Two police officers from the city were announced as recipients of the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Independence Day 2014. Assistant Commissioner of the District Crime Records Bureau Amose Mammen and Cyber Cell Sub-Inspector Francis Perera are among the six officers in the State selected for the medal. The officers will receive the medals next year.

AC Amose Mammen began service in the police force in 1988 as an assistant sub-inspector and had earlier received the Chief Minister’s medal for service in 2000.

SI Francis Perera entered the police force in 1985 as a civil police officer and has been with the Cyber Cell in the city since its inception in 2007. – Staff Reporter

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kochi / Staff Reporter / Kochi – August 15th, 2014