The honours awarded by His Majesty, The King are published in the official Crown newspaper, the London Gazette, twice a year – at New Year, and in mid-June on the date of the King's official birthday, once per year as a special supplement for the King's Award for Voluntary Service on 14 November, and within various other Special Supplements for miscellaneous awards, honours and achievements.
There have been numerous awards of honours to members of the Special Constabulary across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including individuals of all ranks, and team awards. These include the following:
OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire MBE – Member of the Order of the British Empire BEM – British Empire Medal KPM – King's Police Medal KAVS – King's Award for Voluntary Service
All of the honours listed above, apart from the King's Award for Voluntary Service, allow for the use of the abbreviated post-nominal letters after the individual's name. Special Constables are also eligible for the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal after 9 years service as a volunteer Police Officer.
Honours Recipients
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) RankNameForceAwardedDate Chief Officer Gavin Marcus McKinnon Kent Police King's Birthday Honours 17 June 2023 Chief OfficerJohn Bernard BarradellMetropolitan Police ServiceNew Year Honours1 January 2008Chief OfficerPeter Lyn HowellsGwent PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours11 June 2005
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) RankNameForceAwardedDateChief OfficerCraig BathamSouth Yorkshire PoliceKing's Birthday Honours14 June 2024Chief OfficerDarren TaylorNorfolk ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours11 June 2021Chief OfficerKatherine HancockWarwickshire PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2021Chief OfficerMark OwenNorth Wales PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2021Special ConstableAlan MarwoodNottinghamshire PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours10 October 2020Special InspectorMadeleine ClementsSouth Wales PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours10 October 2020Chief OfficerMichael Walmsley Greater Manchester PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2020Special Chief InspectorDerek Alan MayKent PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2019Special SergeantRobert Victor HarrildMetropolitan Police ServiceNew Year Honours1 January 2017Special Chief InspectorRaymond William LumleyNorfolk ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2017Special ConstableRichard Fredrick WarrenWiltshire PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours10 June 2016Chief OfficerDebi Potter Dorset PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2015Assistant Chief OfficerDerek Hopkins Essex PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2015Special ConstablePaul Harrison Metropolitan Police ServiceNew Year Honours1 January 2015Special SuperintendentAlistair Borland Thames Valley PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours14 June 2014Special ConstableJohn Giles Metropolitan Police ServiceQueen's Birthday Honours14 June 2014Area OfficerTrevor Spence Lancashire ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours14 June 2013Special ConstableAlistair Iain McFadyen West Yorkshire PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2014Special InspectorPatrick Otto Rarden City of London PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2014Special ConstableSimon Paul Bale Avon and Somerset ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours14 June 2013Area OfficerBrian William Hewlett Gloucestershire ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours14 June 2013Special ConstableMartin John Hovenden Sussex ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2013District OfficerRichard John Ashwin Owen Hampshire ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2013Special ConstableJohn Michael Tupman Wiltshire PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2013Chief OfficerAlan William Paul Brown Devon and Cornwall ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours16 June 2012Chief OfficerGlyn Gardner Warwickshire ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours16 June 2012Special SergeantBrian Rodney Hunter Lincolnshire PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours16 June 2012Special ConstableJohn Wood Avon and Somerset ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours16 June 2012Chief OfficerMrs Beryl Lynn Hodgson Hampshire ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2012Special InspectorPeter William Kellett Lancashire ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2012Special SergeantGurcharan Singh DhesiMetropolitan Police ServiceQueen's Birthday Honours11 June 2011Assistant Divisional OfficerStephen LindsayGloucestershire ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2011Chief OfficerMalcolm David PearsonNorfolk ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2011Assistant Chief OfficerMiss Patricia Ann HoldsworthMetropolitan Police ServiceQueen's Birthday Honours12 June 2010Special Chief InspectorMrs Brenda RoscoeGreater Manchester PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours12 June 2010Special ConstableMiss Ann SevierHampshire ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours12 June 2010Special ConstableAnthony John AldermanAvon and Somerset ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2010Special ConstableWarner James BakerHampshire ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2010Divisional OfficerMrs Carol Ann DownesDerbyshire ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2010Special ConstableJacqueline Lesley ConnorSussex ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2009Special ConstableMrs Pamela Mary BeckeWest Mercia PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2009Special ConstableKeith BroughLothian and Borders PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2009Chief OfficerNigel Francis GreenBedfordshire PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2009Special ConstableGraham Arthur SmoutStaffordshire PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2009Special SergeantSimon WintersHertfordshire ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2009Special ConstableMaurice DuckworthLancashire ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2009Chief OfficerGeoffrey Charles KnupferDurham ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2009CommandantIan Kenneth MillerCity of London PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2008Chief OfficerSatbir Singh GianyHampshire ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2008Special ConstableMrs Nichola KirkhamSouth Yorkshire PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2008Chief CommandantSusan Bowes-EvansSouth Wales PoliceNew Year Honours30 December 2006Special ConstableIan Michael ParksDurham ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2006Chief OfficerMichael John HedgesNorfolk ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours11 June 2005Divisional OfficerMrs Janet RileyStaffordshire PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours11 June 2005Divisional CommandantFrancis Raymond WalsterHumberside ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours11 June 2005Special ConstableGeorge Kenneth WantWarwickshire ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours11 June 2005District OfficerMrs Margaret WilkinSouth Yorkshire PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2005Sector OfficerMichael William RobinsonSuffolk ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours12 June 2004Area OfficerGeorge Frank HaynesWarwickshire ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2000Special ConstableDouglas Scott McKayLothian and Borders PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2000
British Empire Medal (BEM) RankNameForceAwardedDateSpecial InspectorRyan Paul ClarkeNottinghamshire PoliceKing's Birthday Honours14 June 2025Special InspectorChristopher Jamieson British Transport PoliceNew Year Honours30 December 2023 Special Inspector Robert Lewis South Wales Police King's Birthday Honours17 June 2023Chief OfficerSharron Moverley-HolmesNorth Yorkshire PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours2 June 2022Special ConstableMichael ScottNorthumbria PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours2 June 2022Special Constable Jonathan GrayNorthumbria PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours2 June 2022Special SuperintendentSudath Leon DiasEssex PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours2 June 2022Special ConstableRod MunroLincolnshire PoliceQueen’s Birthday Honours1 January 2022Chief OfficerKenneth IredaleSurrey PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours12 June 2021Special ConstableRobert DaviesSouth Wales PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2021Special ConstableGraham WilsonPolice Service of ScotlandQueen's Birthday Honours10 October 2020Chief OfficerCairn Frederick Newton-EvansDyfed-Powys PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2019Special SuperintendentHoward RaynerEssex PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2019Special InspectorKenneth AveryHampshire ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2019Special SergeantJared SimpsonGreater Manchester PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2019Special SergeantCharles PearsonWest Mercia ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2019Special SergeantAlan SmithBritish Transport PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2019Chief OfficerBenjamin CliffordBritish Transport PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours8 June 2018Special Constable Russ HallDevon & Cornwall PoliceQueen’s Birthday Honours8 June 2018Special ConstableDavid SlackKent PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours8 June 2018Special ConstableLloyd Bartle FaireyNorthamptonshire PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2018Special Chief InspectorSteven Barry GreenwoodBritish Transport PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours16 June 2017Special ConstableBrian Edward MurphyCumbria ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours16 June 2017Special SergeantMark WalderBritish Transport PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2017Special Constable(Frank) Linden Riley Greater Manchester PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2015Chief OfficerDavid Robinson Cleveland PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2015Special ConstableJohn Ayers Metropolitan PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2015Special ConstableKevin Derrick Lee Staffordshire PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours14 June 2014Michael David Roberts Cumbria ConstabularyNew Year Honours1 January 2014Area OfficerDavid Clifford John Kingsnorth Suffolk ConstabularyQueen's Birthday Honours14 June 2013Divisional CommandantRaymond MayGreater Manchester PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 1992
King's (formerly Queen's) Police Medal Special Constables in England and Wales are now eligible to receive the King's Police Medal. On 11 March 2022 Queen Elizabeth II approved amendments to the Royal Warrant to expressly state that members of the Special Constabulary in England and Wales were eligible for the medal. As members of a police force, Special Constables in Scotland were already eligible."Special Constabulary changes". Orders & Medals Research Society Journal. 61 (3): 195. September 2022. .
RankNameForceAwardedDateSpecial ConstableAlistair Cameron Police Service of ScotlandBirthday Honours15 June 2024 Special SergeantNiyi Opaleye Kent PoliceBirthday Honours15 June 2024Special Chief InspectorLaura Hart Merseyside PoliceNew Year Honours30 December 2023Special ConstableAndrew Gillies Police ScotlandQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2015Special ConstableMarshall Moyes Police ScotlandNew Year Honours1 January 2015Special ConstableHugh Duncan Grampian PoliceNew Year Honours1 January 2012Special ConstableFrank BuchanTayside PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours12 June 2010Special ConstableRobert Ballantyne Grampian PoliceQueen's Birthday Honours13 June 2008
King's (formerly Queen's) Award for Voluntary Service
The King's Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK, and is equivalent to a collective MBE. The majority of the group must be volunteers.
Winners are given a certificate signed by HM The King and a domed crystal trophy. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
+Special Constabularies awarded the QAVSForceDateSouth Wales Police – Special Constabulary2 June 2021Greater Manchester Police – Special Constabulary2 June 2018Kent Special Constabulary - Kent Police2 June 2014
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