Sgt Graham Saville was 'caring, compassionate, strong, determined', an ex-colleague says.
Insp Simon Riley said his former colleague was a "caring, compassionate, strong, determined" officer.
"It's fair to say that it's absolutely devastated the force - from everyone who we've spoken and everyone who has contacted us. Everyone is deeply saddened [by the news]," he told BBC Radio Four's Today programme."He was everything you would want in a police officer. He was caring, compassionate, strong, determined and generally an all-round good professional police officer.
"There were indeed a number of colleagues present; unfortunately, they did witness the incident and we have been providing support to them as you can probably understand it has been very traumatic to them." Nottinghamshire Police Chief Constable Kate Meynell paid tribute to Sgt Saville, who she said was a "hugely respected and popular colleague".
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