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Una SaysGerald Moor; and Richard Monk, Una Riley, Steve NevilleLeft to right: AldermanicSheriff Jeffrey Evans,Gerald Moor, Rhyn Evans,the 2012 winner, and LaySheriff Nigel Pullman infront of the WorshipfulCompany honours boardBravery awardThe launch of the Sheriffs’ Award 2013 wasa prestigious affair attended by people whoall had one thing in common: the recognitionof bravery. This is presented annually to anindividual who has acted in a brave mannerto confront danger to another person or theirorder of the Sheriffs the receiver has theirname permanently inscribed on an honoursboard and in a book of honour, on permanentdisplay at the Central Criminal Court, insidethe Old Bailey in the City of London. Thiswas created by Master Emeritus Steve NevilleOBE of the WCoSP. The original visioncame from a breakfast meeting with PeterFrench MBE when they were bemoaning thefact that once Sir David Brewer ended hiscompany would lose the only contact it hadwanted to retain that link with the City …they thought about how they could achievesuch an on-going relationship. After morediscussion came the idea. Steve Neville said:“I had been nurturing an idea following theLondon tube and bus bombings. During theemergency, many ordinary people performedtremendous feats of spontaneous bravery andkindness; however when it came to taking thewho were recognised and honoured. I wasoutraged and just wanted to do something that,for once, recognised the achievements of anordinary person, conducting extraordinary actsof bravery in the course of their everyday life.This is how I sold the idea to Sir David Lewis(just as he was about to become Sheriff) andalso to Sir David Brewer as Lord Mayor. Theyboth supported the concept of the SheriffsAward as being for the ordinary person goingabout their everyday life.” Trevor VaughanMBE, CEO of the Sheriffs’ Award Committeesaid: “A 70-year-old lady wields her handbagto save young a man from being stabbed, a16-year-old man tackles a machete wieldingman in a club … these are just two examplesof how the Sheriffs of the City of London withthe WCoSP have said thank you for not onlyshowing bravery but a willingness to help afellow person in trouble.” The private securitybodies are rallying around to search for thatordinary person performing an extraordinaryact of bravery; see below. To nominate: go online to www.wcosp.orgdownloadable nomination form.What industry says: Two past recipients were BSIA-nominated. James Kelly,BSIA CEO said: “We will be on the look-out for members of the public who aredeserving of this award.” Jeff Little at NSI said: “We will be including the awardin our newsletter and linking to the nomination page on the WCoSP website …we applaud this inspirational award.” Stefan Hay, at the FSA said: “We have areach of 30,000 electricians, drivers and systems practitioners who are on thestreets across the country. We will be including the award in our e-newslettercontinued ... from previous pagethat we had excelled in promoting thevision and values of the WSS throughthe choices we made throughoutthe planning phases. This feedbackabsolutely have the best in class onthe WSS board and I am positivethat the success achieved to date isa minuscule representation of theachievements and accomplishmentsyet to come.” I asked other boardmembers for their thoughts. LetitiaEmeana said: “I found the launchevent to be a truly inspirationalevening mixed with fantastic peopleand ambience. The evening broughthome how many streams of securityexist but some of the pressures andissues are the same. This forumallows those various backgroundsto converge and offer a roundedadvice centre to members”. Suzannewww.professionalsecurity.co.ukRodway said: “The buzz of the nightwas incredible. It proved that theconvergence of security disciplinesunder one roof is something that hasclearly been missing for too long.There is clearly huge support for theWSS’ aim to encourage, support anddevelop the next generation of womenin this exciting and rapidly changingdiscipline.” And Sarah Harvie said:“Words alone are not enough todescribe the energy and enthusiasmexperienced at the WSS launch and itwas clearly evident the WSS conceptwill bring another distinct angle tonetworking in security. Members ofthe board and guests of the launchhave proven that we are great buttogether we are far GREATER andit is with anticipation we await thelaunch of the WSS website to receiveAPRIL 2013 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY27