{"id":4178,"date":"2009-10-19T14:32:28","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T14:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/10\/19\/memorial-service-for-much-valued-officer\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T11:45:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T11:45:58","slug":"memorial-service-for-much-valued-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/19\/memorial-service-for-much-valued-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial service for \u2018much valued\u2019 officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Leicestershire Constabulary to remember Sergeant Javed Akhter<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"232\" height=\"236\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/JavedAkhter_232x180.jpg\"\/>A POLICE Sergeant who died suddenly at the age of 50 is to be honoured by his colleagues and family at a special memorial service.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Javed Akhter, who spent 22 years in the police force, died on 19 September. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>His colleagues at Leicestershire Constabulary will remember his life at a special memorial service at Leicestershire Constabulary Headquarters on Wednesday. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Chief Superintendent Chris Garnham will join officers and Javed\u2019s wife, Fardus, 18-year-old son Idrees and 11-year-old daughter, Nadia at the memorial. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Born in Pakistan on New Years Day in 1959, Javed joined the Strathclyde Police in 1986 where he served as a Constable at Gorbals Police Station, Glasgow. He married his wife Fardus in Rochdale in 1988 and transferred to Leicestershire Constabulary in 1989.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Within Leicestershire, Javed served as a local beat officer and a principal beat officer responding to the needs of the community. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He was promoted to Sergeant in 2008 and took the role of Sergeant in the City Volume Crime Unit where he was serving at the time of his death.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Last year Javedwas presented with his long service and good conduct medal in 2008 for 22 years continuous service.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>A spokesperson for Leicestershire Constabulary said they were continuing to<strong> \u201c<\/strong>offer the family support at this difficult time.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicestershire Constabulary to remember Sergeant Javed Akhter A POLICE Sergeant who died suddenly at the age of 50 is to be honoured by his colleagues and family at a special memorial service. &#13; Javed Akhter, who spent 22 years in the police force, died on 19 September. &#13; His colleagues at Leicestershire Constabulary will remember [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}