British Cop

[HarryHacker]

A very sad story, I will let the Mods move this to the right forum.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4391851.stm

[Wolfie]

British tsunami policeman killed

A British policeman helping to identify victims of the Asian tsunami has been killed in a minibus crash in Thailand.

Pc Kevin Brinkman, a 33-year-old officer with Cheshire Police, was part of the British police response team sent to the disaster area.

Two other officers from the same force were also injured in the accident on Phuket, one of them seriously.

Cheshire Police confirmed relatives of those involved had been contacted and further evidence is being gathered.

'Difficult work'

Cheshire's Chief Constable Peter Fahy said the job of identifying victims of the Asian tsunami in itself was "a very distressing and difficult task".

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time, it is difficult to comprehend what they must be going through

Chief Constable Peter Fahy

"This tragic event will make it harder for their colleagues to continue carrying out that task," he added.

Mr Fahy said Pc Brinkman was "a fine officer" and that the news had left many officers and staff "stunned".

"Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time, it is difficult to comprehend what they must be going through," he added.

Kevin Brinkman had been a serving policeman for 11 years, joining the constabulary in 1994.

He had recently served with the Community Action Team based in Warrington.

In 2002 he was presented with a commendation for bravery after he arrested two armed thieves who were holding up a jeweller's shop in Stockton Heath.

[mr_lob]

very, very sad. deep sympathy to his friends and family. great work he was doing.

[Pattaya_Fox]

...a terrible tragedy to befall someone who was doing one of the hardest and most stressful jobs imaginable.

The people doing this kind of work deserve a medal.

Very sad....sincere condolences to P C Brinkman`s family and friends....

[RDN]

UK policeman dies in road smash

TAKUA PA: A British police officer who was a member of the the UK’s Disaster Victims Identification (DVI) team working in Phuket died yesterday in a minibus crash in Phang Nga. Two of his colleagues were seriously injured.

The accident happened around 4pm yesterday, when the minibus in which the three officers were travelling was in collision with a Phuket-Bangkok tour bus near Bang Nieng Market on Phetchakasem Road, Takuapa.

The dead officer has been named as Kevin Brinkman, 33. His injured companions are

John Briscoe, 36, and Ray Gorder, 37. All three came to Phuket with colleagues from Cheshire constabulary. Mr Briscoe and Mr Gorder are being treated in Bangkok Phuket Hospital.

Sinchai Choopol, a 44-year-old passenger on the tour bus, was also taken to hospital but was discharged after treatment.

Pol Capt Anant Keauboonkaew, of Takuapa Police Station, told the Gazette that Mr Briscoe was drivi ng the minibus at the time of the accident.

He explained, “The officers had rented the minibus and were driving from Phuket to Takuapa. The driver stopped to turn right, and the tour bus crashed into the back of it.”

Capt Anant added that investigations were ongoing, “but I believe both drivers were negligent.”

The driver of the tour bus, Aroon Srikeau, 36, of Phang Nga, was uninjured. He did not flee the scene, Capt Anant noted.

PC Brinkman’s body is being kept at Takuapa Hospital while documents are brought from the British Embassy in Bangkok.

The Chief Constable of Cheshire, Peter Fahy, quoted by British news media, described PC Brinkman as “a fine officer”.

He said that the work the officers had been doing identifying tsunami victims was “a very distressing and difficult task”.

And, he said, “This tragic event will make it harder for their colleagues to continue carrying out that task.”

In 2002, PC Brinkman received a commendation for bravery after arresting two armed robbers who were holding up a jewelry store.

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The Phuket Gazette

[Golf]

Why a good man had a very short life? It is my big question to God (if he's even exist. I really want to ask him why?

Very sad....

Golf

Edited March 30, 2005 by Golf

[HarryHacker]

Why a good man had a very short life?  It is my big question to God (if he's even exist.  I really want to ask him why?

Very sad....

Golf

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Golf, good question.....can't see ANY God does exist.

[Khun Ngo]

Well,

in "my world" two different laws can coexist: The law of carma and the law of accident.

I mean that a man will always earn the results of his own deeds, but that won't protect

him if his "line of action" crosses the results of another man's "line of action", in this case beeing at the hands of a mad driver or something like that.

However, how do you guys know that he was a "good man"?

[Golf]

No men on this planet are pure good and pure evil. They do not exist. We are all mixed with good and bad. But the man who is doing his duties with his heart regardless of the difficulties, he is a good man. At a very least, he is contributing good efforts to his society. In this case, trying to ID the bodies and bring them home to their love ones.

That is a good man to me.

Golf

Edited March 31, 2005 by Golf

[Hikage]

Sorry to hear about this tragedy!

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Why a good man had a very short life?  It is my big question to God (if he's even exist.  I really want to ask him why?

Very sad....

Golf

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Golf, good question.....can't see ANY God does exist.

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If he exists he's a bit twisted

[TizMe]

God drinks down at the Sandringham these days

Since the Shakespeare changed its name.

[HarryHacker]

However, how do you guys know that he was a "good man"?

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We can only go on what we are told, OK, very little, but I would thinks it a 'given' he was a good guy.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

God drinks down at the Sandringham these days

Since the Shakespeare changed its name.

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Altar wine ?

[HarryHacker]

God drinks down at the Sandringham these days

Since the Shakespeare changed its name.

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Altar wine ?

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Drugs?

[dr_Pat_Pong]

God drinks down at the Sandringham these days

Since the Shakespeare changed its name.

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Altar wine ?

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Drugs?

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Don't forget that he could do the water into wine trick.

[TizMe]

He'll come in and sit by me

In the grainy light of four o'clock

He sits on his hands a lot

He's kind of nervous

[Backpack_thailand]

Why a good man had a very short life? It is my big question to God (if he's even exist. I really want to ask him why?

Hear,hear...!