The police officer who stopped the Bondi massacre will receive a special award for bravery at a police induction ceremony today.
Inspector Amy Scott shot and killed Joel Cauchi at Bondi Junction after he had run through the shopping complex slaughtering shoppers with a knife.
On Friday, NSW Premier Chriss Minns announced the hero officer would receive a Commissioner’s Valour Award “for displaying exceptional bravery in a life-threatening situation” at a police graduation ceremony.
“She has been rightly labelled a hero,” he said.
“She was calm, decisive, and as a result she saved many lives.”
“She gives us all an example of what we ask of our police, many of whom are young, to walk into terrible situations as an ordinary part of their job.”
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Cauchi killed five women and one man at the busy shopping centre on Saturday afternoon on April 13.
Inspector Scott was the first officer on scene and confronted the 40-year-old Cauchi alone before shooting him dead with a bullet to the chest.
She performed CPR on the killer, along with some of his victims, as she waited for back-up to arrive.
The six who lost their lives have been identified as Yixuan Cheng 27, Dawn Singleton, 25, Faraz Ahmed Tahir, 30, Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, and Pikria Darchia, 55.
Cauchi also put 12 people, including a baby, in hospital.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has commended NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott for saving “many lives” in choosing to “run towards danger” and confront the attacker in Bondi Junction. Six people including a mother of a nine-month-old baby were killed after a 40-year-old man went on a stabbing rampage in Westfield shopping centre. “Inspector Amy Scott who ran towards danger, showed professionalism and bravery and saved many, many lives over the past 24 hours,” Mr Minns told media on Sunday. “I know that many people because of the number may take cold comfort from this fact. “That is that the best in this state confronted one of the worst acts we’ve ever seen.”
The award for Ms Scott will be part of a larger ceremony to welcome 169 new probationary constables into the NSW Police at the Goulburn Police Academy.
The class, made up of 122 men and 47 women, will attest with the rank of probationary constable.
The recruits will report to their stations for work from Monday and will then complete 12 months’ on-the-job training and study by distance education with Charles Sturt University.
They officially graduate with an Associate Degree in Policing Practice once they have passed all academic and operation standards.
The officers will then be confirmed to the rank of constable.