2024 POLICE BRAVERY AWARDS
allowing time for PC Ahmed to create distance. Whilst both officers moved out onto the main street, the suspect followed and continued swinging at PC Shardlow. After a further chase PC Shardlow managed to tackled the suspect to the floor who was still holding the knife, grappling with him before successfully detaining him.
LINCOLNSHIRE An off-duty officer ran towards distressed screams with no protection or back up as he tried to save a nine-year-old girl who had been stabbed.
On 28 July 2022, the officer was off duty. He had been out socialising and was not in possession of his PPE. As he walked through Boston town centre, he heard a loud
metallic sound like a shutter followed by a distressed scream. Without fear for his own safety, he ran towards the scream. Unbeknownst to the officer, he was to be confronted with
the terrible scene of a child who had been stabbed. He saw a large number of members of the public, including the victim’s mother, and a male leaving the scene whom he believed to be the suspect. He ran towards the commotion despite having no protection
and no backup. He had to make a split-second decision to try to save the life of the girl, in spite of the fact the suspect may well return. There was a large crowd gathering at this time and having identified himself as a police officer he tried to reassure the family he was doing all he could for their daughter, checking whether 999 had been dialled while providing CPR. Sadly, the girl passed away within the next hour. The suspect was located within a 48-hour period and the officer was committed to ensuring he provided a video recorded interview (VRI) swiftly in spite of the trauma he had experienced. Having made his way back to the police station clearly shaken by the incident, he provided swabs accordingly, clothing and detailed what he had seen and the first aid he provided.
MERSEYSIDE PCs Ian Hide (right), John Rimmer and Nathan Beavin (below right) faced a violent assault by a man with a weapon. They were on plain clothes duty when they were approached by two members of the public who said a man had just threatened them and tried to stab them. The man was still close by and in possession of a bottle and carving knife. PCs Hide and Beavin walked through a nearby alley while PC Rimmer drove his vehicle to the other end of the alley to contain the man. It was then that PCs Beavin and Hide located McComish, who began to lunge and slash at PC Hide with the large kitchen knife. As PC Hide fought to defend himself, he broke his wrist.
PC Nathan Beavin
At this moment, PC Rimmer arrived, and a struggle broke out as the three constables attempted to disarm and detain the man. As PCs Rimmer and Beavin came to his aid, the individual
stabbed twice at PC Rimmer, who “felt the force of the contact” of the blade to his left side. Fortunately, PC Rimmer’s handcuffs protected him from the blows.
The three officers then gained an opportunity to grapple the assailant to the ground, removing the knife and applying handcuffs.
Their actions, at tremendous personal risk, removed an armed and extremely dangerous individual from the streets, protecting the public and themselves from serious harm.
METROPOLITAN 1 A valiant team rescued almost 100 residents from a burning block of flats. PC Andrew Thompson (right)
and PC Jordan Watson were on mobile patrol when they noticed a significant fire on the top floor of a flat. PC Watson (below right) immediately notified the control room and colleagues to the situation and requested assistance from the London Ambulance Service. Both officers knew they had to quickly start evacuating the residents inside. PC George Ewart (overleaf), and a PC who wishes to remain anonymous, swiftly arrived on
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