Awesome bravery...or a bit stupid?

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:32 pm

You decide

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 842282.stm

Pc's eye impaled in arrest chase

A police officer kept chasing a suspect for his first arrest - despite getting a six-inch branch stuck in his eye.

Pc John Nash slipped on mud and slid head first into a bush while pursuing the man in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, just six days into the job.

He only realised he was injured when he arrested the suspect, who told him he had "better get to hospital".

Pc Nash, 25, underwent three hours of surgery, which saved his eye, and says he now just wants to return to work.

The officer was in an unmarked police vehicle following a car being driven erratically on an estate when it was abandoned in Walton Close.

Two men ran off and Pc Nash gave chase, in conditions described as "driving rain", and cornered one in a dead end.

Insp Ian Hanson, of the Police Federation, said: "John fell in some mud and initially thought he banged his head on his baton, which he had drawn.

"When he detained the man he thought was the offender shortly afterwards, it was actually the man who said: 'you'd better get to hospital mate'."

Mr Hanson, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said the stick penetrated Pc Nash's eye, shattered his eye socket and stopped just underneath his brain.

"He was incredibly lucky not to lose his eye, or indeed his life," he added.

Pc Nash was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital, where he underwent three hours of surgery. Doctors had expected him to lose his sight, Mr Hanson said.

It must have been quite frightening for them to see their colleague come back with this thing sticking out of his eye

Insp Ian Hanson, of the Police Federation

"Ultimately, it's through the skill of the surgeons that he is in the lucky position that he has kept his eye and not suffered any brain damage," he added.

"It shows the dangers that police officers face every day, but we in GMP are very proud of John. He is very much the reluctant hero and all he wants to do is get back to work.

"John is more bothered about the impact it had on his colleagues at the scene. It must have been quite frightening for them to see their colleague come back with this thing sticking out of his eye."

PC Nash has got his peripheral vision back and a "significant" amount of his sight has returned.

The suspect was arrested but later released without charge.

Personally, I think it is epic bravery...he must be a bit peeved though that the guy got released.

Also, for those not squeamish, check out this pic of the thing in his eye. Seriously, you don't want to see it. I'm warning you. Final warning.

http://tinyurl.com/7zwou9

If you didn't like it, it's your own fault.

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:34 pm

He only realised he was injured when he arrested the suspect, who told him he had "better get to hospital".

Neither brave nor stupid. He just seems a bit unobservant to me.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:29 pm

Looks like he just didn't know what had really happened. Very lucky with the eyesight, and all for somebody released without charge. Great.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:46 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Looks like he just didn't know what had really happened. Very lucky with the eyesight, and all for somebody released without charge. Great.

From the careful phraseology used about the suspect, it is possible the wrong man was nabbed - hence the release. Or he could be re-arrested later if forensic evidence in the car supports the case.

clapton is god · Post by **clapton is god** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:55 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:[.......he could be re-arrested later if forensic evidence in the car supports the case.

No, he would be out on Police bail rather than 'released without charge' if they thought there was any chance of that.

It's susrprising what you can accomplish when the adrenaline rush is coursing through your body. This is a young man in hot pursuit of his first prisoner. His leg could have dropped off and he would have kept going!

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:48 pm

Bet he gets a bit of 'stick' from the rest of the coppers

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:59 pm

boltonboris wrote:Bet he gets a bit of 'stick' from the rest of the coppers

He'll be transferred to special branch.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:02 pm

Verbal wrote:
boltonboris wrote:Bet he gets a bit of 'stick' from the rest of the coppers
He'll be transferred to special branch.

Or he could become a private eye

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:27 pm

boltonboris wrote:
Verbal wrote:
boltonboris wrote:Bet he gets a bit of 'stick' from the rest of the coppers
He'll be transferred to special branch.
Or he could become a private eye

I reckon he'll stick to the day job.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:55 pm

jimbo wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
Verbal wrote:
boltonboris wrote:Bet he gets a bit of 'stick' from the rest of the coppers
He'll be transferred to special branch.
Or he could become a private eye
I reckon he'll stick to the day job.

Already used stick

nat_bwfcuk · Post by **nat_bwfcuk** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:03 pm

boltonboris wrote:
jimbo wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
Verbal wrote:
boltonboris wrote:Bet he gets a bit of 'stick' from the rest of the coppers
He'll be transferred to special branch.
Or he could become a private eye
I reckon he'll stick to the day job.
Already used stick

He probably already twigged that!

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:10 pm

nat_bwfcuk wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
jimbo wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
Verbal wrote: He'll be transferred to special branch.
Or he could become a private eye
I reckon he'll stick to the day job.
Already used stick
He probably already twigged that!

Between us tree, I reckon so too

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:25 pm

boltonboris wrote:
nat_bwfcuk wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
jimbo wrote:
boltonboris wrote: Or he could become a private eye
I reckon he'll stick to the day job.
Already used stick
He probably already twigged that!
Between us tree, I reckon so too

this is a bit wooden now

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:58 am

jaffka wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
nat_bwfcuk wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
jimbo wrote: I reckon he'll stick to the day job.
Already used stick
He probably already twigged that!
Between us tree, I reckon so too
this is a bit wooden now

Y'all shoulda taken a leaf out of verbal's book, think he got to the root of the problem. That picture's horrid, though fascinating, should be on paper view. Anyone know if the criminal was British, or was he an ...wait for this....was he an a-xylem seeker?

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:48 am

Prufrock wrote:
jaffka wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
nat_bwfcuk wrote:
boltonboris wrote: Already used stick
He probably already twigged that!
Between us tree, I reckon so too
this is a bit wooden now
Y'all shoulda taken a leaf out of verbal's book, think he got to the root of the problem. That picture's horrid, though fascinating, should be on paper view. Anyone know if the criminal was British, or was he an ...wait for this....was he an a-xylem seeker?

Keep em phloem boys!

seanworth · Post by **seanworth** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:02 am

jimbo wrote:
Prufrock wrote:
jaffka wrote:
boltonboris wrote:
nat_bwfcuk wrote: He probably already twigged that!
Between us tree, I reckon so too
this is a bit wooden now
Y'all shoulda taken a leaf out of verbal's book, think he got to the root of the problem. That picture's horrid, though fascinating, should be on paper view. Anyone know if the criminal was British, or was he an ...wait for this....was he an a-xylem seeker?
Keep em phloem boys!

You guys are barking up the wrong tree.

O.k. I will get my hat and coat and leaf now.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:55 am

Ok, the oak's gone to far now.

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:51 pm

Where did all this stem from?

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:11 pm

jimbo wrote:Where did all this stem from?

Did you not cedar picture?

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:05 pm

Prufrock wrote:
jimbo wrote:Where did all this stem from?
Did you not cedar picture?

Oh yeh. His face needs a good sprucing up after that.

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