Three Northern Rail rail security officers have been recognised for their bravery and courageous actions by the BeSafe Partnership, which comprises Bolton Council, Greater Manchester emergency, health and probation services.
Dean Mitchell, Thomas Houston and David Day were awarded Good Citizenship Awards for their courageous actions in dealing with a serious incident at Manchester Victoria Station.
The three officers were on duty on 20 July 2007 when a man, who was suffering from hallucinations and paranoia after misuse of drugs, held his girlfriend at knifepoint and stole a car before driving recklessly from Bolton to Manchester Victoria Station.
When the man arrived at Manchester Victoria he dragged his girlfriend at knifepoint onto the concourse where the security officers were on patrol.
The man was agitated, claiming voices in his head were telling him to kill his girlfriend, however, the security team stayed with the pair, attempting to calm him down and retrieve the knife. Eventually the officers were able disarm and restrain the man until police arrived.
Heidi Mottram, Managing Director, Northern Rail said: “We are extremely proud of Dean, Thomas and David. They acted with incredible bravery in what was clearly a very volatile situation. Our rail security team was set up to help keep our employees and customers safe and incidents like this are testimony to the good work they do.”
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