Hero cop says he was “Johnny on the spot”
Published: May 16, 2007
A Dunedin police officer who has been honoured for rescuing a ten-year-old boy from a burning motel unit says he is humbled by the recognition.
Inspector Alistair Dickie has been presented with the Sir Charles Upham Award and the Royal Humane Society’s Silver Medal by the Governor General.
He was off-duty and staying at a Christchurch camping ground when a neighbouring family’s unit caught fire. Mr Dickie says everyone except a ten-year-old boy managed to get out, so he stepped in.
“I was just Johnny on the spot really . . . and any citizen out there who was in that position would probably act the same way. In the police we are required to deal with emergencies so even off-duty; we have not got some off button when we finish work.”
Mr Dickie says luckily the boy was fine and regained consciousness not long after being carried from the flames.
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