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an individual with a knife. The police were requested to attend his location, where he had said there had been a murder.
Upon arrival at the scene, the individual had retreated to a secluded car park. On being approached by PC Newman, he pulled a large knife from his pocket and held the knife to his throat. PC Newman drew her Taser and instructed the individual
to drop the weapon. In an instant, he became extremely aggressive, rushing PC Newman with the knife raised above his head and attempting to stab and slash at PC Newman’s face and upper body. The Taser was deployed, but it had no effect, owing to the layers of clothing the individual was wearing. PC Morrison grabbed and pulled PC Newman backwards when the individual raised his knife, quite possibly saving her from injury. At this point, PC Morrison shouted for PC Newman to run, but neither officer fled. With a baton and PAVA spray, the individual was disarmed. He then fled the scene. While PC Newman recovered the weapon, PC Morrison gave chase on foot. The suspect kept one hand in his pocket, giving the impression he was still armed. As he ran, PC Morrison kept the public safe, giving clear instructions for them to make way and gave a commentary over his radio. This enabled other officers to arrive on scene as quickly as possible.
LANCASHIRE Five officers jumped into a river to do everything they could to save a woman, who had tried to take her own life.
On 21 July last year, police received a call from a distressed male stating his mother had just ended her life. Her body was now in the river and upon arrival, the officers were confronted with a difficult situation. After they made their way through grassland, there was a high wall with a 10-foot drop on the other side into the river.
PCs Stinchon and Gregson climbed over the wall and dropped into the river, wading over immediately to the male. They moved the woman across to the other side of the river where it was much shallower, so she could be laid above the water for them to commence CPR as she was unresponsive and not breathing.
PCs Katherine
Maxwell and Mike McMahon arrived on the scene shortly after. They climbed over the wall into the river, bringing extensive first aid equipment carried
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by the armed response officers. Both PC Maxwell and PC McMahon assisted with providing first aid and CPR to the victim. PC Vanessa Fowler then arrived on scene and entered the water further assisting in the administration of CPR before other emergency service workers arrived to support the rescue efforts. After performing CPR for 13 minutes, her pulse was obtained, but she was not breathing at this time. Sadly, she passed away in the hospital several days later, but was given every chance to survive thanks to the phenomenal effort, courage, bravery and professionalism shown by all the officers.
LEICESTERSHIRE
An extremely violent situation could have been fatal for a member of the public, had to not been for the courage and swift action of two officers who intervened. PC George Proctor and PC Ethan Lang were called to Saffron Lane in Leicestershire on the morning of 23 August 2021. The offender, Callum McDermott, was attempting to stop moving vehicles and stood in front of a bus. A taxi driver, Mr Jazoomy, who had his vehicle kicked by Mr McDermott, had pulled over in an attempt to diffuse the situation. However, he was rounded on by the offender, who punched him eight times and kicked him 24 times in the head, knocking him to the ground. Two civilians intervened to diffuse the situation and tried to prevent further harm to Mr Jazoomy. On arrival, the officers were alerted about the location of the offender and the extensive injuries inflicted. Realising the perpetrator was violent, both officers
approached him to restrict his movement. This led Mr McDermott to assault PC Lang while he was attempting to apply handcuffs. The perpetrator punched PC Proctor in the face, fracturing his nose, when he came to assist PC Lang. PC Proctor was later diagnosed with a bruised retina as a result of the assault. This gave enough time for Mr McDermott to break free. As PC Proctor was unable to chase because of his severe injuries, PC Lang initiated pursuit to stall and successfully arrest Mr McDermott.
MERSEYSIDE
A pair of police officers sustained injuries in a hit-and-run as they did everything they could to stop suspects in their tracks.
On 17 May 2022, PCs Dan Parr and
Steph Catterall attended a callout. A member of the public had witnessed two males acting suspiciously and discarding a bag nearby. After an area search, a vehicle matching the description was identified by the officers and stopped. PC Parr and PC Catterall spoke to the occupants who were
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