Good Afternoon Rutland North,

PC Pikachu and PC Elmo made a surprise appearance as Rutland Police officers today!... 😆

I teamed up with PC Dan Daley from the Melton Rural North Dedicated Neighbourhood Team, whose beat area borders my Rural North beat in Rutland 🤝

We were together attending multiple emergency incidents supporting colleagues on response and also progressing our ongoing case load of investigations 💪

Some of the incidents we attended today that we can tell you about are 👇

🚨 The pictured image -  taken once the 'dust had settled' and everything was confirmed to be okay, by the rider of a motorcycle and his friend who was earlier involved in what was thankfully a minor Road Traffic Collision 🏍️  After being assessed by East Midlands Ambulance Service and very fortunately having no serious injury - The riders were very keen for us try on their motorcycle helmet covers and we were all too happy to oblige, (positive community engagement is a big part of what a Police Beat Officer does!) 🚔

🚨 Assisted East Midlands Ambulance Service with a mental health related concern for welfare medical episode 🚑

🚨 Removal of dangerous debris in the road on the A1 🚓

📵 In-between these incidents, I have issued a Traffic Offence Report to a driver for using their mobile phone whilst behind the wheel 🚫

It’s really disappointing to see that people still think that this is acceptable, especially when the vehicle had all the technology available to connect with a handsfree car play system 😞

Using your mobile phone whilst driving carries a penalty of 6 points and a Fixed Penalty Notice of up to £1,000, (£2,500 if you’re driving a bus or lorry). This means that new drivers who have passed their text within the past 2 years will automatically lose their driver’s licence ‼️

Even more serious than that though, using your mobile phone whilst driving is 1 of the ‘Fatal 4’ factors identified in serious Road Traffic Collisions, these are the four biggest dangers whilst driving:

🏎️ Speeding 
🚫 Drink/Drug driving 
‼️ Not wearing a seatbelt 
📵 Using a mobile phone

Road Safety is one of the community priorities that you have told us that you want us to focus our time efforts on in the ‘Your Views' Priority Survey, and action like todays is important in making our roads a safer place for everyone 😃

Thank you for reading, whatever you are up to - have a great weekend Rutland, stay safe and take care! ☀️

PC 1049 Jake Spruce 👮🏻‍♂️ 
(... Or should I say PC Pikachu ... 🐭 )

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