Each year the Force collects nominations for officers, staff and volunteers who have shown particular courage, compassion and inspiration in the course of their duties.  A shortlist is selected and put to public vote.

Past winners of the Public Choice Award include PC Richard Farrar, who single-handedly tackled an armed thief, PC Mike Tinsley for handling a domestic knife attack and Sergeant Ed Simpson for his work in breaking down the stigma of mental illness in the blue light services.

This year the nominees include:

• Police staff member Kim Wray, for her work with Police Cadets
• PC Mike Barker, for saving a man from suicide
• DS Angie Carey for her work safeguarding adults and children
• PC Craig Davies and PC Richard O’Connell for tackling a knife-man in a domestic incident
• DS Tracey Williams for her work on child safeguarding
• The Rural Taskforce
• Sergeant Amy Hunter for her campaign to create a memorial for a colleague murdered on duty
• PCSO Angie Smith for supporting students and staff at a school in the aftermath of a gun-plot

To read about the nominees and place your vote, visit:  www.northyorkshire.police.uk/award18   Voting closes at noon on 11 October.
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