A Police Constable at Lancashire Police who has shared invaluable support and expertise with Cumbria and other forces, has been recognised with a Chief Constable's commendation.
PC Alison Suffield is the regional Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Co-ordinator - a role which involved travelling to other forces areas and training officers in an extremely sensitive area of policing.
PC Suffield operates as an expert in her field as well as a critical friend for the Constabulary to call upon whenever its officers need help or advice, as well as assisting Cumbria in several operational deployments.
She had a particularly essential role during the Coronavirus pandemic whilst continuing in her operational DVI deployments.
Cumbria Constabulary Assistant Chief Constable Dave Stalker said: "PC Suffield's work advising and training ourselves and other forces has proven invaluable and without her diligent expertise we would not be as well prepared in our co-ordinated response to Disaster Victim Identification without her.
"When there have been changes to our own DVI staff, PC Suffield has been there to guide those officers through the training and across the many disciplines which make up this important area of policing.
"PC Suffield is not only a credit to Lancashire Constabulary but regional policing as a whole and she is very worthy of this recognition."