Police chief praises officers for saving woman in crisis from car park roof THE county’s top police chief has heaped praise on officers who rescued a woman in crisis from a car park roof after a four-hour stand-off. Chief Constable BJ Harrington congratulated the officers on “saving a life” after a woman headed to the top of St John’s multi-storey car park, in Southway, Colchester. Essex Police were called to the car park at about 9.35pm on Tuesday. One witness, who works as a taxi driver, reported seeing about seven police cars parked outside the car park from about 10pm until 2am.