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image captionOnce Wilkie was tasered,other officers were able to move in and handcuff him
A police officer has been praised for his selfless courage after being threatened with a man wielding three knives.
Avon and Somerset constable Chris Wright put himself between David Wilkie and his colleagues because they didn t have time to flee .
He tasered Wilkie, 41, when he continued to advance, meaning he could be handcuffed.
Now a sergeant, Wright has been given a chief constable s commendation.
The force has released a video of the incident showing Wilkie shouting at police in the centre of a block of flats in Staple Hill, Bristol on 16 June, 2020.