A TRAINEE police call centre operator remains in hospital today in a serious but stable condition after being shot in the chest.

Keith Tilbury, 50, was accidentally shot with a .44 Magnum at a firearms awareness course at Thames Valley Headquarters North in Kidlington on Wednesday.

Other call centre operators on the course rushed to give him first aid before he was taken to hospital.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched an investigation.

The instructor has been temporarily redeployed to non-firearms duty.