Time for Tea
Tuesday, 03 June, 2008
Insp Anslow with PCSOs Jenny O'Doherty, Jakki Hardingham, Dawn Wells and Paul Hogben, who are all involved in beat surgeries
Police officers in the Essex town of Laindon hit upon a winning formula when they started serving tea, coffee and biscuits at beat surgeries for the public.
Now the meetings, hosted by NSOs and PCSOs, are to become even more of a special occasion with their own 'Cuppa with a Copper' mugs.
Laindon area commander, Inspector Simon Anslow, who came up with the idea for the 'Cuppa with a Copper' meetings said, "We often had trouble finding enough cups and mugs to go around at the places where we held the meetings. So to make the meetings more of a special occasion we decided to provide our own mugs.
"The meetings have become a great success since we started serving tea, coffee and biscuits because it was a good way to make the events more relaxed and encourage more people to attend.
"Having a chat over a cuppa has meant that we have been able to find out what the problems are in a local area and discuss ways of solving those difficulties."
