These awards which are now in their third year, recognise the invaluable contribution by not only officers and staff, but also individuals within the community, to make Norfolk an even safer place to live, work and visit.

Thank you to all those who have nominated individuals or teams for this years NOSCAs awards.

The judging panel for the Norfolk Safer Community Awards 2010 has met and shortlisted a record number of nominations for each of the award categories.

The panel consisted:

• Phil Gormley, Chief Constable
• Mark Hill, Assistant Chief Executive – Norfolk Police Authority
• Chief Superintendent Bob Scully – Citizen Focus
• Julie Inns - Unison
• Chief Inspector David Benfield – Police Federation
  

The panel were very impressed with the high standard of entries and have shortlisted either the top two or three in each category, who are invited to the NOSCAs presentation evening which takes place at Dunston Hall on Thursday 17 June 2010.

We would like to thank everybody for their participation in the nomination process.

Shortlisted in each category are:

1. Safer Neighbourhood Team of the Year

• Swaffham & Watton
• West Centre
  

2. Student Officer of the Year

• PC 1549 Richard Jordan
• PC 1281 Laura Symonds
  

3. Outstanding Team of the Year

• Customer Service Team Project
• Intelligence Directorate – Norwich & South Norfolk County Intelligence Unit
  

4. Volunteer of the Year

• Mike Warner
• David Trehearn
  

5. Community Citizen(s) of the Year

• Davina Tanner & senior management team
• Richard Flatters
• Doreen Cochrane
  

6. Young Citizen(s) of the Year

• OCC Police Youth Panel
• Amy Ellwood and Fay Bailey
• MAD (Making A Difference) Youth Forum
  

7. Continuous Improvement Award

• Peter Merry on behalf of CJS
• Superintendent Gunn & Contact and Control Room
  

8. Diversity in Action Team Award

• Joint partnership & Magdalen Bradwell Project – Op. Comfort
• Great Yarmouth Mobility Scooter Project – joint with community partnerships and Great Yarmouth District
  

9. Problem Solver of the Year

• Fakenham & Wells SNT
• PC 193 Lee Howell
  

10. Investigator of the Year

• DC 1446 Jamie Hollis
• A/DI 3174 Alice Scott
  

11a Community Officer of the Year - Officer

• Sgt 3277 Jeffrey Gover
• PC 303 Gary Medler
• PC 1216 Jason Howell
  

11b Community Officer of the Year – PCSO

• PCSO 8281 Laura Munro-Oakley
• PCSO 8421 Lucy Collyer
• PCSO 8193 Joanne Robotham
  

11c Community Officer of the Year – Special Constabulary

• Special Sergeant 7964 Fred Jude
• Special Sergeant 7992 Wendy Pope
• Special Constable 7194 Andrew Goodman
  

12. The Excellence Award

• Emma Bailey
• PCSO 8144 Steven Downes
  

The full list of individuals and teams nominated will be published shortly.