Belfast: Apology after police officer’s two-hour ambulance wait

Former PSNI officer Gordon Downey told BBC Radio Ulster’s The Nolan Show it is difficult to comprehend how a police officer could be left lying on the ground.

“It is a rather poor showing, I can’t understand how someone who was knocked down and had a dislocated shoulder was left lying on the ground. It just doesn’t make sense,” he said.

That the officer had to be treated and guarded by another officer put a further drain on police, he said.

The injured officer, he added, was in a very vulnerable position.

“It is not likely that an attack could be mounted in a short period of time like that however no one can ever rule out the possibility that an attack can take place,” he said.