The provincial government recently awarded Corrections Exemplary Service Medals and Bars to 48 correctional staff members throughout the province.

Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety and solicitor general, explained that these awards are the most prestigious national decoration for professionals in the correctional field.

They are only given out to individuals that have spent decades of their life working to keep the public safe with their roles in probation offices, correctional and custody centres, provincial headquarters for the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, and provincial headquarters for the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

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Employees with 20 years of service are eligible for the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal, while 30 years of service earns the Corrections Exemplary Service First Bar, and 40 years earns the Corrections Exemplary Service Second Bar.

Out of the 48 award recipients, only one of them received the second bar this year, with six others receiving the first bar 香蕉视频直播� including two Maple Ridge members from the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.

Here is the full list of recipients of the Corrections Exemplary Service Medals and Bars:

Corrections Exemplary Service Medal

香蕉视频直播� Carla Spry, Alouette Correctional Centre for Women

香蕉视频直播� Ann Sutthery, Alouette Correctional Centre for Women

香蕉视频直播� Simon Glen, BC Corrections Provincial Headquarters

香蕉视频直播� Lori Pruce, BC Corrections Provincial Headquarters

香蕉视频直播� Denise Townsend, Burnaby Youth Custody Services

香蕉视频直播� Sarah Watts, Campbell River Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� Dennis Cox, Cranbrook Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� Pat Giasson, East Fraser Youth Justice

香蕉视频直播� Joan Aalhus, Fort St. John Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� Claudine Klimaschek, Fraser Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Julie Muldoe, Gitxsan Child and Family Services

香蕉视频直播� Nathan Caller, Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Tristan Gough, Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� John Guizzo, Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� David Spencer, Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Sandy Brown, Kelowna Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� Allan Lessard, Nanaimo Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Ben Atkinson, North Fraser Pretrial Centre

香蕉视频直播� Ryan Shiyoji, North Fraser Pretrial Centre

香蕉视频直播� Louis Liew, Coast North Shore Youth Probation

香蕉视频直播� Mike Cliffe, Penticton Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� David Paruk, Port Alberni Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� Michael Brooke, Prince George Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Sayler Hale, Prince George Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Tracy Harvey, Prince George Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� Jason Leslie, Prince George Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Monika Scharmann, Prince George Youth Custody Services

香蕉视频直播� Dillon Halter, Strategic Youth Justice Branch

香蕉视频直播� Melanie Sauv茅, Strategic Youth Justice Branch

香蕉视频直播� Brenda Everett, Surrey Pretrial Services Centre

香蕉视频直播� Joyce Oates, Surrey Pretrial Services Centre

香蕉视频直播� RuthAnn Penner, Surrey Pretrial Services Centre

香蕉视频直播� Angeline Varan, Surrey Pretrial Services Centre

香蕉视频直播� Ellen McLeod, Surrey North Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� Gurpreet Grewal, Surrey Youth Probation

香蕉视频直播� Dan Rai, Surrey Youth Probation

香蕉视频直播� Barb Curran, Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Matt Hawes, Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Baljinder Johal, Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Cindy Field, Vernon Community Corrections

香蕉视频直播� Shelagh Wallace, Youth Justice Program Support

Corrections Exemplary Service First Bar

香蕉视频直播� Eileen Johnston, Alouette Correctional Centre for Women

香蕉视频直播� Terrence MacKenzie, Alouette Correctional Centre for Women

香蕉视频直播� Nancy Lewis, Okanagan Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Cory Mann, Prince George Youth Custody Services

香蕉视频直播� Ted Leonard, Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre

香蕉视频直播� Wyatt McNulty, Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre

Corrections Exemplary Service Second Bar

香蕉视频直播� Leonard Cervo, Fraser Regional Correctional Centre

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The awards were handed out at the April 25 ceremony at Government House.