MUM has thanked four kind police officers who rushed to her daughter’s aid after her wheelchair broke.

Paula Moore and her 12-year- old daughter Georgia had been enjoying the Colchester Garrison Show on Saturday when Georgia’s wheelchair broke, leaving them stranded in Abbey Field.

Georgia, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, relies on her wheelchair and cannot stand without assistance.

Noticing their distress, DC Daren Chambers, PC James Bull, PC Chris Wentworth and PC Sam Pateman, who were part of the policing operation at the show, rushed to help.

Whilst two of the officers fixed her wheelchair, the other two picked up her mum’s specially adapted car so the pair would not face a lengthy walk.

Paula, who lives in West Mersea, said: “There are probably better places to break a wheelchair than in the middle of the garrison field on a day with tight security and no vehicular access.

“I don’t know if the officers realised that it wasn’t just an inconvenience, we were well and truly stranded in that field so their help was invaluable.

“Georgia can’t stand or walk even with support, and I was parked the best part of a mile away and up a hill.

“She was very scared and the officers were all great with her.

“She is a bit gutted to have missed the show but was excited to tell everyone at school how she had to be rescued by the police.

“I appreciate the officers had a serious role to play that day in keeping everyone safe but they managed to sort us out whilst still doing their job.

“I just want to say a huge thank you to them.”

DC Daren Chambers is an officer on Essex Police’s Mobile First team, responsible for the rollout of smartphones to frontline officers.

Pc Sam Pateman is in the Chelmsford and Maldon Community Policing Team, PC James Bull is in the Grays Local Policing Team and PC Chris Wentworth is in the Basildon Local Policing Team.

Their responsibility was to en - sure the thousands of visitors to the annual show, laid on by the Colchester-based 16 Air Assault Brigade, remained safe