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The police could have prevented this death by arresting the now drowned man beforehand, the moment he climbed over the fence.


But journalism like that here, and as it is delivered in tons of loads elsewhere, has taught these police officers: “Be very very careful with arresting and detaining”.


I was in swim training myself for decades. I can tell you that even a few pounds of weights are difficult to master when you have no bottom but water under your feet. A panicked drowning swimmer in a very cold natural body of water, with possible creepers wrapped around their legs, is dangerous even for Olympic swimmers.


I once pulled someone out of a lake myself, with two other rescuers, it wasn't even 20 yards, and I was so trained that two hours of swimming didn't bother me. But I had to fight really hard to keep the drowning man's head above water. The lake was full of creepers growing up to the surface.