PC Geoff Marshall acted to prevent Whaley Bridge being catastrophically flooded in 2019
A police officer in Derbyshire who risked his life to stop a dam from collapsing and sending billions of litres of water on to a nearby town has won an award for his bravery.
PC Geoff Marshall put his life on the line to save thousands of people in Whaley Bridge when it was feared a dam at nearby Toddbrook reservoir would burst.
