Lissie Harper has been recognised for her services to victims of violent crime and their families after campaigning for Harper’s Law. 

PC Andrew Harper's widow Lissie, made an MBE by King Charles

Police forces and organisations across the country are remembering the roads policing officer who was killed on duty in Berkshire.

Thames Valley officer PC Andrew Harper remembered three years on from his death

Lissie Harper campaigned for the law after her husband, PC Andrew Harper, was killed while he responded to an attempted burglary.

'Harper's Law' comes into force after receiving Royal Assent

Lissie Harper is ready to "move forwards" and retire from public life when Harper's Law makes it onto the statute books.

My husband would want me to find happiness, says policeman's widow 

Harper’s Law will mean that offenders who kill an emergency services worker while committing crime will face a life sentence.

PC Andrew Harper's widow wins fight for law change over emergency worker deaths

It means that anyone who kills a member of the emergency services when they are on duty will face a mandatory life sentence.

Father of PC killed in the line of duty backs new mandatory life sentence law

Lissie Harper has vowed to fight to change the law in her late husband’s name to introduce life sentences for those who kill emergency workers.

Pc’s widow vows to continue push for ‘Harper’s Law’ on anniversary of campaign

A new fitness suite has been unveiled at Abingdon Police Station in memory of PC Andrew Harper.

Fitness suite opened at Abingdon Police Station in honour of PC Andrew Harper

Lissie Harper is campaigning for a law change in Pc Andrew Harper’s name, with mandatory life sentences for those who kill emergency service workers.

Lissie Harper’s heartbreak at spending husband’s 30th without him

Pc Harper was killed while responding to reports of an attempted robbery in Sulhamstead in August 2019.

Teens jailed for Pc Harper's death have sentences challenged as "unduly lenient"

The 29-year-old widow went to Westminster to make her case for a new law requiring life sentences for those who kill emergency services workers.

Priti Patel ‘supports’ plan for Harper’s Law, widow Lissie says

In an interview on ITV's GMB, Lissie Harper said she was "not surprised" Henry Long, one of three men convicted of the manslaughter of Pc Harper, had applied for permission to appeal against his 16-year prison sentence.

Pc Andrew Harper's widow Lissie 'appalled' husband's killer appealing sentence 

Henry Long, one of the killers of Pc Andrew Harper, is applying for permission to appeal against his 16-year prison sentence. The officer's mother, Debbie Adlam, said the news was "another kick in the stomach" for her family.

Teenager convicted of killing Andrew Harper launched appeal over sentence

260820-Lissie Harper at Home Office sign-Jason Bye and Martis Media

Lissie Harper is pushing for Harper's Law, which could see all criminals convicted of killing emergency service workers handed a life sentence.

Lissie Harper: Harper's Law came about through 'journey of devastation'

The Attorney General Suella Braverman has referred the sentences of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole to the Court of Appeal.

Pc Andrew Harper

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