{"id":460,"date":"2013-09-24T11:33:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T11:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/?p=460"},"modified":"2013-09-24T11:37:51","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T11:37:51","slug":"hard-working-and-courageous-police-officer-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"“Hard working and courageous” police officer remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"

A POLICE officer who died on duty during an incident in London has been remembered as \u201ca hard working and courageous policeman\u201d<\/p>\n

PC Andy Duncan, from the Met, was checking vehicle speeds in Sutton, south London, on Friday 20 September when he was killed in an alleged hit and run.<\/p>\n

The father-of-two died in hospital from his injuries.<\/p>\n

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said: “On behalf of the Metropolitan Police family, I would like to offer my sincere condolences to his wife and children, parents, family and friends.<\/p>\n

“Andy was a hard working and courageous policeman. He served the community as both a police officer and as a scouting volunteer.<\/p>\n

“The night he was injured, he was doing a job that he loved and we all had every right to expect he would return safely to his home and family – tragically that was not the case.”<\/p>\n

PC Duncan was married and had a son and a daughter.<\/p>\n

He joined the Met in 1990 and worked in Battersea, Hammersmith and Fulham, before joining the South-West Traffic Unit in 2004.<\/p>\n

Gary Bromige, 25, from South Norwood, London, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving over the death of PC Duncan.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the Police Federation of England and Wales said: “Our thoughts are with the family of PC Andrew Duncan who died after being hit by a car on Friday.”<\/p>\n

His wife Claire said in a statement: “We would like to thank all the medical staff at St George’s hospital, Tooting, for their enormous efforts in attempting to save Andrew’s life.<\/p>\n

“We have had, and still are having tremendous support from all Andrews’s colleagues, family and friends. Our children, Adam, Emma, and myself are truly grateful.<\/p>\n

“Andrew was a fantastic husband, father, son and brother. This is supported by the many tributes which we are still receiving from his family and friends.<\/p>\n

“We are left with a huge void in our lives, but we have some fantastic memories that we will always treasure.”<\/p>\n

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