Police honoured in New Years List
The New Years Honours list 2008 included many members of the police service from across the country.

The New Years Honours list 2008 included many members of the police service from across the country.
Chief Constable Andrew Cameron of Central Scotland Police was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He is currently the longest serving chief constable in Scotland, having served his role since 2000. He has a pivotal role in taking forward the leadership and people strategies for the Scottish Police service.
This is a wonderful privilege and I am very proud to be the recipient of the CBE, said Mr Cameron. However I believe that I would not have been awarded this fantastic honour without the loyalty, dedication and hard work of those around me.
Matthew David Baggott, chief constable of Leicestershire Police, was also awarded a CBE for his services to the police.
Former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland Patricia OLoan was awarded a D.B.E. for public service.
The honour of becoming a Member of the Victorian Order (M.V.O) was bestowed on Inspector John Joseph Smyth of the Met for services to royalty protection.
The Royal Victorian Medal (RVM) was awarded to RVM Constable Keith Andrew Chadband of the Met, also for services to royalty protection.
Officer of the British Empire (OBE) was awarded to John Azah, vice chair and a founding member of the Independent Advisory Group set up by the Met for his services to community relations in London. John Bernard Barradell, formerly chief officer of the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary, was a recipient of the OBE for his services to policing. Mr Barradell has been responsible for completely restructuring the Special Constabulary force during his long and distinguished career.
Other recipients of the award of OBE were David Robert Burge, head of the Police Finance and Pension Unit at the Home Office, former chairman Andrew Keddie of the Scottish Police Conveners` Forum, Assistant Chief Constable Anton Setchell of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Deputy Chief Constable Andrew Stewart Trotter of the British Transport Police and Rosemarie Dickie, former chairwoman of Northamptonshire Police Authority.
Pat Wynne, a 73 year-old Staffordshire Police volunteer who has also served as both a special constable and an officer, has been awarded an MBE. It is in recognition of more than 56 years that she has dedicated to the police service.
I am very proud and honoured to receive this award, she said. It has been a privilege to work for Staffordshire Police for so many years, and I hope to be able to continue.
Also honoured with an MBE was Alastair Thompson, director of logistical services for the Met.
I am truly honoured, he said. This recognises the hard work and support of all the people within the MPS, who have worked tirelessly to improve the delivery of key support services to the officers and staff throughout the organisation.
MBEs were also awarded to Constable Cornell Roxroy Crofton Barnes of West Midlands Police, Sergeant Gary Brown of Lincolnshire Police, former forensic engineer Michael Flockhart of the Met, Peter Geoffrey George of Kent Police, Superintendent Michael Patrick Gillick of West Midlands Police, Thomas Alfred Gorringe for services to the police in Northern Ireland, Constable Hazel Elva Goss of North Wales Police, Chief Executive and Clerk George Harding of Norfolk Police Authority, Chief Inspector Alan Otter of British Transport Police, Detective Chief Inspector Robert James Vinson of Kent Police, Special Constable Nichola Kirkham, South Yorkshire and Carolyn Williamson secretary of the British Association for Women in Policing.
Superintendent Neil Boon and temporary Assistant Chief Constable Jerry Kirkby of Kent Police were both awarded a Queens Police Medal (QPM).
Mr Kirkby, 44, is ACPO lead for police community support officers and works for the NPIA as director for the neighbourhood policing programme. He said, I am deeply honoured. I am very conscious of the valued support I have