Now that’s going above and beyond the call of duty.
Quick-thinking cops in Britain helped save a frightened home-invasion victim in Canada — despite being stationed 3,400 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.
“I need help, he is going to come, he is in the house,” a woman typed frantically into an online chat from her home in Durham, Ontario, the BBC reports.
But she had mistakenly contacted cops in Durham, England.
The British bobbies kept the chat alive long enough to contact their Canadian counterparts. The suspected intruder, a 35-year-old man, was cornered and Tasered in a nearby property 30 minutes later, the report states.
The woman received medical treatment for her injuries while her attacker faces multiple charges, Durham police in Britain posted on Twitter.
The British police dispatcher called the rescue an “unusual incident.” Durham Constabulary“If we can assist in rescuing a vulnerable victim in immediate danger, regardless of where they live, we will do all we can to help,” said Andrea Arthur, a police dispatcher in Durham, England.
She called the transatlantic rescue an “unusual incident” that was “very distressing” for the victim.
