Statement from DCC Ian Critchley following incident involving a deer in Bootle on Sunday, 26 September
Date of alert:
Crime Ref:
Force:
Merseyside Police
Following comments on social media in relation to the incident involving a deer in Bootle on Sunday night, Deputy Chief Constable Ian Critchley has released the following statement to clarify the difficult decisions officers eventually had to make.
Deputy Chief Constable Ian Critchley, said: “I want to provide absolute clarity around the huge efforts our staff went to to save the deer that was obviously in distress and out of control on Sunday.
"At the heart of our decision making was first of all the safety of the public, and the risk that a distressed deer in a built up environment presented to motorists, cyclists, pedestrians. But also right at the centre of the decisions we made was the deer itself, as such from the outset the aim was to sedate and move the deer safely to a rural environment.
