Praise for policeman who helped Huddersfield dementia sufferer

A kind police officer has been hailed a hero after he helped a scared and confused dementia sufferer in a supermarket '“ and even let her hold his hand all the way home.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jul 2016, 17:39 BST
Updated 25th Aug 2016, 21:01 BST
A helpful police officer came to the rescue of a dementia sufferer in Huddersfield after she became panicked at the checkout and he let her hold his hand on the way home where he unpacked her shopping and arranged her flowers. See Ross Parry story RPYHAND : A kindly cop has been hailed a hero after he helped a scared and confused dementia sufferer in a supermarket - and even let her hold his hand all the way home. The heartwarming moment was shared by West Yorkshire Police after they revealed the officer, named as PC Dave, even put her shopping away and placed her flowers in the window of her home. The pensioner had become distressed at the checkout in the Sainsbury's store after realising she had not taken her purse to pay for her groceries. Staff at the store in Huddersfield, West Yorks., then contacted the police who quickly attended.A helpful police officer came to the rescue of a dementia sufferer in Huddersfield after she became panicked at the checkout and he let her hold his hand on the way home where he unpacked her shopping and arranged her flowers. See Ross Parry story RPYHAND : A kindly cop has been hailed a hero after he helped a scared and confused dementia sufferer in a supermarket - and even let her hold his hand all the way home. The heartwarming moment was shared by West Yorkshire Police after they revealed the officer, named as PC Dave, even put her shopping away and placed her flowers in the window of her home. The pensioner had become distressed at the checkout in the Sainsbury's store after realising she had not taken her purse to pay for her groceries. Staff at the store in Huddersfield, West Yorks., then contacted the police who quickly attended.
A helpful police officer came to the rescue of a dementia sufferer in Huddersfield after she became panicked at the checkout and he let her hold his hand on the way home where he unpacked her shopping and arranged her flowers. See Ross Parry story RPYHAND : A kindly cop has been hailed a hero after he helped a scared and confused dementia sufferer in a supermarket - and even let her hold his hand all the way home. The heartwarming moment was shared by West Yorkshire Police after they revealed the officer, named as PC Dave, even put her shopping away and placed her flowers in the window of her home. The pensioner had become distressed at the checkout in the Sainsbury's store after realising she had not taken her purse to pay for her groceries. Staff at the store in Huddersfield, West Yorks., then contacted the police who quickly attended.

The moment was shared by West Yorkshire Police after they revealed the officer, named as PC Dave, even put her shopping away and placed her flowers in the window of her home.

The pensioner had become distressed at the checkout in the Sainsbury’s store after realising she had not taken her purse to pay for her groceries.

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Staff at the store in Huddersfield then contacted the police, who quickly attended.

The dementia sufferer was scared and did not want to let go of the police officer’s hand so Pc Dave was happy for her to hold his hand all the way back home while he was holding the gear lever.

Staff at Sainbury’s have also been praised for giving the woman her shopping for free.

Once back home, Pc Dave helped the woman put her shopping away and arranged her flowers on the windowsill for her.

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West Yorkshire Police posted the incident on its Facebook page and it has been liked over 24,000 times, with most praising the kind actions of the officer and Sainsbury’s staff.

One social media user, Jason Stonier said: “Well done coppers. At the end of the day – we all bleed the same colour. Well done Sainbury’s staff, very kind of you to pay for the lady’s shopping.”

Another poster, Meg North, commented: “A delightful story of a caring police officer helping a confused elderly lady.”

Justine Lowans said: “Lovely story, nice to know there is usually someone who will help and look out for others!”

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The case is an example of the high proportion of incidents dealt with by police that do not involve a crime being committed.

The number of incidents with a mental health aspect dealt with by forces nationwide rose by 33 per cent between 2011 and 2014, despite the overall number of incidents falling.