Legendary police officer Sergeant Paul Cording BEM is set to retire from North Yorkshire Police next month.
With a distinguished service of 23 years at North Yorkshire Police, and 10 years prior to this in the RAF, Paul firmly has public service at his heart.
During his policing career he has developed a passion for road safety and has become an advocate for safer roads.
Over the past decade Paul has also become a popular figure on social media as he uses Twitter (X) to update members of the public with various incidents that he has dealt with at work.
His commitment to road safety has seen him take on regular charity challenges where he has raised thousands of pounds for local and national charities.
In June 2023 Paul was awarded a British Empire Medal for his services to policing and charity in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours.
Paul couldn’t resist one final charity challenge before he hangs up his boots for the last time.
He plans to run or walk 126.8KM in 24 hours on the 12 June 2024 in recognition of his force collar number 1268.
This charity challenge is to raise money for The Police Treatment centre who offer treatment and wellbeing for police officers who are injured in their line of work.

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