Dedication to crime prevention rewarded

31 May 2008

Raid-control™ – the national crime prevention initiative – has rewarded two of its members for their commitment to reducing crime within the retail environment.

The award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Raid-control’ was presented to Neil Chrismas, Director of Sales and Marketing for IBP-Group Ltd. Neil has been a stalwart of Raid-control™ from the start and has consistently proven his commitment to promoting the initiative to a wide audience encompassing the police, retailers, the security industry and the general public.

Neil Chrismas (left) receiving his award from Phillip McCullough, former head of PSNI Crime Prevention Department and co-founder of Raid-control™ in Northern Ireland.

Stephen Moody, Security Development Manager, VIS Security Solutions, received the award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Implementing Raid-control’. Stephen has been integral to the roll-out of Raid-control™ in Northern Ireland. He has been key to liaison between the police service and Raid-control™, consistently going the extra mile by re-drafting Raid-control™ material so that it is suitable for Northern Ireland. Without Stephen’s contribution, Raid-control’ would not have been successfully adopted in the area.

Raid-control Chairman, John Birkenshaw, comments: “Raid-control is proud to honour Neil and Stephen as a mark of appreciation for their extensive contribution to the initiative. Without the hard work of Raid-control members, we would not be achieving as much as we are, with more and more retailers benefiting from installing Raid-control. Neil and Stephen thoroughly deserve their awards and I congratulate them on their success.”

The awards were presented at the Raid-control™ annual awards dinner held at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Belfast on 24th April.

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