Plucky PCSO stops cliff jumper
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A brave
PCSO
has been praised
after he stopped a man threatening to leap from a cliff.
Police Community Support Officer Sam White was called
to Wellington Crescent in Ramsgate on Tuesday at 3pm following
reports a man had climbed over railings above the cliffs.
He'd clambered back over, but was still threatening to jump.
PCSO White put himself between the railings and the man,
stopping him from jumping, even when he started to become
hostile.
He held the man back until his neighbourhood colleagues
arrived to lend a hand.
The man is now in the care of a mental health team in
hospital.
Thanet district commander Chief Inspector Mitchell Fox
said: "This is without doubt an outstandingly brave thing to
do.
"Under challenging circumstances, Sam compromised his own
safety to help another who is clearly in a position of great need,
an act in the highest traditions of the police service.
"Not only has Sam saved a life, he has also demonstrated
with his quick thinking and awareness what a difference our
neighbourhood officers' presence in Thanet's communities
can make.
"Excellent work like this, which my self-deprecating
staff more often than not see as them simply doing their job,
makes me exceptionally proud of my team."
Friday, March 19 2010
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