Lot 1594

Description

2001 International Year of Volunteers, Victim Support Medal, (New Zealand Police), struck in brass (39mm), no maker, inscribed on edge 'Sikaleti M'; City of Christchurch Civic Award, in bronze (51mm), no maker (Moller & Young, Christchurch), ring top and blue neck ribbon suspension, reverse inscribed 'Mignonne Sikaleti/2002'. As struck, uncirculated (2)

The first in a fitted box with NZ Police logo, the second in a Moller & Young presentation box.

Citation for the Christchurch City Civic Award 2002: - All too often media reports on criminal activity focus on the perpetrator and the financial cost of the crime. Last financial year her group provided crisis intervention support to 11,076 victims in the Christchurch area alone, a sad indicator of the huge and on-going emotional costs of crime. The criminal pays the fine or serves the sentence and it is all over. For the victims, the road to recovery can be much, much longer, and she has played an invaluable and central role in supporting those victims for ten years. Every morning for six or seven days a week she visits the Central Police Station where she prints out and reads all Police offence reports for the previous twenty-four hours, on a busy day as many as five hundred items, and identifies victims for assistance. She then refers these to her team leaders for further action. Her loyalty and sense of commitment, and the excellent working rapport she has built up over the years with the Police have raised Victim Support in the City and surrounding districts to levels of efficiency that would not otherwise have been reached. Her reliability and conscientiousness have made her a vital part of the Christchurch Victim Support. Mignonne Sikaleti.