Threatening his baby, an offender with a knife, Te Onewa Northcote, 17 November 2001GFE588 Sergeant Graham Robert FordThe New Zealand Bravery MedalSergeant Graham Robert FordOn 17 November 2001, the Police were called to a violent domestic incident in Northcote, Auckland. By the time Sergeant Graham Ford arrived, a man had already assaulted two women, threatened to kill everyone present with a large carving knife, thrown a television set at a police constable and resisted pepper spray. Sergeant Ford observed the man lifting his one-month-old daughter into the air with one hand, while holding the knife in the other. Sergeant Ford and his staff forcibly entered the house and instructed the man to drop the knife, at which point the man partly undressed the baby, exposing her chest while making motions to stab her. Sergeant Ford used this moment to tackle the man, throwing his knife out of reach, while other officers restrained him.