Firstly—It is ordained that the Medal shall be designated and styled “The Queen's Police Medal”
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Secondly—It is ordained that the Medal shall consist of a circular Medal of Silver with the effigy of the Sovereign on the obverse, and shall bear on the reverse a design emblematic of protection from danger and the words “For Gallantry”
or “For Distinguished Police Service”
as the case may be, and on the rim the name of the person to whom the medal has been awarded.
Thirdly—It is ordained that the Medal shall be awarded only to those of Our Faithful Subjects and Others who have either performed acts of exceptional courage and skill at the cost of their lives, or exhibited conspicuous devotion to duty, as members of a recognised police force within Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Our Channel Islands, Our Island of Man, any of Our Colonies or any territory under Our protection or jurisdiction not being administered by Us in Our Government in any other part of Our Commonwealth, or within any other part of Our Commonwealth Our Government whereof has signified its desire that the Medal should be awarded under the provisions of this Our Warrant to members of any such force within such part, or within any territory under Our protection or jurisdiction being administered by Us in such Government, or as members of a British civil police force established outside the United Kingdom under the authority of the Police (Overseas Service) Act, 1945; and that such award shall be made only on a recommendation to Us by either Our Secretary of State for the Home Department or Our Secretary of State for Scotland, or, in the case of a Member country of Our Commonwealth other than Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Government whereof shall so desire, by the appropriate Minister of State for that country.
Clause 3: amended, on 8 October 1971, by The Queen's Police Medal (SR 1974/249).
Fourthly—It is ordained that the names of those upon whom We may be pleased to confer this Decoration shall be published in the London Gazette, and that a Register thereof shall be kept in the Office of Our Secretary of State for the Home Department, or, in the case of a Member country of Our Commonwealth other than Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Government whereof shall so desire, of the appropriate Minister of State for that country. Such Register shall show the name and rank of the person holding the Medal, the police force of which that person is or was a member and the circumstances in which the medal has been awarded.
Fifthly—It is ordained that the Medal shall be suspended from the left breast, and the riband, of an inch and three-eights in width, shall be dark blue with a narrow silver stripe on either side and a similar silver stripe in the middle; and in the case of awards for acts of exceptional courage each silver stripe of the riband shall contain a thin red line down the middle; and a recipient of the Medal (or of either of its predecessors, namely the King's Police Medal and the King's Police and Fire Services Medal) shall be entitled, on all occasions when the use of such letters is customary, to have placed after his or her names the letters “QPM”
(or, “KPM”
or “KPFSM”
as appropriate).
Clause 5: amended, on 8 October 1971, by The Queen's Police Medal (SR 1974/249).
Sixthly—It is ordained that any act of gallantry worthy of recognition by the award of The Queen's Police Medal which is performed by one upon whom the Decoration or either of its predecessors (namely The King's Police Medal and The King's Police and Fire Services Medal) has already been conferred may, on a recommendation to Us by either Our Secretary of State for the Home Department or Our Secretary of State for Scotland, or, in the case of a member country of Our Commonwealth other than Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Government whereof shall so desire, the appropriate Minister of State for that country, be recorded by a Bar attached to the riband by which the Medal is suspended.
Clause 6: amended, on 8 October 1971, by The Queen's Police Medal (SR 1974/249).
Seventhly—It is ordained that it shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors by an Order under Our Sign Manual, and on a recommendation to that effect by either Our Secretary of State for the Home Department or Our Secretary of State for Scotland, or, in the case of a Member country of Our Commonwealth other than Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Government whereof shall so desire, the appropriate Minister of State for that country, to cancel and annul the award to any person of the above Decoration or either of its predecessors and that thereupon the name of that person in the Register shall be erased. Provided that it shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors to restore any Decoration which may have been so forfeited when such recommendation has been withdrawn. And every person to whom the Decoration is awarded for distinguished service shall, before receiving the same, enter into an agreement to return the Medal if his or her name shall be erased as aforesaid.
Clause 7: amended, on 8 October 1971, by The Queen's Police Medal (SR 1974/249).
Eightly—It is ordained that either Our Secretary of State for the Home Department or our Secretary of State for Scotland, or, in the case of a Member country of Our Commonwealth other than Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Government whereof shall so desire, the appropriate Minister of State for that country, may make Regulations for the carrying into effect of this Our Royal Warrant.
Clause 8: amended, on 8 October 1971, by The Queen's Police Medal (SR 1974/249).
All previous Warrants issued in this behalf are hereby revoked except in so far as they are already revoked.