Matt Ratana tributes: Police colleagues remember officer shot in Croydon

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"He was inspirational - so vibrant, so bubbly, larger than life. He will be a huge loss to the club. The man was a machine."

His colleagues from his time in Hackney, east of the capital, described him as"the centrepiece of community policing".The local force tweeted:"For years this man, this hero, this skipper was the centrepiece of community policing in Hackney. He shaped the lives of many. Be that victims, suspects or colleagues.

Earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Home Secretary Priti Patel and London Mayor Sadiq Khan were among the politicians to pay tribute to the policeman."We owe a huge debt to those who risk their own lives to keep us safe," Mr Johnson said.

 

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