PC Andrew Harper

Andrew Harper's record is not a list of trophies. It is a single fact that has proved hard to bury: a 28-year-old constable, sent to a report of a stolen quad bike, killed and dragged more than a mile along a Berkshire road. Three teenagers were convicted. Seven years later, when the early-release rules threatened to free them, his name was enough to force a Prime Minister to change course and keep them in prison. The Police Federation campaign carried his name. That is the measure of what he means.