ACT Community Protection Medal - 2006

On Wednesday 22 March John Hargreaves, the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, awarded this year's recipients of the ACT Community Protection Medal at a special ceremony at the ACT Legislative Assembly, as part of Canberra Day celebrations.

The ACT Community Protection Medal is an annual award given to one recipient from each of the five ACT’s emergency services which protect and serve the ACT community: ACT Policing; the ACT Ambulance Service; the ACT Fire Brigade; the ACT Rural Fire Service and; the ACT State Emergency Service.

The 2006 recipients are:

• Detective Sergeant Daryl Neit (ACT Policing)
• Intensive Care Paramedic Michelle Blewitt (ACT Ambulance Service)
• Station Officer Peter Rayner (ACT Fire Brigade)
• Deputy Captain Patrick Barling (ACT Rural Fire Service)
• Commander Phil Walker (ACT State Emergency Service).