The IMPACT Awards – Excellence in Safety, Security, Education, and Community

The IMPACT Awards - Excellence in Safety, Security, Education, and Community

What is the IMPACT Award?

The IMPACT Award honours individuals and organizations dedicated to enhancing safety, security, education, and community development. This prestigious recognition celebrates those who drive transformative change and inspire others to build a brighter future.

Award Values

Innovation: Advancing solutions for safety and security
Merit: Demonstrating excellence and dedication in every endeavour
Public Safety: Strengthening the well-being of our communities
Academic Excellence: Promoting education as the cornerstone of progress
Community Service: Leading initiatives that enrich lives and unite communities
Trust: Building integrity, reliability, and long-lasting relationships

Background and Inauguration

Introduced by Amalgamated Security Services Limited (ASSL) in 2024, the IMPACT Awards aim to recognize the exceptional contributions of those enhancing societal welfare. The awards honour leaders across diverse fields who strengthen communities, promote safety, and pave the way for future generations.

Award Categories

The IMPACT Awards - Excellence in Safety, Security, Education, and Community

What is the IMPACT Award?

Award Values

Innovation: Advancing solutions for safety and security
Merit: Demonstrating excellence and dedication in every endeavour
Public Safety: Strengthening the well-being of our communities
Academic Excellence: Promoting education as the cornerstone of progress
Community Service: Leading initiatives that enrich lives and unite communities
Trust: Building integrity, reliability, and long-lasting relationships

Background and Inauguration

Award Categories

Top Caribbean Crime Fighter

To ensure a fair chance for officers from smaller forces versus officers from larger forces, the Top Caribbean Crime Fighter will not only be selected by the number of crimes detected by the nominated officers. The ratio between cases assigned to any officers and detected cases by these officers may also be considered. Furthermore, the impact that the case(s) detected by an officer (incl. resulting convictions) had on general safety and security within the respective community (and by extension country and region) will be a main criterion for the judges on the awards programme’s panel.

Top Caribbean Community Policing Officer

The activities a police officer is nominated for must have been received, developed, supported and/or led by the police officer nominated for the award.

The activities will be judged regarding their success rate, effectiveness, problem-orientation and innovation.

The improvement and relationships with the community and persons within the community will also be judged. Additionally a list of community based initiatives the officer is involved in or has introduced with the two year time frame that the judges will be looking into must be produced.

In the instance of Top Caribbean Community Policing Officer recommendations can also be made by members of the community (inclusive of private sector), but still must be endorsed by the immediate supervisor, recommended by the area commander and approved by the Commissioner of Police.

Caribbean Career Move

The nomination must be in relation to an individual’s professional development within a two year period preceding the nomination for the award. The nominees’ professional development (e.g. tertiary education; trainings; overall performance improvement) must have resulted in a noticeable improvement of overall operations within the respective police force and by extension in improved safety and security in police force and communities. Individuals must have the rank of “Inspector” or higher to be eligible for nomination.

All nominations must be received by the last day of February of each year and will be judged by a panel of distinguished judges. Winners will be announced in April of each year and will be awarded at the ACCP Annual General Meeting and Conference of that same year.