Provincial Police Award
| Date | 01 July 1981 |
| Published date | 01 July 1981 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X8105400307 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
PROVINCIAL
POLICE
AWARD
Members
of
the Association of
Chief
Police Officers of England,
Wales,
and
Northern
Ireland, wishing to recognize
outstanding
cases
of
assistance given to the police by members
of
the public in the
maintenance of law
and
order,
instituted in 1965
an
Award which is
known
as the Provincial Police Award.
The
principal Award takes
the
form
of
aGold
Medal
and
is presented
annually
to the person(s)
adjudged to have performed
the
most
meritorious deed in
support
of
law
and
order
in the
areas
represented by the Association, namely,
England (with
the
exception of
the
Metropolitan
and
Cityof
London
Police areas in which there is a separate Award), Wales, the Isle of
Man,
the
Channel
Islands
and
Northern
Ireland.
In
addition,
aCertificate
of
Commendation
is
awarded
in those
instances where'the degree of bravery
or
devotion
to civic
duty
does
not
quite
attain
the very high
standard
required for the Gold Medal.
Provincial Police Award 1980
During
the
year 1980
the
assistance given to the police by 25 members
of
the
public
prompted
the
Chief
Constables concerned to
submit
their individual cases for consideration
for·the
award.
The
Selection
Committee
met on Friday,
March
20, 1981,
and
having considered the facts
of
each case it was decided
that
one Gold
Medal
and
nine Certificates of
Commendation
should be
awarded.
AGold
Medal
was
awarded
to
PETER
ALLAN
BROWN,
32
years, of 98 St. Georges
Road,
Kingston
upon
Hull, who
at
2.00 p.m.
on
Thursday
September
11th, 1980, was in his office,
from
where he
operates as a self-employed
taxi
driver, when he was
approached
by a
customer
who
requested his services. As Mr. Brown drove his
passenger to his destination he was followed by a police
car
which
eventually caused the
taxi
to stop.
Suddenly
the
passenger
produced
a .45 Webley &
Scott
Service Revolver
from
his brief case
and
ordered
Mr. Brown to reverse his vehicle. Mr. Brown feigned a
mechanical defect with
the
taxi
and
signalled to the police officers to
stay where they were. As
the
passenger waved
the
gun
towards
the
front
of
the
taxi
in the general direction of the police officers, Mr.
Brown
grabbed
both
the
weapon
and
the
man's
hand
and
pushed
them
down
towards
the passenger
door.
He shouted to
the
police
officers
and
kept
hold of
the
offender
and
the
gun
until he
had
been
restrained by
the
two constables.
It
transpired
that
prior
to
approaching
Mr.
Brown
the
offender
had
committed
arobbery at a
bank
and
that
the
bag
which he was carrying
contained
the
proceeds
of
the
crime.
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