Teenager wins award from the High Sheriff of Suffolk
Jez Perry presented with his award by the High Sheriff of Suffolk Edward Creasy in the Suffolk Volunteer Under 30-year-old category. Photo: Suffolk Constabulary.
A teenager from Sudbury has won an award from the High Sheriff for services to the community.
Jez Perry, a Senior Cadet from Suffolk Constabulary, was presented with the accolade on Thursday, March 17, by High Sheriff Edward Creasy in the Suffolk Volunteer Under 30-year-old category. He has been a cadet since January 2018.
The 17-year-old shares the award with two other recipients in the Under 30-year-old category who were also nominated.
Suffolk’s volunteer police cadets are an important part of the extended police family. Their role is to help progress current policing initiatives in the local community. They assist with events including the Suffolk Show, town fairs, carnivals and charity events.
They also support the important work of safer neighbourhood teams and are taught basic knowledge in a variety of policing activity. Cadets will be recruited between the age range of 13 to 16 years but can remain a cadet until their 18th birthday.
Community engagement officer for Sudbury PC Darren Marshall said: “Jez is a very enthusiastic cadet, he not only attends the weekly meetings, he is very keen to volunteer whenever there is a community event.
“When lockdown hit, he was very disappointed that the cadets were unable to meet face to face so he contacted Sudbury Town Council to see if he could assist them with any volunteering work. They found him a role that was safe for him to do during lockdown and over the two periods of lockdown he has gone out with the town’s wardens and assisted them with projects such as litter picking, removing graffiti, clearing overgrown footpaths and checking that the alleyways lights were working.”
Citizens in policing manager Karren Harris added: “This is a great achievement for Jez and on behalf of all of our police cadets and volunteers we send him our congratulations for his achievements. He is, along with all our police cadets, great role models for others to follow and I’d urge any young person looking for a new interest to consider joining the cadet team. I can guarantee you won’t regret it.”
More details of how to join the Suffolk police Cadets can be found here at Suffolk Police / Emergency Services Cadets | Suffolk Constabulary