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Sometimes in life the unexpected happens and things come your way without any prior knolledge. Many who read my blogs know I am a great beleiver in Karma” in this world you do good good comes back. Thursday this week saw me having the opportunity to visit West Yorkshire Police HQ in Wakefield. Being made to feel very welcome and part of something unique is a truly a humbling experience. You will remember a few weeks ago the Tweetahon ran for West Yorkshire Police over a 24 hour period. Linked into this was the now very famous “Tweetahon Ted” a bear we all adopted for an incredible cause. Unknown to me and without any prior knolledge the incredible team at West Yorkshire Police recognised my efforts on that day in support. Above is a picture showing some of the team with me holding a letter from temporary Deputy Chief Constable John Robins thanking me for my effort in the tweetathon. What an incredible,kind,humbling and thoughtful tribute that is. I also went to visit the mounted section and the air support units within West Yorkshire Police those on twitter will see my posts. Much appreciation to Super Intendent Paul Hepworth and to Chief Inspector Sally Fryer for setting this up and to PCSO Sarah and to NPT co-ordinator Irene for the time to take me around. Also my thanks to those who met me at the mounted section and training sections.
The 24 hour Tweetathon was a huge success in previous blog you will have read how this showed us the public a positive side of police work over a 24 hour period. As a police volunteer I get to see a lot of things and what I blog about is based on events and things relating to my involvment. The biggest and most important thing we can all do is show the positives by what ever means we can. The team at West Yorkshire showed us what they do in any one 24 hour period. Bringing the positive side of policing and showing the public they do care,doing a job like no other is only part of the story. Police officers have not only the ability to deal with all the bad things in life but show compassion and caring when needed. I have commented on the media many times showing the negatives,highlighting the things that create a negative image. I am lucky to be able to be involved at a level where I get to see so much more. I can bring to these blogs positives in support of our police based on true facts. My recent BBC interview was met with a great responce because I talked of the positives that I have seen.
There is a very true saying and its ” Positive things happen to positive people” If we are positive towards our Police Teams show them as I do we care and appreciate what they do, trust me when I say the result is much different. West Yorshire Police team are without a doubt an inspirational force, one who embrace social media to show the positives. All of those I met yesterday showed me not only an incredible few hours insight to their force, but most importantly how passionate they feel about the job they do. And my freinds and followers that is something you need to experience. Take the time to interact with the police never be afraid to ask if you can go visit them. Remember one thing in this world Positive will always win over negative.
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