Police were “top of the cops” at Cheshire Show

CHESHIRE Police were awarded first prize for “Best Trade Stand” at the Royal Cheshire Show.
Thousands of visitors poured into the Cheshire Constabulary marquee and exhibition stand at the Tabley Showground, near Knutsford.
The exhibition team took a slightly different approach this year, placing extra focus on a rural and wildlife crime theme to make their stand even more topical and engaging for their audience.
There were a number of eye-catching displays and attractions, including a fully liveried police tractor with a blind spot awareness feature, a rural roads safety track, and a special driving simulator that demonstrated how distractions from mobile phones can impair driving.
There was also an interactive rural crime detective scenario for youngsters to solve the crime of stolen peregrine falcon eggs.
There were also recruitment opportunities, crime prevention advice – including property marking and agricultural machinery marking – and a chance to sign up to the Constabulary’s Neighbourhood Alert messaging system and Watch schemes.
Engagement and Insight manager Anna Collins said: “We’re delighted to have been awarded first prize for best Trade Stand. The Cheshire Show provides us with the perfect opportunity to spread our messages far and wide, but in a way that is engaging, relevant and fun.
“Everyone involved with our stand thoroughly enjoyed themselves, especially talking to and helping the young people who really engaged with the messages we were trying to get across.”
The Cheshire Show also offered Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane the opportunity to engage with members of the public, as he gathered views on his six-week “Join the Conversation” tour.
Mr Keane will collate the many views from the show and at other summer events into his Police and Crime Plan, the first draft of which is anticipated to be published at the end of the year.
Picture  From left, events and exhibitions co-ordinator Klaudia Tomkowiak, engagement and insight manager Anna Collins, rural crime lead Chief Inspector Sarah Heath, and Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane.