Awards 2026
Celebrating outstanding contributions to community engagement and public trust across policing and partner organisations.
Award Winners and Commendations
These awards recognise outstanding contributions to community engagement and public trust across policing and partner organisations.
Below are the winners and commendations from the 2026 ceremony in Hull.
The biggest effect on reducing crime
Winner
Operation Robin, Lancashire Constabulary
Pendle Neighbourhood Policing Team: Sergeant Paul Meades, Constable Aimme Jarrett, Constable Kai Lydditt, Constable Dylan Burrow
Presentation | Case Study coming soon
Highly Commended
Operation Hail, Lancashire Constabulary
Inspector Jon Cisco, Constable Matty Manuel
Video| Case Study coming soon
Commended
Dacorum Neighbourhood Policing Team, Hertfordshire Constabulary
Dacorum Neighbourhood Policing Team
Case Study coming soon
Strategic Prevention Command, Kent Police
Strategic Prevention Command Team
Case Study coming soon
Operation Prosper, Lancashire Constabulary
Pendle Neighbourhood Policing Team: Sergeant Carl McCoy, Constable Rick Wilson, Constable Shannon Kirk, Constable Aric Halleron-Place
Case Study coming soon
Delivery and measuring the impact of the most effective crime prevention campaigns
Winner
Wyre Neighbourhood Policing Team and the Prosper Partnership, Lancashire Constabulary
Wyre Neighbourhood Policing Team: Chief Inspector Martin Wyatt, Sergeant Andy Ward
Case Study coming soon
Highly Commended
Walk in my shoes, Nottinghamshire Police
Corporate Communications Team
Case Study coming soon
Operation Hail, Lancashire Constabulary
Inspector Jon Cisco, Constable Matty Manuel
Video | Case Study coming soon
Commended
Disrupting County Line Activity in Hatfield, Hertfordshire Constabulary
Welwyn Hatfield South Neighbourhood Policing Team: Sergeant Robert Wilson, Constable Martin Field
Case Study coming soon
Knife Angel, Hertfordshire Constabulary
Chief Inspector Pete Frost
Case Study coming soon
Courier Fraud, Kent Police
Stephen Kelly
Case Study coming soon
Operation Umber, Lancashire Constabulary
Lancaster Licensing Team: Constable Andy Taylor, Heather Crawshaw
Case Study coming soon
Communicator of the year
Joint Winner
Operation Hail, Lancashire Constabulary
Inspector Jon Cisco, Constable Matty Manuel
Video | Case Study coming soon
Constable Isuru Ranaweera, Kent Constabulary
Constable Isuru Ranaweera
Video | Presentation | Reflections
Case Study coming soon
Highly Commended
Police Community Support Officer Darren Stretton, Leicestershire Police
Police Community Support Officer Darren Stretton, Leicestershire Police
Case Study coming soon
Neil McCall, Neighbourhood Watch
Neil McCall, Neighbourhood Watch
Case Study coming soon
Emma Ray, Chief Inspector Tim Norbury, Staffordshire Police
Emma Ray, Chief Inspector Tim Norbury, Staffordshire Police
Case Study coming soon
Commended
Police Community Support Officer Teresa Hall, Leicestershire Police
Police Community Support Officer Teresa Hall, Leicestershire Police
Case Study coming soon
Sergeant Alex Smedley, Hertfordshire Constabulary
Sergeant Alex Smedley, Hertfordshire Police
Case Study coming soon
Constable Georgia Boyle, Lancashire Constabulary
Constable Georgia Boyle, Lancashire Constabulary
Case Study coming soon
Hannah Butler, Greater Manchester Police
Hannah Butler, Greater Manchester Police
Case Study coming soon
Anne Bing, Surrey Heath Neighbourhood Watch
Anne Bing, Surrey Heath Neighbourhood Watch
Case Study coming soon
Best use of Neighbourhood Alert for community intelligence/arrests
Winner
Operation Shore, Lancashire Constabulary
Burnley Neighbourhood Policing Task Force/Exploitation Team: Inspector Matt Plummer, Sergeant Stu Peall.
Nicola Holt – Lancashire County Council.
Luci Hanmer, We Are With You.
Finley Worthington and Bethan Nixon – Ketamine Education Services.
Case Study coming soon
Highly Commended
Wyre Neighbourhood Policing Team and the Prosper Partnership, Lancashire Constabulary
Wyre Neighbourhood Policing Team: Chief Inspector Martin Wyatt, Sergeant Andy Ward
Case Study coming soon
Commended
Medway CSU Team, Kent Police
Medway CSU Team, Kent Police
Case Study coming soon
VISAV Special Awards
Best Force (Public Vote)
Metropolitan Police Service
FLPDU – Central Neighbourhood Team: Superintendent Josh Laughton, Chief Inspector Justin Zitver, Inspector Angela Knight, Constable Dan Steel, Simon Clarke
Case Study coming soon
Most Proactive Team for Reaching Seldom Heard Communities
Northamptonshire Police
Inspector Miriam Kiernan, Alan Earle, Abi Butler
Case Study coming soon
Community Engagement Innovators
Community Safety Team, Humberside Police
Community Safety Team: Superintendent Paul French, Superintendent Doug Blackwood, Inspector Mark Lovell
Case Study coming soon
Most proactive Neighbourhood Watch Membership Support Administrator (MSA) for 2025
Winner
Derek Pratt MBE, Deputy Chair and Secretary, Sussex Neighbourhood Watch
Derek Pratt MBE, Deputy Chair and Secretary, Sussex Neighbourhood Watch
Case Study coming soon
About the Awards
The National Community Engagement Awards recognise the exceptional work undertaken by police officers, staff and partners to build trust, improve communication and strengthen community engagement.
The awards are presented during the National Community Engagement Conference and highlight initiatives that demonstrate innovation, collaboration and measurable impact in local communities.