I followed dad into the police, joining the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary in 1993. I'm still there now, and just over half way through my service. I have served in both the uniform patrol and traffic departments, with moderate excursions into other areas.  

PRISONER CELL BLOCK HUTCH 

A pet rabbit spent the night in a police cell ? after being found loitering in the street at 3.30am.

 

Night patrol Pc Stephen Paynter spotted the bunny on a housing estate and decided it was too late to wake residents to ask whose it was. Instead, he took the brown and white female back to his station where it was kept in custody with a carrot and bowl of water.

 

                               

                                               Photograph (c) APEX News & Pictures

 

The bunny spent 12 hours in cell number one at Exmouth nick, in Devon, before the RSPCA took her to an animal shelter.

 

Sergeant Jan Kingshott, one of the cops who held her, joked: “She was read her rights and offered the chance to use the phone, but she made "no comment". You tend to occasionally find the odd thing in this job. I once saw an otter running up Honiton High Street. The rabbit was popular with staff. They kept going to see her.”

 

Police hope someone will claim the rabbit, which was found in a cul-de-sac in Lympstone. RSPCA staff have named the bunny Lizzie. A spokeswoman said: “She is obviously a pet as she has been well looked after.”

 

What they didn't print was that I wanted to name the rabbit "Stew" !

 

Never let it be said that I have not made a massive contribution to making the streets a safer place for all......