Thursday 13 November 2008 at The Horticultural Halls, London
The annual Jane's Police Review Gala Awards have established themselves as the most prestigious event for recognising and rewarding excellence in community policing in the United Kingdom.
Brought to you by Jane's Police Review magazine (the UK’s biggest selling policing magazine), they provide an opportunity for all police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to recognise outstanding achievements of community police officers across the full spectrum of their police career - from student to the year of retirement.
Established in 1992 as an annual national event, the awards highlight the work of the bobbies on the beat who are not attached to high-profile units or squads and who rarely make the headlines . . . yet who deserve to.
Nominees for the five categories are put forward by the constabularies across England, Wales and Northern Ireland (including British Transport Police and MoD Police) In 2007, 46 forces were represented and nominations were judged by a high profile panel who also attended the awards event. Attendees cover the full spectrum of those involved in policing – from MPs to senior officers to student officers.
We look forward to seeing you on 13 November 2008 at the Horticultural Halls.
Chris Herbert, Editor, Jane's Police Review
To sample a taster of the event watch this short movie.
Jane's Police Review Gala Awards are proud to support the National Police Children's Charity, ' Child Victims of Crime'. Its purpose is to support children whose lives have been affected by crime. To learn more, please visit www.cvoc.org.uk
Nick Owen – your host for the evening
Nicholas Owen is a Presenter with BBC News, which he re-joined in February 2007. For well over a decade before that he hosted all ITN's major bulletins, including Channel Four News and News at Ten. He has also appeared in a wide range of other TV and radio programmes, including BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing in 2006.
From 1994 to 2000 Nicholas was Royal Correspondent for ITV News. In that capacity he played a major role in reporting on the death and funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, for which ITN won an RTS Award. He compiled a book on her life entitled "Diana - The People's Princess."
He has been a regular contributor to ITN's Budget programmes, having joined ITN as Channel Four News' Business and Economics Correspondent. During the first Gulf War Nicholas presented the highly-acclaimed Midnight Special Programmes when they were launched on Channel Four. He also anchored The Parliament Programme, Channel Four's first daytime political series.
Nicholas began his journalistic career on the Surrey Mirror in 1964, moving to Fleet Street in 1968. He worked for the Evening Standard and the Daily Telegraph before spending seven years with the Financial Times.
In 1981 Nicholas switched to television reporting, joining the BBC in the North of England, covering general and industrial stories for both regional and national news and current affairs programmes. He moved to ITN in 1984.
Nicholas Owen was born in 1947. He has a close interest in transport matters, especially railways and light rail schemes. His publications include a history of the British trolleybus. Nicholas also hosts many corporate and charity events, and is an after dinner speaker. He is married to a newspaper journalist, lives in Surrey, has four children - and two grandchildren.
How to Enter?
Nomination forms for each category are sent from Jane’s Police Review to each Chief Constable from every force in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in March 2008. A liaison officer is appointed in every force to collate force nominations. The closing date for entries is Monday 9 June 2008.