Hampshire Police Authority Personnel Committee
Item: 10
Establishment Report Part I
1 August 2006
Report of the Chief Constable
Contact: Mrs Maureen ADAMSON, Director of Personnel, Ext 79 3210
1. The Queen’s Birthday Honours Her Majesty The Queen is pleased to confer the
following awards which were announced in Her Birthday Honours List:
Queen’s Police Medal (QPM)
Mr Ian Robert READHEAD
Deputy Chief Constable
Mr Colin Frederick William SMITH
Assistant Chief Constable
Specialist Operations
Seconded to FCO (Iraq),
now retired
PC 1419 David Alan GREGORY
‘PF’ Fratton
Member of the British Empire (MBE)
‘S1’ PHQ
(Diverse
Communities Officer)
PS 1060 Glen John BARHAM
Commendations Since the last meeting of the Personnel Panel, the following officers
have been commended by the Chief Constable:A/PS 3131 Elliott James HOWARTH
‘BB’ Basingstoke
Commended by the Chief Constable for trying to rescue a man trapped by a burning
car and co-ordinating the actions of both emergency services and members of the
public at the scene. Mr Recorder Cullum commended him at Winchester Crown Court
for acting with enormous courage and putting others before his own safety.
PS 5551 Wayne VOLLER
‘PM’ Cosham RPU
Commended by the Chief Constable for attending an incident where a violent male who
was in possession of a knife, locked himself in the kitchen of his first floor flat and
turned on the gas taps. You displayed outstanding negotiation skills, professionalism
and bravery in a stressful situation. Your actions meant that the male turned the gas off
and together with PS ROGER you entered the building and arrested him. You are a
credit to Hampshire Constabulary.
PC 1316 Christopher ROGERS
‘PN’ Cosham
Commended by the Chief Constable for attending an incident where a violent male,
who was in possession of a knife, locked himself in the kitchen of his first floor flat and
turned on the gas taps. You displayed outstanding negotiations skills, professionalism
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and bravery in a stressful situation. Following PS VOLLERS further negotiations you
and he entered the building and arrested the male. You are a credit to Hampshire
Constabulary.
SC 9636 Dennis JARRETT
‘JW’ Waterlooville
Commended by the Chief Constable for attending an incident where a violent male,
who was in possession of a knife, locked himself in the kitchen of his first floor flat and
turned on the gas taps. You responded professionally to instructions in a stressful
situation, successfully evacuated the block of flats and contacted FSU. You are a
credit to Hampshire Constabulary.
PC 1139 Anthony Graham ADKINS
‘LN’ Newport
PC 21042 Alexander Peter COYNE
‘LN’ Newport
Commended by the Chief Constable for professionalism and courage at the scene of a
house fire where persons were reported as missing. At great risk and personal danger
to yourselves you gained access to the building, and through thick smoke rescued an
elderly male from inside the address, the man being subsequently removed to a place
of safety and later treated in hospital.
PC 933 Jayne WALKER
‘PS’ Southsea
PC
3156 Matthew CUMMING
‘PS’ Southsea
Commended by the Chief Constable for their act of bravery and putting the life of
others first by entering a potentially dangerous incident. If it had not been spotted
when it was, it could have resulted in the lives of the occupants within the house as
well as the potential danger of the fire spreading to other residences in the street.
PC 700 Wendy Carole RUDD
‘SC’ Southampton Central
PC 22987 Paul Christopher WREN
‘SC’ Southampton Central
PC 20322 Gavin John WILLIAMS
‘SC’ Southampton Central
PC 3337 Sheila Christina O’CONNELL
‘SC’ Southampton Central
Commended by the Chief Constable for an exceptional piece of police work and an
outstanding response to an armed robbery at a jewellery shop. The sheer courage,
commitment and professionalism shown led to the arrest and subsequent charging of
two suspects, the recovery of weapons, including a handgun, and all the property
valued in excess of £250,000.
PC 1046 Christopher David POWLING
‘PN’ Cosham
Commended by the Chief Constable for his dedication to duty and bravery in entering a
violent and dangerous situation whilst un-protected and alone.
PC 23695 Neal SKINNER
‘JW’ Waterlooville
Commended by the Chief Constable for his professionalism and bravery when dealing
with a male who tried to take his own life.
3. Death of Serving Police Staff With deep regret the death of the following members of
Police Staff is reported:Joined
Died
10646 Ms Nada Aleandra PENTER
03.09.01
23.11.05
10597 Mrs Angie CLARK
01.01.02
23.10.06
8749 Mrs Christine GRAINGER
21.04.80
24.02.06
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4. Death of Police Pensioner With deep regret the death of the following pensioners is
reported:Retired
Died
Former Police Constable Maurice John JENNINGS
20.06.91
13.04.06
Former Police Sergeant Brian TYRRELL
05.09.97
15.04.06
Former Police Sergeant Cyril Christopher George WOOD
31.05.75
18.04.06
Former Chief Constable Sir Douglas OSMOND
26.06.77
20.04.06
Former Police Constable Bertrum John STEVENS
31.12.73
13.04.06
Former Inspector Gordon Donald WATTS
21.05.66
15.04.06
Former Police Sergeant Benjamin Price REES
03.10.64
23.05.06
Former Police Constable George Hutchinson MORRISON 01.11.81
05.05.06
Former Police Constable Raymond George CROAD
16.06.74
03.06.06
5. Recommendation
That the report be noted.
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