Local Resolution Officer honoured at staff at Stars Awards

Donna Crowther (Local Resolution Officer, Rochdale) won the Respect Award for her fundraising efforts to help members of the Rochdale community.

Shining stars from Greater Manchester Police were recognised at an awards ceremony hosted by the Chief Constable.

The force’s STARS awards honour brave officers, volunteers, investigative teams and police staff who have gone above and beyond the call of duty during the past year.

Awards were presented to officers, apprentices, police community support officers and volunteers at Gorton Monastery on Friday 5 October 2018.

The awards were presented for different categories including service, teamwork, action, respect and safety and there were also a series of special recognition awards.

Under the service heading, staff were honoured for their service to customers and service to GMP and under safety staff received awards for safety, bravery and first aid.

Chief Constable Ian Hopkins opened proceedings at the event and paid tribute to all GMP police staff from the force’s different divisions.

He said: “Over the past 12 months our police officers and staff have once again excelled and these awards are testament to the wonderful work that they do day in day out.

“The STARS awards are a fantastic celebration of achievement and a way of showing appreciation for the amazing work that they do.

 “The public motivation score was extremely high in our recent staff survey, which shows how highly motivated GMP colleagues are to deliver public service, and the award nominations we received from across the force reflect that.”

Under the teamwork category, there were awards for teamwork and neighbourhood policing, investigative excellence and innovation/best practice prizes were presented for action.

There were also diversity in action and awareness, and support awards under the respect heading.

Chief Constable Ian Hopkins added: “Congratulations to all the officers, staff and volunteers that were nominated for awards and the standard was higher than ever this year.

“I’d like to say a big thanks to all the sponsors who are funding the awards, as without their support we couldn’t stage this event, and to Michelle Livesey from Hits Radio, who is giving her time to compere the event for us.

“All of our winners have shown a huge amount of professionalism and a dedication to the people of Greater Manchester and have done the force proud.”