TRIBUTES have flooded in for a former Sellafield police officer who has died after contracting Covid-19. Police Constable Abbas Ahmed, 40, who worked at the Sellafield site with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary before moving to Greater Manchester Police (GMP), passed away on January 21. He leaves a wife and two small children. PC Ahmed joined the Civil Nuclear Police unit at Sellafield in 2012 but left in March 2017 to join the GMP force. Cumbria Police Federation – representing rank and file officers across the county – broke the news locally of his loss yesterday, sending condolences to the officer’s family. Gary Thwaite, chief executive of the Civil Nuclear Police Federation, said: “This is devastating news.
Loved: PC 1724 Nick Dumphreys, loved by his family and his colleagues COLLEAGUES and friends of the popular Cumbrian police officer Nick Dumphreys have fondly remembered him – a year to the day after the motorway crash that claimed his life. PC 1724 Dumphreys, 47, died when his marked police car veered off the M6 between junctions 43 and 44 near Carlisle on January 26 last year. An inquest has since been opened into the tragedy. The officer’s death triggered a flood of tributes and hundreds of people attended the funeral in Carlisle for PC Dumphreys, a married father-of-two who was hugely popular and adored by his family.
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Police officers should not vilified by the public for doing their best to protect people from COVID-19, Cumbria Police Federation said. The federation, which represents officers, said officers were working ‘flat out’ to keep the public safe and to prevent the NHS from becoming overwhelmed with coronavirus cases. Cumbrian officers.
Cumbria Police Federation have released a Christmas and new year message. During the message, a tribute was paid to Police Constable Nick Dumphreys, who sadly passed away in January following a collision on the M6. The federation continued by highlighting how difficult 2020 has been due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges faced. The statement said: “You won’t need me to tell you what a challenging year it’s been. “It started in the worst possible way when we lost one of our colleagues Nick Dumphreys and then a month later we’re all locked down to combat COVID. “The force had to adopt a new way of policing in the sense of managing staff, working from home policies, and they’ve had to adapt to technology that they had, but didn’t really use.”