Police Bravery Award for Donald MacPhee
- Submitted by: Alasdair Allan, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 February 2021
- Motion reference: S5M-24251
That the Parliament congratulates Donald MacPhee of South Uist on being awarded the Chief Constable of Police Scotland's Bravery and Excellence Award for saving a woman’s life in May 2020; understands that Donald, a skipper on the Yoker-Renfrew ferry, rescued the woman from her car, which had plunged into the River Clyde, by diving in and pulling her to safety before she was carried downstream; notes that he is a trained diver with over 40 years’ experience; further notes Police Scotland’s opinion that it was "a clearly life-threatening situation", and considers that the award’s presentation is a proper recognition for what it believes to have been a remarkable act of courage.
The Member has provided the following translation:
Duais Poilis airson Gaisge do Dhòmhnall Mac-a’-Phì
Gu bheil a’ Phàrlamaid a’ cur meal-a’-naidheachd air Dòmhnall Mac-a’-Phì à Uibhist a Deas agus Duais Gaisge agus Sàr-mhathais aig Prìomh Chonstabal Poilis Alba ga bhuileachadh air airson beatha boireannaich a shàbhaladh sa Chèitean 2020; a’ tuigsinn gun do leum Dòmhnall, sgiobair air aiseag Yoker-Rinn Friù, a-steach do dh’Abhainn Chluaidh gus am boireannach a tharraing às a càr, air dha a dhol san uisge agus falbh leis an t-sruth; a’ mothachadh gur e daibhear a th’ ann an Dòmhnall le còrr is 40 bliadhna de dh’eòlas; a’ mothachadh cuideachd dhan bheachd aig Poilis Alba gur e gàbhadh a bh’ ann a bha na chunnart do ’beatha, agus a’ smaoineachadh gur e buileachadh iomchaidh a th’ anns an duais air euchd fìor-ghaisge, am beachd na Pàrlamaid.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Donald Cameron, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Joan McAlpine, Stuart McMillan, Edward Mountain, Gil Paterson, Stewart Stevenson, David Torrance, Sandra White