A POLICE officer whose actions to save a man’s life were “nothing short of heroic” has been recognised with an award.

Firearms officer PC Martin Parker has been presented with a Chief Constable Congratulations award by Hampshire Constabulary Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney.

Time was of the essence when PC Parker and his team were called to the aid of a man who had hanged himself from a tree in Stockbridge last April.

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