Standout police work rewarded by the Chief

Neil Cain thoroughly deserve their commendations.

“Their brave actions and outstanding teamwork ensured that an extremely high-risk incident was brought to a safe conclusion for all concerned.

“The three officers are a credit to the force and should feel very proud of themselves.”

Detective Superintendent Amber Waywell, Inspectors Jacqueline Prest and Julia Bowden and Sergeants Jonathan Rooke, Sohail Ahmed, Jennifer Morrison and Victoria Tunnah also received a Chief Constable Commendation at the monthly awards ceremony, for GMP’s Accelerated Learning Programme.

Two groups of officers have received Chief Constable Commendations in reward for their standout police work.

Sergeant Melanie Kittles and Police Constables Ellie Jones and Neil Cain, who are all members of City of Manchester North’s District Tasking Team, were presented with commendations by CC Stephen Watson at our latest monthly Long Service, Retirement and Awards ceremony at Hough End for the way they dealt with a situation involving a wanted man brandishing a firearm.

The trio located the man in an old camping hut in an isolated area following an extensive search.

The officers quickly established that the wanted man had two people inside the hut with him.

PC Cain removed a window at the side of the hut.

As he did so, the man appeared in PC Cain’s view and pointed a firearm at him.

Unable to withdraw from the area, given the isolated location, PC Cain drew his Taser and began negotiating with the man.

Sergeant Kittles and PC Jones then bravely entered the hut via the front patio doors and rescued the two frightened people.

Once they were safe, PC Cain successfully persuaded the man to put down his weapon.

The man then followed PC Cain’s instructions to open the patio doors and allow Sgt Kittles and PC Jones to arrest him.

CoM North Superintendent Paul Walker said: “Sergeant Melanie Kittles and PCs Ellie Jones and

A national shortage of Detectives prompted Det Supt Waywell to suggest a new way to train and recruit officers to fill the roles.

She put together a small team, and together they developed what is an amazing scheme to train direct entry Detectives.

A total of 164 officers began on the Accelerated Learning Programme, and the ramifications of the training programme will be felt far into the future, and has set the stage for the training of our future Detectives.