Sgt Richard Durnford said: "It is really humbling because incidents such as the one I was nominated for are not uncommon – I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and was able to help. I am just please this person is getting their life back together again. That's really rewarding."

2007 winners and highly commended runners-up

• Bristol Winner – Louise Payne
• Bristol Highly Commended – Peter Jones
• South Glos Winner – Stuart Lockwood
• Bath and North East Somerset Winner – Richard Durnford
• Somerset East Winner – David Adams
• Somerset West Winner – Pamela Whitehead
• Somerset West Highly Commended – Colin Slater
• North Somerset Winner – Peter Land
• North Somerset Highly Commended – Glen Wheeler
• Special Award for customer service (non-district based)
• Winner – Dylan Aplin
• Highly Commended – Jon Kenny