TRIBUTES have been paid to an \u201cexperienced, popular and highly respected\u201d traffic officer who has died at Humberside Police.<\/p>\n
PC Russ Wylie, a roads policing officer based at Melton, was involved in a road traffic collision near Burstwick on Monday 13 April.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old officer was taken by air ambulance to Hull Royal Infirmary after the incident but he died the following morning (14 April).<\/p>\n
He was riding a Humberside Police motorcycle and was travelling with a second police motorcylist when the collision occurred with a Mitsubishi 4\u00d74 vehicle. The officers were not responding to an emergency at the time of the collision and were travelling at normal patrol speed.<\/p>\n
Messages of support for the officer\u2019s friends, family and colleagues have flooded in as the Humberside roads policing team paid tribute to their \u201ctrusted, loyal friend, colleague and brother\u201d.<\/p>\n
PC Wylie, who worked predominantly on the south bank covering North and North East Lincolnshire, will be \u201cbadly missed\u201d by all his colleagues at the force, said Deputy Chief Constable David Griffin.<\/p>\n
DCC Griffin said: \u201cRussell was an experienced and highly respected roads policing officer who will be badly missed by all his colleagues and friends in Humberside Police.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe loss of life of a colleague on duty is felt by everyone in the force. Our heartfelt thoughts are with Russell\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grateful for the numerous messages of support and condolence that have been received from across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cRussell\u2019s untimely death serves as a stark reminder of the risks that face police officers up and down the country day in and day out as they serve and protect the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a popular officer who worked as part of a close knit highly professional roads policing team who are devastated by his loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a tribute to their professionalism and respect for their colleague that they have immediately resumed their duties to make our roads and communities safer.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Humberside Police Federation spokesman said: \u201cIt is with heartfelt sadness by all officers and staff of Humberside Police that today we lost an exceptional friend and colleague.<\/p>\n
\u201cPC Russ Wylie was a highly respected roads policing officer that was sadly involved in an incident whilst serving the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis loss is felt throughout the force and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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