Awards joy for sergeant
Sgt Scott Meechan won the Community Police Officer Award 2011 for spearheading a drive to revamp a run-down village hall in Pathhead by engaging the local population to help renovate the building.
The policeman believed that breathing new life into the former community hub could help to reduce antisocial behaviour, which had spiked in recent times
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Hide AdAt the 2011 Jane’s Police Review Gala Awards ceremony, Sgt Meechan received an engraved medal and £3000 funding for a bursary trip overseas to study community policing.
Home Secretary Thersea May gave the keynote speech.