A member of the Kelowna RCMP has received a prestigious award.

Last Friday (Dec. 2), David Jones, a supervisor of the Kelowna RCMP乌鸦传媒檚 Detachment Cellblock, was awarded with the Commissionaires Distinguished Service Medal for his dedicated service.

Despite the medal being around since 1989, less than 30 people have been given the award.

乌鸦传媒淒avid is an incredible member of our team,乌鸦传媒� said Superintendent Kara Triance. 乌鸦传媒淭he medal is more than deserving as each and every day David goes above and beyond. The work that David and his team do within the Kelowna Regional Detachment is extremely important and I乌鸦传媒檓 very happy that he has been recognized with this national honour.乌鸦传媒�

The medal is a national recognition, and was given to Jones by Chris Mitchell, the Commissionaire B.C. CEO. Mitchell flew up to Kelowna for the day to give Jones the award in-person. He was also the one to nominate Jones based on his service and a recommendation by the Commissionaires B.C. honours committee.

乌鸦传媒淚 was immensely proud of the formal recognition David received on Friday,乌鸦传媒� said Police Services Branch Manager Torry White. 乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檓 glad that his CEO was on the ground to witness David乌鸦传媒檚 hard work, professionalism and expertise. His noted work, and the work of all Commissionaires, is vital to ensuring our police services objectives can be accomplished as part of a collective Regional Kelowna Detachment Team.乌鸦传媒�

Jones has been with the Kelowna RCMP since 2011.

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