{"id":71799,"date":"2016-06-30T09:28:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=2d8db58bd1a526dae94a1ebfcc5b12a7"},"modified":"2016-06-30T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:28:04","slug":"press-release-nominations-open-for-awards-celebrating-police-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=71799","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Nominations open for awards celebrating police volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/nominations-now-open-for-the-lord-ferrers-awards-2016\">Lord Ferrers Awards<\/a> recognise the outstanding contribution to local policing made by individuals and teams across 3 different kinds of police volunteer roles: special constables, volunteer police cadets and police support volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>The awards are a chance to celebrate the achievements of police volunteers across England and Wales and members of the public and police forces can now nominate anyone who they think deserves special recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Penning, Minister for Policing, Fire, Criminal Justice and Victims, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Police volunteers across the country play a vital role in the communities that they serve. Every day they make a selfless contribution to tackling crime and keeping our streets safe.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord Ferrers Awards are an opportunity to recognise and celebrate their achievements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I urge members of the public to get involved and nominate police volunteers who they think have made an outstanding contribution to their communities for an award.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Special Inspector John Power of Bedfordshire Police received the Special Award for Achievement through Adversity in 2015. Special Inspector Power overcame cystic fibrosis and a double lung transplant to become the UK\u2019s first ever special constable dog handler.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I was so excited just to be nominated for the award, so winning was a complete surprise. I\u2019m very grateful, and proud to represent Bedfordshire Police. I\u2019ve been making the most of every opportunity since I had my lung transplant, and this award is the highlight of my work as a special.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Awards like this are vital, because they are a chance to honour the volunteers who give up their time to support front line policing across the UK. I would not have got this far without the support of my managers at Bedfordshire Police, and I\u2019m extremely grateful for their support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Members of the public have from midnight 30 June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/nominations-now-open-for-the-lord-ferrers-awards-2016\">until 17 July to make nominations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony will take place in central London in September 2016. Winners will be presented with their awards by Home Office ministers, senior officials and chief police officers.<\/p>\n<p>The 8 categories are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Special Constabulary, Individual Award: celebrating special constables who have demonstrated a sustained and significant contribution to policing in their local communities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Special Constabulary, Team Award: recognising teams of special constables who have demonstrated a sustained and significant contribution to policing in their local communities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Police Support Volunteer, Individual Award: celebrating police support volunteers who have demonstrated a significant and sustained contribution to policing in their local communities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Police Support Volunteer, Team Award: recognising teams who have worked together to make a significant and sustained contribution to policing in their local communities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Volunteer Police Cadet, Individual Award: celebrating individual volunteer police cadets who have demonstrated a significant and sustained contribution to policing in their local communities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Volunteer Police Cadet, Team Award: open to teams who have worked together to make a significant and sustained contribution to policing in their local communities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Employer Supported Policing Award: open to individuals and teams of employees who support their local police force through volunteering; the award recognises the contribution of both volunteers and their employers and will now be open to those accredited under the community safety accreditation scheme<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Leadership Award: open to individual special constables who have demonstrated a significant and sustained contribution to leadership<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Previously nominations for Lord Ferrers Awards were made by police forces only. This is the first year that members of the public have been invited to submit nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Home Office announced plans to extend the powers of police volunteers so they can play a greater role in policing our communities. Legislation is currently going through Parliament via the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/services.parliament.uk\/bills\/2015-16\/policingandcrime.html\">Policing and Crime Bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown to the 2016 Lord Ferrers Awards has begun &#8211; the public are invited to nominate inspiring police volunteers for the first time in the event\u2019s 23 year history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}