The extraordinary courage of nine police officers, an off-duty ambulance officer and another member of the public who saved lives in perilous situations.
The Centre on Saturday announced Police Medal for Gallantry to 662 police personnel, President’s Police Medal for Gallantry to 2 personnel, President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service to 88 personnel, and Police Medal for Meritorious Service to 662 personnel.
Four personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) have been awarded the police medal for gallantry for intercepting and killing three terrorists who were trying to sneak into the Kashmir valley by hiding inside a truck.
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image captionSgt Michael Hooper (centre) and PC Stephen Quartermain (left) and Sgt Shaun Randall (right) received commendations for their bravery
Two officers who tried to rescue five people killed in a helicopter crash outside Leicester City s stadium have been awarded medals for their actions.
Sgt Michael Hooper and PC Stephen Quartermain have received Queen s Gallantry Medals for their efforts.
The three Leicestershire Police officers were among 12 people who received commendations in the Civilian Gallantry List on Saturday.
Both suffered burns and smoke inhalation after trying to pull people from the flaming wreckage.
image caption(Left to right): Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and Eric Swaffer were killed in the crash