Queen's Police Medal Awards

Over half of the Queen’s Police Medals

have been awarded to officers below the rank of superintendent.

Nine rank and file police officers have been 

awarded the prestigious Queen’s Police Medal

by Her Majesty The Queen as part of her 

New Year’s Honours – 3 times the number 

honoured in the 2016 Birthday Honours.

In one of her final actions as Home Secretary,

Prime MinisterTheresa May recommended 

that more officers below senior 

ranks should receive the Queen’s Police Medal, 

to recognise the vital role they play in protecting 

the public and address an imbalance over to 

whom the medal is awarded.

Police leaders responded by putting forward 

a number officers from junior ranks from 

across England and Wales who have shown 

outstanding courage and distinguished 

service in the line of duty. More than half 

of the 17 Queen’s Police Medals announced 

today have been awarded to officers below 

the rank of superintendent.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said:

These deserving recipients of Queen’s Police

Medals have gone above and beyond 
the call of their duties and it is absolutely 
right that we recognise all of those who serve 
our communities and keep us safe.

I am especially pleased by the response 
from policing leaders, who have made sure 
that a shift in nominations has led to a much 
more representative group of officers
receiving the medal. I look forward to seeing 
many more brave and talented individuals 
at every rank of our police forces being 
honoured in this way in the future.

The Queen’s Police Medal was instituted 

by its royal warrant in 1954 and is awarded 

to officers of any rank for acts of courage 

and/or conspicuous devotion to duty. 

It superseded the King’s Police Medal, 

which was originally created in 1909.

Minister for Policing and the Fire Service 

Brandon Lewis said: There are exceptionally 

skilled, dedicated and professional 

officers in all areas of our police forces, 

from frontline constables to senior leaders. 

Honours such as the Queen’s Police Medal 

have been awarded for over 100 years to 

recognise some of their exceptional individual 

contributions.

I am delighted that more rank and file 

officers have been awarded the medal 

this year, for dedication to their duties and 

acts of exceptional courage. I hope

the example they have set continues to 

inspire the very best from officers and 

police staff in 2017.

The recipients of the Queen’s Police Medal 

are:

• PC Ifor Williams 
• (Avon and Somerset Police)
• Sergeant Timothy Slade 
• (City of London Police)
• PC Jacqueline Oliver
• (Metropolitan Police Service)
• Chief Superintendent Martin Lloyd Fry
• (British Transport Police)
• PC Leslie Roger Eke 
• (Thames Valley Police)
• PC Christopher Smith 
• (Dorset Police)
• PC Louise Pye 
• (Sussex Police)
• PC Shirley Vivienne Lindsay 
• (Avon and Somerset Police)
• Inspector Ian David Hanson 
• (Greater Manchester Police)
• Detective Inspector Carol Ellwood 
• (Humberside Police)
• Chief Superintendent Gordon Briggs
•  (Metropolitan Police Service)
• Chief Superintendent Victor Olisa 
• (Metropolitan Police Service)
• Chief Superintendent Jagdev Singh Atwal 
• (Derbyshire Constabulary)
• Assistant Chief Constable David John Allard 
• (Ministry of Defence Police)
• Temporary Assistant Chief Constable
•  Angela Williams (West Yorkshire Police)
• Commander Simon Martin Letchford 
• (Metropolitan Police Service)
• Chief Constable David Graham Jones 
• (North Yorkshire Police)