More than £50,000 raised for Nottinghamshire Police officer hit by practice

More than £50,000 has been raised for the police officer in Nottinghamshire who was hit by a practice final week.

Dan Fletcher, who has been referred to domestically as a former police officer, arrange the crowdfunding effort on the weekend with an preliminary goal of £50,000.

That goal has since been surpassed, with donations reaching greater than £54,500 by Tuesday afternoon.

In the replace, Mr Fletcher says: “This is an appeal to the community in order to assist the injured police officer and his family following a terrible ordeal whereby an officer has sustained life altering injuries in the line of duty whilst saving the life of another individual.

“This is the epitome of policing bravery.

“The long term outcome for the officer and his family and rehabilitation moving forward is going to be difficult and challenging.

“This fund will hopefully help in lots of areas of their lives which they’ll now must adapt and alter significantly.”

It comes after the officer, who has not been named by the pressure, was left with “serious injuries” after being hit by a practice close to Balderton in Nottinghamshire.

He had been deployed to the realm close to Newark-On-Trent simply earlier than 7pm on Thursday over considerations for a person’s security.

The officer was taken to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, as was the particular person he was helping – who’s believed to have non-life-threatening accidents.

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Chief Constable Kate Meynell beforehand mentioned: “This is a truly devastating incident that has left one of our officers very poorly in hospital. We are supporting his family and ensuring that he gets all the care and support he needs.

“This was additionally extraordinarily traumatic for all those that attended the scene, a few of whom supplied quick medical help whereas the ambulance was on its means.

“I would like to personally thank them for their quick and dedicated response to this incident.

“Officers and police employees put themselves at risk day-after-day to maintain the general public secure from hurt and I personally wish to say how eternally grateful and proud I’m of all of them.”