An officer who served with the Metropolitan Police Service has been presented with an award at a ceremony in central London.

Detective Constable Charlie Pulling, who worked in the Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit based at Alperton Traffic Garage, Brent was this year’s winner of the Livia Award for Professionalism and Service to Justice, at a ceremony at Portcullis House, Westminster on Monday, 12 November.

He was presented with the trophy and a Prime Minister’s message.

The Livia Award was established in 1998 by George and Giulietta Galli-Atkinson following the death of their daughter Livia who was killed by a driver who mounted the pavement where she was walking. Endorsed by the Prime Minister and the Met Commissioner, the award is made annually to the Roads and Transport Policing Command officer judged to have provided the most meritorious service to road death investigation, either in a specific case, or sustained through several investigations and who has provided the family of a road crash victim with outstanding commitment.

The ceremony was cross-party, hosted by Mark Pawsey MP, Stephen Twigg MP and The Rt Hon Sir Edwards Davey FRSA MP, and the awards were presented by The Baroness Newlove of Warrington.