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Originally Posted by Derek
There was one where two PCSOs were first at the scene of a drowning. The Daily Mail made out as though they watched the person drown and didn't try to help due to health and safety. (A chance to have a go at the Police and H&S in one story? The DM must have thought it was Christmas!)
In reality the person was already under water and out of site on arrival of the PCSOs and as there was no reliable information where he was last seen they didn't go in, quite rightly IMO.
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Funnily enough Derek the first proper policeman on the scene did jump in and get the kid out, no ones saying they want people to put themselves in genuine life or death danger but what was the real risk of having a little wade out or even probing the water with a branch, catching a cold, splinters, I know I couldn't live with myself if I did nothing in a similar situation and what we certainly don't want is anymore of this
A grandfather died of a heart attack while an emergency paramedic stood outside his home for 16 minutes, making a risk assessment.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6652450.ece