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SYDNEY, Australia – A Blue Mountains Police Rescue Officer has been announced as the winner of the Metropolitan Field Operations Police Officer of the Year Award. 

Senior Constable Steven Day is a 27-year veteran. He has been a member of the Blue Mountains Police Rescue Squad since 1996 and has specialist skills in bomb appraisal, small boat operations, is a field driving instructor and a remote aerial vehicle pilot.

While he was relieving as the Blue Mountains Rescue Coordinator last year, Senior Constable Day was directly involved in 123 rescue jobs. This involved the grim task of six body recoveries. One of the most challenging incidents was on 8 and 9 June 2017.  Day was involved in the recovery of a female suicide victim at Sublime Point, Leura. This body recovery was undertaken during strong winds, sleet, light snow and rain. Senior Constable Day and the team suffered from mild hypothermia and fatigue as they faced extreme difficulty during the recovery due to the weather as well as the location of where the body had landed.

Later in the year, Senior Constable Day despite being on sick leave for several weeks, continued to monitor what rescue jobs were being undertaken.

The popular police officer was also named the Blue Mountains Police Officer of the Year for 2018.

The 2018 Rotary Police Officer of the Year Awards is the most prestigious event in the NSW Police Force calendar year.

The 2018 awards were presented at a packed presentation evening in the Grand Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Friday night.