the honourees and said: “I would like to give my most heartfelt congratulations to all those officers recognised in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours. “Police officers are humble individuals who don’t do what they do for praise or


• Samantha Ellen Ridding, formerly Detective Chief Superintendent,


Humberside Police


• Timothy John Rogers, Sergeant, West Midlands Police


West Midlands Police


• Paul David Sanford, Chief Constable, Norfolk Constabulary


“Our colleagues work under enormous pressure, and this recognition highlights the positive impact of the police service.”


recognition, but when it comes, it is very much appreciated and deserved. “Our colleagues work under enormous pressure, and this recognition highlights the positive impact of the police service. I hope many more of my colleagues will receive this highest of honours in the future for their extraordinary achievements.”


2025 KING’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS


POLICE RECIPIENTS KING’S POLICE MEDAL (KPM):


Stuart King of Avon and Somerset Police, recognised for founding the Dementia Safeguarding Scheme a decade ago, and Detective Constable Dawn Jeffries of the Met Police, who has been honoured with the KPM for her remarkable 30- year career. Tiff Lynch, PFEW Acting National


• Kevin Baldwin, formerly Assistant Chief Constable, Essex Police


• Margaret Blyth, Chief Constable, Gloucestershire Police


• Justin Burt, formerly Detective Inspector, West Yorkshire Police


• Carl Daniel Galvin, Assistant Chief Constable, West Yorkshire Police


• David Mark Thomason, Detective Sergeant,


Police


Cheshire Constabulary • Nigel Philip Walsh,


• Julia Anne Wellby, formerly Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service


formerly Detective Superintendent, West Midlands Police


• Sir Stephen Watson QPM, Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police


KNIGHTHOOD:


MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (MBE):


• Mark David Hobin, Police Constable, Merseyside Police


BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL (BEM):


• Alison Natalie Harle, Police Constable, City of London Police


Northamptonshire Police • Katherine Frances Goodwin, Detective


• Damien Penman, Special Constable, Wiltshire Police


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• Junior Anderson, Police Constable, Youth Violence Intervention Team,


• Joanne Elizabeth Shiner, Chief Constable, Sussex


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