Officers bravely risked their own life forming a human chain while trying to save a woman from falling down a cliff. The four officers from South Wales Police have been nominated for the National Police Bravery Awards 2023 due to their efforts that night.
In the early hours of April 12, 2021, PC Owen Bedford, Inspector Paul Ramsay, Detective Inspector Paul Graham - who was a sergeant at the time - and a fourth – who wishes to remain anonymous, were deployed to the scene of a distressed woman on the edge of high, steep cliffs at Southerndown, Vale of Glamorgan.
Inspector Ramsay was first at the scene and located the woman in "a highly precarious and vulnerable position". The officers recall that she was hanging on to crumbling rock, surrounded by wet grass, and was at immediate risk of falling.
