Five Assistant Commissioners of Police, 11 Deputy Inspectors General of Police, and two Assistant Commandants are among 165 police personnel selected for the Kerala Chief Minister’s police medal for excellent service and devotion to duty. The awards were announced here on Sunday, the eve of Republic Day 2015.
The senior police officers who bagged the award include Reji Jacob, Jyothishkumar S.K. and Bijoy P.C., ACPs, Thiruvananthapuram; Pradeepkumar.G, AC, AR, Kochi; Rexboby Aravin, ACP, Kochi; D.S. Suneesh Babu, Dy.SP, Kottayam; Sabu Mathew K.M., Dy.SP, Idukki; Xavier C.R., Dy.SP, Thrissur; M.L. Sunil, Dy.SP, Palakkad; A.R. Premkumar, Dy.SP, Wayanad; Prajeesh Thottathil and Jaison K. Abraham, Dy.SPs, Kozhikode; Muhammed Shafi K., Dy.SP, SB CID; M.N. Ramesh and Jayasankar R., Dy.SPs, VACB; Sajan K. Thomas and Somi K. Sebastian, Assistant Commandants, KAP fifth Battalion, and A. Pramodkumar, Dy.SP, CB CID.
The Kerala Chief Minister’s prison medal has gone to A.G. Suresh, Superintendent, Open Prison, Nettukaltheri, Thiruvananthapuram; C. Rajeevan, Assistant Superintendent, Grade 1, District Jail, Kozhikode; O.V. Valli, Superintendent, Open Prison for Women, Thiruvananthapuram; M.K. Balakrishnan, Assistant Superintendent Grade 2, Special Sub Jail, Chittur; and Babu S., Deputy Prison Officer, Central Prison, Thiruvananthapuram.
Fire service
P. Reghunathan Nair, Leading Fireman, Ernakulam; P.C. James, Leading Fireman, Kalpetta; Vinod Kumar T.M., Fireman, Kozhikode; R. Sasikumar, Fireman, Ernakulam; K. Rajendran Pillai, Fireman, Kundara; V.K. Ashok Kumar, Leading Fireman, Kottayam; M. Anil Kumar, Fireman, Kothamangalam; T. Madhu, Fireman, Thiruvananthapuram; A. Sathe Kumar, Driver Mechanic, Thiruvananthapuram; and Sasi K.S., Fireman Driver, Thrissur; have been chosen for the Kerala Chief Minister’s Fire and Rescue Services medal.
Transport medal
The Chief Minister’s transport medal has gone to Roy Mathew K., Regional Transport Officer, Idukki; N. Saravanan, Assistant Transport Commissioner, Transport Commissionerate; B.V. Sreekumar, Motor Vehicles Inspector, TC Squad; Noufal A., MVI, Ernakulam; Yousaf T.P., MVI, Kozhikode; K. Vinesh, Assistant MVI, Attingal; P.E. Renshid, Assistant MVI, North Parur; and M.I. Arif, Assistant MVI, Kozhikode.
