The National Crime Agency Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is a service medal for

National Crime Agency The National Crime Agency (NCA) is a national law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom. It is the UK's lead agency against organised crime; human, weapon and drug trafficking; cybercrime; and economic crime that goes across regional and in ...

(NCA) officers of the United Kingdom. Instituted in March 2017, the medal is presented for twenty aggregate years of service.

Appearance

The medal is circular, 36 mm in diameter and is

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plated

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. The

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, designed by

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, bears an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with the wording'' ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID DEF''. The reverse has a portcullis representing primacy and compassion, flanked by a griffin representing bravery and truth, and a leopard representing valiance. The image is surrounded by the words 'NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY' and 'FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE'. The suspender is of a straight non-swivelling type, the 32 mm wide ribbon being blue, with three narrow stripes of white, yellow and white at each edge. No bars for further service are authorised for this medal. Naming on the rim is in impressed capital letters.

Criteria

The medal is awarded for twenty aggregate years of service and good conduct in the National Crime Agency, including previous service in

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and the NCA's precursor agencies, the

Serious Organised Crime Agency The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) was a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom which existed from 1 April 2006 until 7 October 2013. SOCA was a national law enforcement agency with Home Office sponsorship ...

National Criminal Intelligence Service The National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) was a United Kingdom policing agency. Following the Police and Criminal Justice Act 2001, NCIS returned to direct funding by the Home Office in 2002 and was a non-departmental public body. On 1 Ap ...

and

National Crime Squad The National Crime Squad (NCS) was a British police organisation which dealt with national and transnational organised and major crimes. Formed in April 1998 after the amalgamation of six former Regional Crime Squads, it merged with parts of H ...

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A total of 484 medals were awarded up to July 2017.

References

{{Efficiency and long service decorations and medals Civil awards and decorations of the United Kingdom Law enforcement awards and honors Awards established in 2017 2017 establishments in the United Kingdom Long Service Long and Meritorious Service Medals of Britain and the Commonwealth

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