New Year Honours 2024
Rasheed Alawiye BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Detective Inspector
“For services to Policing, and to Diversity and Inclusion.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Policing, and to Diversity and Inclusion.
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Rasheed ALAWIYE
Detective Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service
For services to Policing, and to Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Policing, and to Diversity and Inclusion.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 398 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 25% of the list.
In their area
535 British Empire Medal recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Detective Inspector.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4521262. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (London, Greater 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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