Posthumous award for slain policeman

SLAIN policeman Bryson Anderson has been honoured with a posthumous valour award as the community he wholeheartedly embraced in life returned that embrace in death.

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione presented the award to his widow Donna at the funeral service for the 45-year-old father of three, who was knifed last week while trying to calm a neighbourhood dispute over a bird cage.

Commissioner Scipione said the murdered policeman had shown exceptional bravery, going "without hesitation" to the aid of a fellow officer after being stabbed.

"He evinced the highest standards of the NSW police force," Commissioner Scipione told 2000 mourners, half of them uniformed police, at St Patrick's cathedral in Parramatta as the community turned out on Wednesday in a massive show of respect, gratitude and affection.

Commissioner Scipione also presented a second award, the National Police Service Medal, recognising the slain policeman's ethical and diligent service in protecting the community.

His widow Donna said her husband, whose father and brother were also policemen, embraced police life.

"He got the sense of family," she said.

"They say there will never be a day like this for another 1000 years, and I pray for the sake of my family and the police community there won't."

Commissioner Scipione said law and order came at a sometimes prohibitive price.

"As a society we need to rise up to repudiate violence, however and wherever we can, with all the energy we can muster," he said.

"We will continue to protect and serve the community as Bryson did. Of that he can be sure."

He said Bryson loved the Hawkesbury area, where he lived and worked most of his adult life, and innumerable local people loved him in return.

"His personnel file is full to overflowing with complimentary remarks and letters of appreciation, many from the community and victims of crime," he said.

He was a tenacious officer, driven to pursue offenders for the darkest and most serious of crimes, yet he retained extraordinary empathy and compassion.

"He lived for the community, died serving it and deserved much better," he said.

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