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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHello everyone, so nice to be out and about again after 11 months being stuck in the office drawer. I say stuck but, in all honesty, I need the sleep after a December, is such a busy period for us Elves on the force. First on the agenda (and before the uniform goes on), a quick mince pie and if I\u2019m lucky, a Starbucks coffee and I\u2019m ready to go. Next, it\u2019s catching up with the events of the last 11 months which let me tell you, is no mean feat. UWE and Avon and Somerset Police have been really busy. Another four Apprenticeship cohorts, a new DHEP neighbourhood route and the launch of the Applied Criminal Justice Top-Up (they\u2019re a motley crew!) its busy, busy, busy. Oh and of course a change of government both here and across the pond\u2026I think I need another mince pie!<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe night time economy appears to be going well. I was patrolling last Friday night in the city centre and there were plenty of young people enjoying the nightlife (some a little too much it seems) but lots of taxis taking them home. BBC news has also reported that Bristol has won the Best Night Time Initiative Award for its Women\u2019s Safety Charter Campaign. The seven-point code and providing the bystander intervention training to 500-night safety champions proving successful. This is great news, certainly makes us PC Elves feel better knowing that women, girls and female elves are safer.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nNext to get teamsing to my counterparts across the area. These meetings tend to drag on a bit but good to share information and let\u2019s face it, we\u2019re pretty darn good at sharing information \u2013 how else would we know which officer wants what for Christmas and make sure that all the presents are secure until Christmas eve? Got to watch that lot \u2013 \u201coi, no peeking!\u201d. Also need to make plans for wrapping, delivery and helping Santa get in and out of the station without being caught!<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nLast, but by no means least is preparing for the New Year festivities. Custody can be a nightmare this time of year so a quick visit to Bridewell, make sure the cells are in ship shape condition, ready for any invited guests over the course of the month, and especially for those New Years Eve celebrations. A briefing session, check the tyre pressures, lights and sirens are working and we\u2019ll be ready. Hopefully it will be a quiet one. There\u2019s been lots of \u2018drink driving\u2019 signage out and we know that everyone just wants to have a good time. Trouble is, those elves can get a bit rowdy, especially as they know they have eleven months to sleep it off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, things to do, elves to see\u2026but from us to you, our serving police officers (and elves) and all Blue light services, we wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and safe New Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
999PC Elf \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n 999 PC Elf would like to acknowledge Associate Director’s of Policing Dr Anne Eason & Sarah Williams, for their fantastic support in creating this blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n The Editorial Team would like extend our thanks and gratitude to all of our guest contributors during 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We wish you all a safe and happy Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paul Williamson (Editor-in-Chief); Claudia McCready (Lecturer); Claire Bowers (Senior Lecturer); Eve Smietanko (Joint Programme Leader & Senior Lecturer); Ian Lowe (Senior Lecturer) & Micah Hassell (Senior Lecturer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would like to be a guest blogger, please contact police.blog@uwe.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our final UWE Bristol Policing blog for 2024 authored by 999 PC Elf, seeks to bring a touch of Christmas spirit to policing during this challenging time of year. Hello everyone, so nice to be out and about again after 11 months being stuck in the office drawer. I say stuck but, in all honesty, … Continue reading “A festive message from 999 PC Elf (on the shelf)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":1123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":79,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[10,92,17,3,5,25],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policing","tag-avon-somerset-police","tag-christmas","tag-criminal-justice-sector","tag-policing","tag-uwe-bristol","tag-vawg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1122"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/policing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/12\/elf-6.png\")
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