POLICE officers undergoing waterside training had to put their skills to the test much sooner than anticipated after a member of the public got into difficulty in the water. PCs Anna Groves and Tom Eldridge along with another officer from the Force Support Unit, were undergoing training to qualify as reserve officers for the Marine Unit based in Burnham. The three officers were practising handling one of the smaller vessels at Burnham Marina yesterday (May 11) when they saw a man fall into the water as he climbed from a boat to the jetty. The team quickly went to help the man and found that he had become tangled in a rope under the water.
POLICE officers undergoing waterside training had to put their skills to the test much sooner than anticipated after a member of the public got into difficulty in the water. PCs Anna Groves and Tom Eldridge along with another officer from the Force Support Unit, were undergoing training to qualify as reserve officers for the Marine Unit based in Burnham. The three officers were practising handling one of the smaller vessels at Burnham Marina yesterday (May 11) when they saw a man fall into the water as he climbed from a boat to the jetty. The team quickly went to help the man and found that he had become tangled in a rope under the water.