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Officers who went above and beyond the call of duty, providing vital lifesaving treatment to members of the public have been commended for their actions.
During the Chief Constable’s latest Awards Ceremony, held at Kent Police College on Tuesday 11 June 2024, five Kent Police officers were awarded certificates from the Royal Humane Society following their actions, which ultimately saved lives.
Three officers were commended for their actions searching for a vulnerable missing man.
In June 2023, Sergeant Paul Scott from the west Kent Vulnerability Investigation Team, along with PC Kyle Andrew and another officer from the Maidstone policing team all worked together to establish the whereabouts of the man who they found unconscious.
Team medic, PS Scott immediately moved the man to be able to administer first aid, while PC Andrews went back to the car to collect first aid kits. After a few minutes, the man stopped breathing so PS Scott began CPR, and when PC Andrews returned with the kit, both he and the other officer continued CPR until the man’s pulse returned.
The man was stabilised by the ambulance crew and taken to hospital where he regained full consciousness.
In October 2023, Detective Constable Paul Norman who works at Kent Police College was off duty, umpiring at a sporting event when a male member of the team collapsed unconscious.
DC Norman and an officer from another force who was at the event acted immediately, putting the man in the recovery position, but his condition deteriorated quickly.
DC Norman quickly found the defibrillator and set this into action. The two officers worked together swapping between chest compressions. After the third shock the man started breathing again and began to regain consciousness.
When the ambulance crew arrived DC Norman was able to give a handover of the actions taken before they took over to monitor the improving condition of the man who was then taken to hospital for treatment and discharged two days later.
Detective Constable Ben Slocombe from the Crime Squad was commended for his life-saving actions in December 2023.
He was on duty in Chatham conducting enquiries into an unrelated matter when he heard someone screaming, before he then saw a man running towards him holding a seven-week-old baby that was not breathing.
DC Slocombe placed the baby in the back of the police car, using his police radio to call an ambulance and then started CPR to which the baby started responding and started to breathe again as the ambulance crew arrived. The baby has since recovered well.
Chief Constable of Kent Police Tim Smith said: ‘Three lives have been saved thanks to the quick thinking of these officers. Their professionalism, compassion and bravery are an example to us all.
‘I am very proud of them and it is an honour to be able to recognise those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to save life.’