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New Year Honours:

Congratulations to policing and public safety recipients of the 2025 New Year Honours

New Year Honours 2025

We are pleased to publish and recognise the policing and public safety recipients of the UK and New Zealand 2025 New Year Honours. The team at Policing Insight offer our congratulations and thank all the recipients for their service.

Damehood / Knighthood (DBE / KBE)

Nicole Alison JACOBS, Domestic Abuse Commissioner, England and Wales. For services to Victims of Domestic Abuse

Andrew COOKE, QPM DL, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services, for Services to Policing and to Public Service

Companions of the Order of the Bath

Jaee Kamalnath SAMANT CBE, Director General, Public Safety, Home Office. For Public Service

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Michelle MACLEOD. For services to Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement in Scotland

James Michael Douglas THOMSON Lately Chair, City of London Police Authority Board. For services to Policing and to Inclusion

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Stephanie BRACE Officer, National Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement

Ian Lamont COSH, Assistant Chief Officer, Greater Manchester Police, for Services to Policing

Julie Anne DEVEY Campaigner and Co-Founder, Killed Women. For services to the Victims of Domestic Violence and their Families

Nicholas Charles GAZZARD Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hollie Gazzard Trust. For services to Tackling Violence Against Women

Carole GOULD Campaigner and Co-Founder, Killed Women. For services to the Victims of Domestic Violence and their Families

Julian John HALLIGAN Senior Scientific Officer, Forensic Science Northern Ireland. For services to Justice and to Forensic Science

Jermaine HANSON Officer, National Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement

Jennifer Mary Julie LEONARD Director of Operational Policing Law, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Policing and to National Security

David Edward LLOYD Lately Police and Crime Commissioner, Hertfordshire. For services to Public Safety

The Rt. Hon. Alun Edward MICHAEL JP Lately Police and Crime Commissioner, South Wales. For services to Public Safety

Hawa Daboh SESAY Executive Director, Hawa Trust Foundation. For services to the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Desmond Maximillian McGrath BROWN Founder, Growing Futures UK and Chair, Independent Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel, Avon and Somerset Police. For services to the community in Avon and Somerset

Kerry-Anne COOPER, Police Chaplain, Hertfordshire Constabulary, for Services to the Community of Hemel Hempstead

Dr Gary CRAIG Inspector, Police Service for Northern Ireland. For Public and Charitable Service

Martine JAYS Officer, National Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement

Soma SARA Founder, Everyone’s Invited. For services to the Eradication of Sexual Abuse Against Women

Mark LAY, National Drug Co-ordination Lead, Dyfed-Powys and NPCC, for Services to Preventing Drug Related Deaths

Triska MAMAND For services to Law Enforcement

Ronald (Ron) MCMURDIE, Lately Special Chief Inspector, Hertfordshire Constabulary, for Services to Policing

Anthony John Adam MCNALLY Detective Chief Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For Public Service

The Reverend Andrew PAGET Senior Force Chaplain, Avon and Somerset Police. For services to Policing and to the community in Avon and Somerset

Dr Marcus Eldon ROBERTS Director, Policy and Strategy, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. For services to Public Safety and to the Victims of Addiction

Imran SHAH, Chair, Independent Advisory Group and Community Leader, West Yorkshire Police, for Services to Policing and the Community in West Yorkshire

Keith SURTEES Senior Investigating Officer, Operation Kenova, Police Service for Northern Ireland. For Public Service

James WHITE Officer, National Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Douglas Sidney ALLEN Police Support Volunteer, Avon and Somerset Police. For services to Policing and to the community in Somerset

Rona BENSON, CCTV Operator, Norfolk Constabulary, for Services to Policing and Crime Prevention

Lynne FAIRCLOUGH Community Volunteer, Merseyside Police. For services to Policing and to the community in Merseyside

Carly HART, Neighbourhood Support Officer, Cardiff East South Wales Police, for Services to Policing and to the Local Community

Jeremy HOLLAND, Police Support Volunteer, North Yorkshire Police, for Services Policing and to the Community

Jennifer LAMBOLL, Police Staff Supervisor, Contact Management Centre, Thames Valley Police, for Services to Policing

Marek REGAN, Police Community Support Officer (PCSO), Metropolitan Police Service, for Services to Community Sports

David SMITH, Police Sergeant, North Wales Police, for Services to the Community in North Wales and to Charity

A huge congratulations and well done to all of those recognised for their service to policing in His Majesty the King’s New Year Honours List. Police bravery and dedication to duty has been at the forefront this year, and I am so pleased to see so many officers, staff, and volunteers from across the country awarded for their contribution to keeping our communities safe. Policing is a job like no other that requires a tremendous amount of commitment, dedication and courage, and I am proud to see the recipients recognised in this way.”
Gavin Stephens, NPCC Chair

King’s Police Medal (KPM) Home Office

Mark Colin BAKER, lately Detective Chief Superintendent, Merseyside Police

Nicola Louise BRYAR, lately Detective Chief Superintendent, West Yorkshire Police

Ross DORMAN, lately Constable, Kent Police

Matthew HARDCASTLE, Constable, Metropolitan Police Service

Emma Laura HARRIS, Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Service

Gary Martin HASKINS, Detective Superintendent, Avon and Somerset Police

Christopher HAWARD, Chief Constable, Lincolnshire Police / National Police Chiefs’ Council

Ian William HUNTER, lately Detective Chief Superintendent, Thames Valley Police

Mohammed Osman KHAN, Assistant Chief Constable, West Yorkshire Police

Mark Jeffrey O’DELL, Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service

Trevor Brian RODENHURST, Chief Constable, Bedfordshire Police

Kathryn THACKER, Detective Chief Superintendent, Norfolk Constabulary

Justin Matthew TWIGG, lately Detective Inspector, West Yorkshire Police

Matthew TWIST, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service

Jeremy Mark VAUGHAN, Chief Constable, South Wales Police

James Roger WEEMS, lately Chief Superintendent, Thames Valley Police

Michael Philip WEST, lately Detective Superintendent, Devon and Cornwall Police.

King’s Police Medal (KPM) Northern Ireland Office

Samuel DONALDSON, Chief Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Melanie JONES, Temporary Assistant Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Jeremy LINDSAY, Chief Superintendent, Police Service of Northern Ireland

King’s Police Medal (KPM) Scottish Office

Shaheen BABER, Superintendent, Police Scotland (Retired)

Alan SPEIRS, Deputy Chief Constable, Police Scotland

New Zealand Honours

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)

Alan Kenneth RICHARDS. For services to the New Zealand Police and education

Ms Deborah Claire MACKENZIE – For services to victims of domestic violence

King’s Service Medal (KSM)

Sergeant Leslie Edward (Les) CLARKE. For services to the New Zealand Police and the community.

Senior Constable Paul Hendrick LAMPE. For services to youth

Open quote red - transparent backgroundIt’s fantastic to see this recognition for three such deserving members of the Police Family, Alan, Les and Paul have each given decades of service to communities here and overseas and we cannot overestimate the massive contribution they continue to make. Their careers illustrate the sort of skills that staff with such long and wide experience bring to policing – and to their roles as leaders in their communities. I congratulate them all on this achievement and thank them for their exemplary service.”

Commissioner Richard Chambers, NZ Police


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