County’s best police recruit
A POLICE officer awarded the title of Hampshire's best new recruit has been lavished with praise.
At the Hampshire police and crime commissioner awards at the end of last month, PC Ollie Lindridge from Basingstoke was named as PC recruit of the year.
PC Lindridge was praised for his positive attitude despite long hours and challenging incidents.
Hampshire Police Federation, posting on social media, said: ‘Amazing work from PC Ollie Lindridge who has been named police recruit of the year.’
The officer was presented the award by Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney.
She said: 'Ollie has a positive attitude and is already an integral part of the team.
'It has been noted that since independence, Ollie is always keen to offer to help others, even with jobs he did not attend, sometimes staying later just to help those officers out when he knows that they will be several hours late off.
'Basingstoke B shift is the second least experienced response and patrol team in the county, and although Ollie is just over a year in, he is treated and relied upon like an officer much longer in service.'
One incident that was highlighted by the chief constable was a road traffic collision (RTC) where an elderly man suffered a medical episode and crashed.
PC Lindridge immediately assessed the man and started giving CPR, freeing up his more experienced colleague to handle other aspects of the incident.
Although the man did not survive the crash, PC Lindridge gave him the best possible chances for survival, the chief constable added.
Police and crime commissioner Donna Jones, former leader of Portsmouth City Council, was also in attendance.