Record QPM awards for rank and file officers follows PoliceOracle.com analysis

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Record QPM awards for rank and file officers follows PoliceOracle.com analysis

Welcome from some in service to the change which sees highest number of Fed ranked personnel in years get the medal.

Ian Hanson has been awarded the QPM. He says it is recognition for all of GMP Fed

Date - 30th December 2016
By - Ian Weinfass - Police Oracle

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The proportion of rank and file officers being awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in the New Year Honours list has shot up. Six months after PoliceOracle.com highlighted the gross imbalance in the number of officers below the rank of...

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