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West Yorkshire Police is to recognise acts of bravery, tenacity and dedication to duty by officers from Bradford North Division at an awards ceremony in the city on Thursday night.

Bradford North Divisional Commander Chief Superintendent Allan Doherty and the Division's Senior Officers will present commendations to 34 Police Officers and Staff who have demonstrated the highest standards of professionalism in dealing with a variety of challenging situations, and who have 'gone the extra mile' in delivering a high quality of service to the public.

Three members of the public whose actions helped police foil a break-in and reduce crime in Bradford will also be recognised.

The special event, at the Dubrovnik Hotel, in Oak Avenue, Manningham, will be attended by officers' families and will recognise achievements by officers such as showing extreme courage in circumstances which could have been life threatening and disarming an armed male.

Chief Supt Doherty said: "Excellent work goes on in Bradford North Division on a daily basis but on occasion officers really go that one step further to push beyond the high standards we set and it gives me great pleasure to recognise their achievements.

“Members of the public will also be rewarded for their outstanding contributions to public safety at the new ceremony and their examples show how much can be achieved through partnership working between the Police and the community.”

“Everyone present at these awards should be proud of their achievements in helping to make Bradford a safer place.”

Those who will be recognised are:

PC 194 Tasbir Sangha for diligent efforts while off duty which resulted in the arrest of two males for tampering with a vehicle.

PC 1376 Mark Sutton and PC 393 Alex Daniels for bravery and communication skills in protecting the public from an armed man who was under the influence of narcotics.

PC 2286 Steve Suggitt, PC 4241 Richard Farrar and PC 6737 Paul Gledhill for effective patrol work in helping foil a vehicle fraud.

PCSO 235 David Lax for courage and calmness while detaining a violent person and who had assaulted his colleague while being confronted by a hostile crowd.

DC 1234 Lyndsey Wakeling, DS 2800 Ashley Hewitt and Mr Michael Redmile for an investigation into a case of arson with intent to endanger life.

PC 303 Richard Carroll and PC 5007 Simon Wilcox for diligence in investigating a case where there were 17 cases of damage to car tyres in the Ravenscliffe and Eccleshill areas.

PS 3950 Paul Stead, PC 5340 Russell Smith and DO Paul Seage for extreme courage in tackling a violent detainee in circumstances which could have been life threatening.

PC 6047 Andrew Hood for diligent and enthusiastic enquiries that identified an offence of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

PC 2061 Stella Swainston and PC 967 Paul Gee for brave and positive action in restraining a man carrying a suspected firearm even though they were unarmed. The man was arrested for possessing an air weapon in a public place.

DS 4141 Mark Long and DS 3321 Simon Pridgeon for professional drive, innovation and commitment shown over the past 12 months in tackling Class A drug markets in the Bradford and Keighley areas.

PCSO 745 Toni Chapman for displaying a high degree of courage and confidence while detaining a person for robbery.

SC 8053 Steve Kendall for 17 years dedicated and unselfish voluntary service to the community of Bradford North Division and West Yorkshire Police.

DS 443 Ian Lawrance, DC 1241 Simon Wilkinson and DC 725 William Gordon for disarming a man who was carrying a handgun, despite being unarmed themselves. The imitation forearm was recovered and the man was arrested.

PS 443 David Allen, PC 519 Dean Smith, PC 3193 Richard Sheard and PC 6071 Jason Mohan for effective actions in preventing a potential siege by capturing a man who had climbed onto the roof of a house to evade capture.

PC 6020 Jonathan Best for hard work and investigative skills in solving a series of robbery offences.

PS 443 David Allen, PC 3193 Richard Sheard, PC 5383 Graham Fox, PC 4142 Michael Cox for hard work and determination in arresting two prolific burglars who were offending on a daily basis.

DC 4914 Scott Smith for tenacity and determination in investigating a series of armed robberies.

PC 6109 Nigel Eaton for high levels of commitment and personal motivation in being the top performer within Bradford North Division.

PC 4142 Michael Cox and PS 443 David Allan for considerable effort in tracking down a male wanted for over six months for serious and violent offences.

DC 1280 Gillian Ashdown for a thorough and determined enquiry into a theft of over £100,000 from a vulnerable victim which lead to a conviction.

Penny Trepka, a member of the public for her support and hard work in reducing crime in the area of Heaton in Bradford.

Mr Barry Tyne (member of the public) for disturbing and foiling an attempted break in, into a neighbour’s car and subsequently chasing and detaining the suspect.

Mr Craig Spencer for tackling and detaining a violent male who was trying to break into a car.

Susan Hustler (CJSU casebuilder) for excellent detective work in investigating a robbery in which the suspects were identified and then sentenced to nine years imprisonment.

Also, Detective Constables Giuseppe Rawling, Lyndsey Wakeling, Scott Smith and Gillian Ashdown will be presented with their Initial Crime Investigators’ Development Programme Certificate (ICIDP).