NEW YEAR HONOURS


‘Just doing my job’ says MBE officer


Sergeant Timothy Barrell, South Wales Police


Special Chief Officer Mark Owen, North Wales


awarded the BEM, worked with Highpoint prison intelligence staff to conduct visitor drug operations. He has provided resilience to the town of Haverhill while supporting his regular colleagues, who describe him as ‘amazing and willing to do anything to help’. David Thompson QPM, the


Chief Constable of West Midlands Police since 2016 and Vice-Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, received a knighthood.


The Reverend Glynne James, PC Malique Al-Shabazz, Merseyside Police


Principal Police Chaplain for South Wales, was also recognised with the BEM for dedicating more than six decades of his life to serving his country and community. He has been a priest for 36 years and was in the armed forces before joining Swansea Borough Police in 1964. Reacting to the honour, he said: “When the Cabinet Office contacted me, I thought they had come to the wrong person. It was a pleasant shock which left me speechless.” See our website (polfed.org) for the full list of police officers who received honours.


pandemic response built and how respectful it was for


families. To have leads from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Catholic faiths, and non-religious leaders all speaking to each other and agreeing was powerful and positive for the future.” DCI Pearson is president of the Lichfield and District branch of Soroptimist International – an organisation focused on improving the lives of women and girls and was able to mobilise local soroptimists to make knitted hearts for the bereaved, and gifts for the NHS.


She also trained 90 soroptimists to assist in domestic violence courts.


DCI Pearson in Thailand


Chief Inspector Hob Hoque, Bedfordshire Police


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“I am incredibly humbled – I was just doing the job I am passionate about,” said Chief Inspector Hob Hoque, a Bedfordshire Police officer and Federation rep who was made an MBE. Hob joined the Force at 18,


nearly two decades ago, and has been a Fed rep for 10 years. His award is for services to policing in respect of his tireless work in building better community relations. Hob oversees 230 response


officers and is Bedfordshire’s lead on stop and search. He previously managed local teams in the areas in which he grew up.


Hob, who has Bangladeshi


heritage, added: “I am passionate about working in the community to help bring about positive change. When I look back on incidents throughout the years it shows how far we have come and our relationship with the public is now stronger.” Emma Carter, Secretary of


Bedfordshire Police Federation, paid tribute to Hob as “a great guy who is always wanting to help others”. She added: “He is always found with a smile on his face and I have seen first-hand how much time and effort he puts into everything he does.”


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