November 29, 2011
Solicitor General Honours B.C. Corrections Staff

PORT MOODY – Adult and youth corrections and probation officers from around the province were honoured at the Solicitor General’s annual Corrections Exemplary Service Medals award ceremony.

This year, 28 employees from the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and the Ministry of Children and Family Development received awards from Solicitor General and Attorney General Shirley Bond and Minister of Children and Family Development Mary McNeil. Three officers at North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam received awards:

• June Birch
• Giuseppe (Pino) Cuscito
• Phillip McArthur

Why this matters:

• The awards are presented to honour Corrections staff members who have reached milestones for exemplary service, beginning at 20 years for the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal and 30 years for the Corrections Exemplary Service Bar.

Quote:

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain MLA Douglas Horne:
“It is an understatement to say these individuals have demanding jobs. June Birch, Pino Cuscito and Phillip McArthur richly deserve this recognition of their decades of service – and our thanks for helping keep our communities safe.” 

Quick Facts:

• The standards for these awards are established by the Chancellery of Canadian Orders and Decorations for medal recipients.
• The first Canadian medal to recognize long and outstanding service in the public
• safety professions was the Police Exemplary Service Medal, created on Aug. 12, 1982.
• The second was the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal, created by Letters Patent signed by Her Majesty the Queen on June 11, 1984.

A backgrounder follows.

Visit Douglas’ website at www.douglashornemla.bc.ca

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