Winners

The World Class Policing Awards sponsored by Accenture attracted nominations from force representatives, police partners, other agencies, the third sector, commercial organisations and academic institutions.

A total of 54 finalists attended the Awards Ceremony which was held in London and compered by broadcaster Jeremy Vine. Six winners were chosen, including an overall winner, alongside six 'highly commended'. Many congratulations to all finalists, the inaugural World Class Policing Awards was a very special Ceremony celebrating the best in policing practice.

We are delighted to share this year’s winners below.

Overall Winner

Operation Encompass
Devon & Cornwall Police in partnership with Operation Encompass charity

Winners

Mobility Programme
New Zealand Police

Operation Moonshot – Disrupting Criminals and Protecting Communities
Norfolk Constabulary

Operation Polarity
Bedfordshire Police – Eastern Region Special Operations Unit

Salisbury/Amesbury Poisonings 2018
Wiltshire Local Resilience Forum Strategic Coordinating Group

Tactical First Aid Project
Queensland Police Service

Highly Commended

Community Peer Mentors
Durham Police Crime and Victims' Commissioner

Exeter City's partnership response to a terrorist attack on its Synagogue
Devon & Cornwall Police

First Drinks: First Impressions – Harm Reduction Through Police Engagement
Queensland Police Service in partnership with Griffith University

Local Policing Review 2018 – Public Consultation
Police Service of Northern Ireland in partnership with Northern Ireland Policing Board

Operation Limelight and the ‘US/UK FGM Law Enforcement Proclamation
Metropolitan Police Service in partnership with UK Border Force, Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI

Operation Stalker
Anti-Narcotics Dubai Police HQ

Highlights

Finalists

To view a full list of this year's finalists with lead force and partner organisation, please click here.

Nominated Activity
All Wales Recruitment Process	Operation Dowl – The disruption of the ISIS inspired plot to kill the UK Prime Minister
Checkpoint – Improving life chances and reducing re-offending and harm to our communities	Operation Encompass
Community Peer Mentors / Durham Police Crime and Victims Commissioner Office	Operation ITALICI – World's Largest Steroid Distribution Investigation
Develop You	Operation Key
Digital Device Detection Work	Operation Limelight & US/UK Proclamation of Interagency Support for FGM Investigations
Durham Constabulary's Herbert Protocol	Operation Moon-shot – Disrupting Criminals and Protecting Communities
Dyfed-Powys Police Serious & Organised Crime Team (SOCT)	Operation Saracen
East Lancashire Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Team – Outstanding and Innovative Investigation	Operation Stalker
Fast Track Detective Entry Scheme for Suffolk Constabulary	Outstanding contribution to the development and promotion of analytical work
First Drinks: First Impressions. Harm Reduction Through Police Engagement	Police & Community action to fight drug dealers "the Micro trafficking Zero Plan (MT0)"
Gloucestershire Constabulary and Treasure Seekers – Be who you are and live your dream	Police Crime Prevention Initiatives
Health and Wellbeing – The Feel Well Live Well Programme	Police Scotland – Domestic Abuse Prioritisation, Commitment and Change Programme
INK Mobile Biometrics team	Queensland Police Tactical First Aid Project
Innovation in Procurement to provide efficiency and better outcomes in police custody	RASSO Gatekeeper Project
Integrated Offender Management Bridge Model	Single Online Home – Digital Public Contact Programme, Digital Policing Portfolio
Joint Operations Unit from Royal Weddings to D-Day 75	Strategic Alliance, Devon & Cornwall Police and Dorset Police Drone Team
Local Policing Review – Public Consultation	Telematics for Fleet Utilisation
MoRiLE Programme – Team Award	Terrorist incident at Exeter Synagogue – a world class policing, partnership, and community response
National Missing Persons Week 2018	The Blue Print for Evidence Based Policing in New Zealand
New Zealand Police Mobility Programme 'more street than station'	The Croft Unit – a high demand location for vulnerable service users in supported living
Nomination for Mr Thomas Farrell	The EBIT
Norfolk Multi-Agency Child Exploitation Program Board	The Integrated Anti-Stalking Unit
North Yorkshire Police Rural Task Force	The power and impact of Idea Drop at Kent Police
Operation Lattice	The Stalking Threat Assessment Centre
Operation Polarity	Trauma Informed Supervision Pilot Central North Gangs Unit
Operation Validate	Virtual Training
Operation Cobb – Policing the badger cull	Wiltshire LRF Strategic Coordinating Group – Salisbury/Amesbury Poisonings 2018