POLICE officers and a hotel manager are to receive awards for their bravery or hard work in fighting crime.

The presentations are to take place at Halifax police headquarters tonight and will be hosted by Calderdale police commander Chief Supt Max Mclean.

He said: "People face challenging situations every day of their lives.

"Some do so through their choice of career and others are there by chance.

"Those being commended have all gone that extra mile and shown great commitment towards making Calderdale a safer place to live. Their efforts should be praised."

The awards include divisional commander's commendations, judges' commendations, one Police Long-Service Medal and one St John Ambulance award.

Divisional commander's commendations will be awarded to:

* Mr Adam Pape, manager of the Holiday Inn at Clifton, Brighouse, for his presence of mind and prompt actions, which led to the arrest of two suspects for theft of property worth more than £50,000 last July.

* Pc Anthony Booth, for commendable policing skills over a number of incidents between October and early December last year.

* Pcs Kieran Lavery and Samantha Walton, for arresting an armed and dangerous man in Ovenden, Halifax, last November.

* Det Sgt Gareth Rees and Det Cons Milan Bodrozic and David Brown for hard work, thoroughness and dedication in a murder case.

* Pc Oliver Hotte for his courage and presence of mind when he attended a burglary while off duty and detained one of two suspects.

* A St John Ambulance Letter of Appreciation will be awarded to Pc Stuart Graham for an incident last October at Heptonstall Bowling Club, where a man who had become trapped had collapsed and stopped breathing.

Pc Graham freed and resuscitated the man, who was subsequently taken to hospital and made a full recovery.

* Judges' commendations will be awarded to Det Supt Allan Doherty, Det Insp John Barr, Det Sgt Paul Keitch, Det Cons Elizabeth Armitage, Dave Bower, Ian Lawrance, Gary Dawson and Pc Mark Muscarella for their investigations which led to a man being convicted of murder.

* Judges' Commendations will be awarded to retired Det Supt Bob Bridgestock, Det Insp John Halstead, Det Sgt Richard Parr, Det Cons Nicola Metcalfe, Clive Firth and Graham Smith and Pcs Philip Halliwell and Suzanne Richmond, for their thoroughness and professionalism in a very sensitive and distressing case concerning the death of a two-year-old boy.

* A long service and good conduct medal will be awarded to Pc Mark Waddington.