Birthday Honours 2012
Jane FURNISS CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organisation: Independent Police Complaints Commission
“Chief Executive Officer, Independent Police Complaints Commission. For services to Justice and Policing.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer, Independent Police Complaints Commission. For services to Justice and Policing.
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“Chief Executive Officer, Independent Police Complaints Commission. For services to Justice and Policing.”
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“Chief Executive Officer, Independent Police Complaints Commission. For services to Justice and Policing.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 96 times in the Birthday Honours List 2012 — about 8% of the list.
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707 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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How widely is this recognised?
925 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Alistair Spalding
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Ann Santry
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Bernadette Malone
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Perth and Kinross
“Chief Executive, Perth and Kinross Council. For services to Local Government.”
Carole Cochrane
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Lancashire
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London
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Glasgow
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Clare Jones
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David Beresford Cragg
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West Midlands
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West Sussex
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Darwen, Lancashire
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2012.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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