{"id":4961,"date":"2020-01-28T20:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T20:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2020-01-28T20:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T20:24:49","slug":"police-and-emergency-services-recognised-in-australia-day-honours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/01\/28\/police-and-emergency-services-recognised-in-australia-day-honours\/","title":{"rendered":"POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES RECOGNISED IN AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott has today congratulated 21 first responders recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours.
\nEight NSW Police officers have been awarded the Australian Police Medal, one NSW Police civilian employee has been awarded the Public Service Medal, six Rural Fire Service members and three Fire and Rescue personnel have been awarded the Australian Fire Services Medal, while three members of the State Emergency Service and Volunteer Rescue Association have received the Emergency Services Medal.
\nMr Elliott said the men and women on this year\u2019s Honours List exemplified the Australian values of mateship and community service.
\n\u201cOver the past few weeks and months, the community has seen more of our heroes in Police and Emergency Services than they have ever seen before,\u201d Mr Elliott said.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a horror bushfire season and as a community we are grieving for the lives, homes and memories that have been taken away from us.
\n\u201cBut today is a day to recognise the service and sacrifice of the men and women who well and truly stepped up to the plate and put the safety of others before their own.
\n\u201cIt is also a day to pause and reflect on those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
\n\u201cTo the families of the fallen, both in NSW and in the United States our message is this: thank you – thank you for raising and supporting the kind of people who put others first in our darkest hour.
\n\u201cOn behalf of the NSW Government, I\u2019d like to thank all of our police officers and emergency services personnel and volunteers, and reiterate our commitment to providing them with resources they need to keep communities across NSW safe.\u201d
\nAustralian Police Medal Nominees:<\/strong>
\nDetective Superintendent Anthony Cooke, St George PAC
\nDetective Superintendent David Darcy, Northern Beaches PAC
\nDetective Superintendent Gavin Wood, Sydney City PAC
\nDetective Superintendent Kerrie Lewis, Campsie PAC
\nDetective Superintendent Peter McKenna, Orana Mid-Western PD
\nSuperintendent Daniel Sullivan, Lake Macquarie PAC
\nDetective Chief Inspector Robert Allison, St George PAC
\nSergeant John Rayment, Burwood PAC
\nPublic Service Medal Nominees:<\/strong>
\nMr Christopher Beatson
\nAustralian Fire Services Medal Nominees:<\/strong>
\nRFS Group Captain Robert Graham, Goolmangar Rural Fire Brigade
\nGroup Captain Raymond Hill, Curlwaa Rural Fire Brigade
\nRFS Group Captain John Stuckings, Gidgell Rural Fire Brigade
\nRFS Captain Michelle Thornley, St Georges Basin Rural Fire Brigade
\nRFS Group Captain Owen Tydd, Kelvin Rural Fire Brigade
\nRFS Deputy Captain Graham Williams, Sussex Inlet Rural Fire Brigade
\nFRNSW Chief Superintendent Brett Davies, Green Point
\nFRNSW Captain John Bevan, Lightening Ridge
\nFRNSW Station Officer Dawn Maynard, Port Macquarie
\nEmergency Services Medal Nominees:<\/strong>
\nMs Allison Flaxman, NSW SES, Penrith
\nMr Warren Turner, NSW SES, Burradoo
\nMr Richard Rooke, NSW VRA, Wagga Wagga<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott has today congratulated 21 first responders recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours. Eight NSW Police officers have been awarded the Australian Police Medal, one NSW Police civilian employee has been awarded the Public Service Medal, six Rural Fire Service members and three Fire and Rescue personnel … Continue reading “POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES RECOGNISED IN AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}