Budding Police officer uses swimming skills to save man

Waitemata

A potential recruit has helped save the life of man in distress, who was contemplating harming himself in the water off the North Shore.

Police were called to the beach area between Milford and Takapuna after midnight on Saturday 17 March.

A man had swam more than 200 metres into the tide.

Within minutes a Police unit arrived but the staff couldn’t spot the man from land.