Brave off-duty officers and members of the public rewarded for life-saving actions
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Two members of the public and two off-duty officers have been rewarded for their brave actions that saw them save a man's life.
Flash back 12 months and PCs Faye Gardner and Sam Long were on their way back home from the Two Castles Run.
Working in policing, many of our officers are ready to respond to an emergency, but the pair probably didn't have life-saving on their to do list that day.
It was June 2025, when a father-of-one had collapsed 40 miles into a 45-mile ride with his cycling club and was having a suspected cardiac arrest.
Retired nurse Tracey Rutter was already on scene giving first aid along with a cycle club member, Fiona Jolly.
After seeing the commotion, Sam and Faye pulled over - immediately offering to help and perform CPR.
The group of four continued to help until the ambulance arrived – with paramedics using a defibrillator and the man regaining consciousness.
He was taken to hospital where, with his wife and 15-year-old daughter by his side, he thankfully made a full recovery.
Doctors have since told the group if they hadn’t acted so quickly, he would almost certainly have died.
Moments like that remind us how strong our communities are when people step forward to help each other and we were really happy to be able to recognise them with a Chief Constable’s commendation at a recent awards evening.
Well done to Fiona, Faye, Sam and Tracey!