Royal honours for city policemen
TWO West Midlands Police officers have also been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Alex Murray and Pc Gary Stack have both been recognised for inspiring and ground-breaking work.
ACC Murray has OBE for his work based policing.
The 41-year-old said: “I was really surprised when I received the letter telling me I had been awarded the OBE. It is a credit to all those staff who have tried to work in an evidence-based way. received an in evidence-
“I have worked with lots and lots of people in the police, in the College of Policing and in universities who are really committed to this approach and the benefits it can bring and I would like to say thank you to them all.”
Pc Gary Stack works in the Birmingham Partnerships Team based in the city centre and received a British Empire Medal for Services to Policing and the Community in this year’s honours.
The 38-year-old chairs the Force’s LGBT network and is also the force lead for sexual orientation hate crime. He said: “It was a huge shock when I received the letter to say I had been honoured but I feel extremely moved to have been recognised in this way.
“It is so important that the LGBT community trust that they can report crime to us and it will be taken seriously. A large part of my role lies in building that trust and in my time here I have seen things improve enormously both in terms of equality and legislatively.
“I am very proud to have received the medal but I know we can never be complacent and both my work and that of the force will continue.”