{"id":186089,"date":"2017-08-04T22:21:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T12:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=186089"},"modified":"2020-08-31T17:52:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T07:52:07","slug":"sergeant-presented-with-special-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/08\/04\/sergeant-presented-with-special-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant Presented With Special Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_186091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186091\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170728police1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-186091\" title=\"20170728 Police Awards\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170728police1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170728police1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170728police1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherbourg Police Officer-in-Charge Sergeant Scott Prendergast with\u00a0Assistant Police Commissioner Tony Wright\u00a0(Photo: QPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 4, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cherbourg Police Officer-in-Charge Sergeant Scott Prendergast was presented with a special Meritorious Service medal at the recent Queensland Police awards ceremony held at the Kingaroy RSL.<\/p>\n<p>The Meritorious Service medal recognises dedication to duty and exemplary work in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt Prendergast, who recently served a stint as Acting Officer-in-Charge at Kingaroy Police Station, was presented with his medal by Assistant Police Commissioner Tony Wright.<\/p>\n<p>A number of service medals were presented to local police officers at the Dalby Burnett Patrol Group ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The Dalby Patrol Group covers all South Burnett police stations and extends west to Meandarra and south to Millmerran.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Police Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>National Police Service Medal (15 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Constable Narelle Krushka &#8211; Dalby Prosecutions<\/li>\n<li>Senior Constable Sarsha Frazer &#8211; Cherbourg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>National Medal (15 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sergeant Rod Gelderblom &#8211; Murgon PCYC<\/li>\n<li>Senior Constable Narelle Krushka &#8211; Dalby Prosecutions<\/li>\n<li>Senior Constable Sarsha Frazer &#8211; Cherbourg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>National Medal (2nd Clasp &#8211; 35 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sergeant Greg Kapernick &#8211; Murgon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>National Medal (1st Clasp &#8211; 25 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Constable Daniel Robert O&#8217;Hara &#8211; Dalby<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Queensland Police Service Medal (10 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Constable Kym Scott &#8211; Kingaroy<\/li>\n<li>Senior Constable Marcus Hooper &#8211; Nanango<\/li>\n<li>Administration Officer Bernadette Kemp &#8211; Kingaroy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Queensland Police Service Medal (4th Clasp &#8211; 30 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Constable William Worden &#8211; Cooyar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Queensland Police Service Medal (3rd Clasp &#8211; 25 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sergeant Scott Prendergast &#8211; Cherbourg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Queensland Police Service Medal (2nd Clasp &#8211; 20 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sergeant Wayne Bushell &#8211; Kingaroy Prosecutions<\/li>\n<li>Sergeant Malcolm Clark &#8211; Kingaroy Scenes of Crime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Queensland Police Service Medal (1st Clasp &#8211; 15 years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sergeant Rod Gelderblom &#8211; Murgon PCYC<\/li>\n<li>Sergeant Brent Gerber &#8211; Kingaroy<\/li>\n<li>Senior Constable Narelle Krushka &#8211; Dalby Prosecutions<\/li>\n<li>Senior Constable Sarsha Frazer &#8211; Cherbourg<\/li>\n<li>Police Liaison Officer Victor Alberts &#8211; Murgon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Special Award &#8211; Queensland Police Meritorious Service Medal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sergeant Scott Prendergast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Three types of service medals were awarded:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>National Medal<\/strong> recognises 15 years of diligent service by members of the various Australian police forces, as well as members of the ambulance and fire services.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>National Police Service Medal<\/strong> was established in 2010. It represents a police officer&#8217;s past and future commitment to give ethical and diligent service. A minimum of 15 years service is required to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Queensland Police Service Medal<\/strong> recognises 10 years of diligent and ethical service and is not granted as a right by virtue of long service. A clasp may be awarded upon completion of every five years of qualifying service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_186090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186090\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170728police2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-186090\" title=\"20170728 Police Awards\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170728police2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170728police2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170728police2-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant Commissioner Tony Wright, centre, with medal recipients (Photo: QPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cherbourg Police Officer-in-Charge Sergeant Scott Prendergast was presented with a special Meritorious Service medal at the recent Queensland Police awards ceremony held at the Kingaroy RSL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":186091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3,24],"tags":[1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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