Bury staff member working to deliver best possible service to victims sees success at the National Police Staff Awards
Hazel Parry, Victims’ Services Co-Ordinator for Bury, received a 'Highly Commended' award at the National Police Staff Awards 2025 for her outstanding work in ensuring victims of crime receive the best possible service. She was recognized for her dedication, including reviewing body-worn videos, providing feedback to officers, and collaborating with partners to improve victim support services.
Bury’s Victims’ Services Co-ordinator Hazel Parry walked away “blown away” after receiving a Highly Commended honour in the Police Staff Unsung Hero category at the first-ever National Police Staff Awards on 6 March 2025.
Parry, nominated by a colleague at the end of 2024, joined more than 200 police staff from across the UK at the College of Policing for the Senior Police Staff Network celebration week.
“I felt extremely honoured to have been an award winner at the very first National Police Staff Awards. It was amazing to see all the great work being done by police staff across the UK,” Parry said.
Greater Manchester Police created the Victims’ Services team in 2017; Parry was one of its original co-ordinators. The unit’s mandate is to keep every victim at the centre of GMP investigations and to link them with support that helps them “cope and recover”.
Figures released ahead of the ceremony show Bury officers submitted 4,084 referrals to Greater Manchester Victims’ Services in the past 18 months and used the force’s internal sign-posting toolkit 3,878 times.
Parry has also reviewed hundreds of hours of Bury body-worn video to ensure officers meet national standards, issuing detailed feedback that praises good practice and flags areas for improvement.
Event organisers told Parry: “The quality and number of nominations for this inaugural awards event was exceptional, with over 1,100 initial nominations across the seven categories. Therefore, to have been Highly Commended is a very significant achievement and you should rightly be very proud.”
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