A former Boorowa resident has been honoured with the Australian Police Medal.
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Superintendent Karen Leanne Webb (nee Keefe) was one of nine officers to receive the medal from Governor-General, General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, in this year's Australia Day awards.
The State Surveillance Branch commander grew up in Little Street, the daughter of Jen and Frank.
She attended Boorowa Central School before joining the New South Wales Police Force as a trainee in 1987 at the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn.
She was attested as a Probationary Constable in 1987, where she was stationed at Castle Hill. She was promoted to her current rank in 2006 and posted to her current command in 2013.
Superintendent Webb was confirmed as a Constable in 1988 whilst performing General Duties at Castle Hill, where she later entered the Criminal Investigation field in 1989, and was designated as a Detective in 1991.
She has served in the criminal investigation field at Castle Hill, North West Region Crime Squad, Drug Enforcement Agency, Dapto, Warilla. Supt Webb later took up an education and training role with the School of Investigation & Information Management, where in 2000, she was promoted to the rank of Detective Sergeant.
She continued her training role at the Field Education Crime Management Unit and the Professional Services Branch, and in 2003, she was promoted to the rank of Detective Inspector, as the Commander of the Professional Services Branch.
In 2006, she was promoted to the rank of Superintendent as Commander of the Audit Group, later serving at the Performance Improvement and Planning Command, Holroyd Local Area Command and North West Metropolitan Region as the Operations Manager prior to being appointed Commander, State Surveillance Branch, her current position in 2013.
Superintendent Webb was appointed in 2012 to the role of Chairperson for the 100 Years of Women in Police celebration in 2015 and in 2013 she was selected and appointed as the NSW Police Corporate Sponsor for Women in Policing.
She is a member of the Corrective Services Women's Advisory Committee and the NSW Police Force Women in Policing Executive Committee.
She is also an active member on the NSW Police Force Detectives Board. Superintendent Webb is actively involved in providing mentoring, leadership and opportunities for officers of all ranks and administration staff where she values people as the greatest resource of the NSW Police Force.
Superintendent Webb was awarded the National Police Service Medal in 2014, the National Medal in 2004 (1st clasp to the National Medal in 2014) and the NSW Police Medal in 2004 (including 2nd clasp to the NSW Police Medal in 2009).
Her distinguished service in policing now sees Superintendent Webb at the State Surveillance Branch, serving the entire state of New South Wales.
