PCC recognises Special Constable who goes the extra mile for his community

Police and Crime Commissioner Mr Angus Macpherson awarded Special Constable Joshua Goreham with one of his two new prestigious awards at the Wiltshire Police Award Ceremony last night.

Joshua was the first deserving recipient of the new PCC Special Constable of the Year award.

Joshua received the award in recognition of his impressive commitment and dedication to the North Wiltshire Community Policing Team. In total this year he has given Wiltshire Police 1286 hours of his time. This works out as 32 hours a week.

Mr Angus Macpherson said "Special Constables are an integral part of Wiltshire Police and offer vital support to policing. I wanted to formally recognise and thank those volunteers who consistently go above and beyond with my two new annual PCC awards.

"It was a privilege to be able to recognise Joshua as my first PCC Special Constable of the Year. He has impressed many of us within the Force with his dedication to making the community he lives in a better place.

"Joshua has a great team ethic and a willingness to help all that that he comes into contact with.

"Protecting the most vulnerable in our society is something I as PCC am very passionate about. Joshua always puts the victims of crime at the heart of everything he does, wanting to provide them with the very best service.  

"When people come into contact with the police it is often at one of the worse times in their lives. Joshua treats everyone with the same respect and dignity and is the embodiment of Wiltshire Police's values. We are all very proud to call him part of our Force and are in awe of his contributions, and the contributions of all of our volunteers, to the communities in Wiltshire."

The award ceremony was held at Casterley Barn, Pewsey, where over 100 people gather to celebrate the hard work, dedication and bravery of police staff, officers, volunteers and members of the public.

One story ceremony guests heard about Joshua's dedication and professionalism was when he was recently deployed to a fatal road collision where two people had tragically lost their lives. This was the first incident of such a traumatic nature he had ever attended during his time with the police.

Whilst attending this very difficult incident Joshua was able to put his feelings to one side and carry on with his duties. He took first accounts from witnesses and volunteered to go with the suspect to hospital and custody allowing his colleagues to respond to other incidents developing around the county.

It is a testament to Joshua's sense of duty that the issue he selflessly cared about the most was doing a good job for the victims who had lost their lives.