Man Recognized for Helping Police

Sunday, March 04, 2007 04:45 PM

A Prince George man has been given a Certificate of Commendation from the Prince George RCMP for helping out a constable who was under attack last July.

Police say Derrick Norn was on his way home from work at PG Pulp when he spotted Constable Jason being attacked by two young men on highway 97 near the John Hart Bridge. The Constable had arrived on the scene to investigate a complaint of two males jumping in front of traffic. During the struggle, the constable lost his two way radio.

Norn stopped at the scene and yelled out to the Constable “I am here to help you” Norn didn’t waste any time in getting involved “I could see it was two guys taking swings at the Constable. Constable Gillis was fighting back as I ran up, one guy came at me, I grabbed him and was able to restrain him. Then Constable Gillis got control of the one he was struggling with and he came over to me and I helped him handcuff the suspect I was holding on to.”

Norn says he didn’t really think twice about helping out “After its all done, you think, the guy could have had a knife or whatever, but that doesn’t cross your mind when you’re going to help out. I’ve got friends who are police officers and I know they don’t have a very good job sometimes.” Norn says he would do it all again if the situation arose.

Both suspects were convicted and sentenced for assaulting a police officer, Constable Gillis received minor injuries in the assault.

Today, Norn was presented with the Certificate of Commendation at the Prince George RCMP detachment.

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Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 04:45 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Jeth on March 4 2007 4:54 PM

In a related good-news story, the two suspects were given 6 weeks of free snowboarding lessons and rentals.

Posted by: wrinkledawg on March 5 2007 5:41 AM

They should of been tossed off the bridge,end of problem :)

Posted by: acrider54 on March 5 2007 6:37 AM

Good job Derrick!

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on March 5 2007 7:29 AM

"In a related good-news story, the two suspects were given 6 weeks of free snowboarding lessons and rentals...."
HeeHee!! So true!

Posted by: diplomat on March 5 2007 9:35 AM

"Both suspects were convicted and sentenced for assaulting a police officer, Constable Gillis received minor injuries in the assault."

And what exactly was the sentence? Or is it a secret, like the finer details such as names and ages?

There is far too much that we are apparently not privileged to be informed about.

Btw, thanks for helping the officer who was being attacked by those despicable hoodlums.

Posted by: thereasonableman on March 5 2007 11:38 AM

Good job by Norn, I'm glad it was a good ending for him and the officer. We should all think this way, maybe the police should also start thinking of people in the community as partners, not "the enemy".

Posted by: caranmacil on March 5 2007 12:08 PM

WHere is it written that police think of us as the enemy? Maybe we should be more careful of what we say. An outsider reading the last few eeks posts would conclude that the public sees the cops as the enemy. We cant rip on them for every mistake (real or preceived) and only help them when their lives are in danger. Support them in small but obvious ways and i suspect you will see that they are not the enemy and that they see us as their responsibility, not their enemy.

Posted by: Harbinger on March 5 2007 8:43 PM

I will support the police but I will not let them butt in in front of me at Timmy's. Some things shouldn't be trifled with. And that's my coffee time!!