10 year old boy drowns, CSOs do nothing!

[luke-p]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/7008077.stm

Completely outrageous... When I heard this on the news I was really ****** off :@
Like what the hell is that about, you don't need training to go into a pond and try to save a little boys life, so what if they would have lost there jobs, I'm sure every one on this forum would have at least tried to save him...

[Lycan]

Indeed, but they were untrained in what to do,


"The alarm was raised and the CSOs arrived. Police said they could see no sign of Jordon in the water, so they radioed trained officers for help."

If they can't see him, they don't know where to go to look, instead choosing to aid the girl who was pulled out to avoid hypatherma.

infairness the two anglers could of jumped in and didn't....

[FlyingJesus]

They'd have been taking a big risk to look for someone whose position they didn't know, with no training and no knowledge of how to get themselves out alive let alone with someone else. It's not like it was a garden fish pond.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I think these 'police' are the new type of policeman David Blunkett created, hence they are known as Blunketts plastic bobbies'

[Concentric2]

I think they should have at least swum out to see if they could see any sign of him.

However, I think it's unfair to say that they stood by whilst the boy drowned - they couldn't see any sign of him.

[Virgin Mary]

Um, I'd understand if it was the ocean or the Loch Ness, but it was a 6ft deep pond...

[Lilian]

Poor Lad

[cocaine]

PCSO's aren't legally required to do that, they aren't trained.

They're also allowed to do a risk assessment.

[DiscoPat]

Stop being stupid, if you cant see the boy then its stupid to randomly jump in the watr because theres less of a chance you can see him if your in the water, also its called officer safety.. Also its no good if you jump in the water to save the boy and end up puting your life at risk as that wont help the other emergency service officers as they will have another problem in hand. Personally I would of gone in but thats cause im a reasonably good swimmer but I still agree with what the community officers done there.

[lAdmire]

okay.
i am not the greatest swimmer & i would've jumped into save him.
they did the wrong thing.
you do not need to be trained to learn how to jump in the water & save a boy.
wow.
they should feel very guilty.
letting a boy die while they are there watching.