PC Umar was commended by the federation for leading the development of the Hijab Project, through which new uniform options were introduced to meet the needs of Muslim women officers.
She has provided one-to-one support to Muslim officers and staff and strengthened relationships between policing and Muslim communities, the federation said.
Reacting to receiving the award, she said: “I’m truly humbled to receive this award because I’m super passionate about the work I do around representation and inclusion for women in policing.
“I never thought about a career in the police until my daughter at the time said to me, ‘Can women like you do that job?’
“I was really offended because obviously she’d never seen anyone who looked like me being a police officer, and it’s because of that that I have continued to do this work and to try and create a space for women who look like me in policing across the UK.”
