A POLICE officer was stabbed straight through the leg with a samurai sword during a raid on a house and was left bleeding heavily as he told colleagues to "stand on my leg".
The officer from Northants Police, PC Rob Monk, was armed with a taser for the raid and was one of a group using protective shields as they approached the house.
Footage captured by an officer's body cam shows the man yelling aggressively and trying to keep the police out of the house.
PC Monk jams his foot in the doorway to keep the door ajar, but the man lunged and stabbed him in the leg with a samurai sword he had kept hidden behind the door.
PC Monk is asked if he is alright after he yells out in pain and he answers "no, I'm stabbed", as he is pulled away from the still armed man.
As he lies on the floor, PC Monk is still able to use his taser to protect his partner PC Gary Liddle, shining the laser sight onto the now closed front door incase the man emerges.
He is bleeding heavily from his thigh and asks someone to "stand on my leg, stand on my leg" to stem the flow of blood.
Another officer says: "We need to get him in the car and get him to hospital now."
The PC is carefully and quickly carried towards the car and placed on the pavement next to it as officers try to find something to use as a tourniquet, as the sword had been stabbed into his leg very close to a main artery.
A female officer ties something around his leg telling PC Monk "keep talking to me" as he keeps amazingly calm and answers "I'm alright, I'm alright - just chill, I'm alright".
PC Liddle then got him into a car and rushed him to hospital for immediate treatment, genuinely thinking PC Monk could be fighting for his life.
Thankfully PC Monk survived and both officers were nominated for their actions at a national bravery award ceremony which took place last Thursday.
This footage was recorded on a typical Sunday evening in November 2014, which took a dangerous turn after a call came in about a man causing damage to cars with a baseball bat in an address in Northampton.
Arriving at the scene, the officers found the damaged cars and could see there was damage at a nearby house.
"There were concerns the man may attempt to take his own life, and that he had some mental health problems, and it was soon after this that PC Monk was stabbed.
The prestigious awards ceremony which, sponsored by Police Mutual and organised by the Police Federation, honours and recognises police officers who perform outstanding acts of bravery while on or off duty.
Gez Jackson, chairman of the Northamptonshire Police Federation, said: “The bravery and professionalism shown by officers Monk and Liddle went above and beyond the normal call of duty. Both men put their own safety at risk, and PC Monk suffered a very serious injury in the process of trying to protect the public.”
Stephen Mann, CEO of Police Mutual, said: “This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Police Bravery Awards and the eighth consecutive year that Police Mutual has sponsored them.
"We are proud to continue our support for such an inspirational event in the Policing calendar and to be able to show our respect for the exceptional courage shown by police officers who risk their lives every day to protect the public.”
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