If I don't qualify for the QDJM by being current frontline Police Staff, why on Earth should I get one for simply being a veteran? Isn't that why we have the 'Veterans Badge'?
My colleague was shot at while doing his job during the recent riots, yet he will not be getting the medal. Why should someone whose only qualification is that they survived the NAAFI bop of a Friday night in Germany all those years ago get one, and not him?