A Cumbrian PC is in the running to be named the national response officer of the year.
PC Katie Twentyman, based in West Cumbria, was nominated by her inspector to represent Cumbria and will find out tomorrow – June 30 – if she has won.
The national award recognises the role of response officers as part of Response Policing Week.
Katie was nominated due to her commitment and enthusiasm to response policing, being proactive in her response to incidents and tutoring younger colleagues with her experience.
Inspector Pete Garforth said “I have supervised Katie as a sergeant and an inspector and have never failed to be impressed by her keenness, ability and simply how good she is at being a front-line response officer.
“Katie returned back to response policing after time in another role and was nervous that she might need time to get back up to speed, but it’s fair to say she landed on the ground running and was immediately at the heart of the section, tutoring younger officers.”
Katie joined the police in 2016, and since that time has arrested 143 people and supported her colleagues with many more.
NPCC response lead DCC Rob Carden said: “Katie is an outstanding response officer who has received many letters of appreciation from the public for the support she has provided to them in their time of need.
“Response officers are often the first officers that the public will have contact with and the first to respond to danger. Katie has consistently demonstrated her professionalism, courage and resilience in meeting the considerable challenges that response officers are often confronted with. This recognition is well deserved and is great advert for Cumbria Constabulary and our efforts to keep Cumbria safe.”
