Police go live with 24-hour Tweet on the Beat weekend

GUERNSEY Police were relatively busy for their 24-hour Tweet on the Beat weekend, and saw a variety of incidents ranging from three drink-driving cases to reports of a burglary.

Bailiwick Law Enforcement ‘Tweet On The Beat’ where officers covered anything and everything that happened across a 24-hour period live on their social media pages. Police officers on shift for the first part of the #tweetonthebeat, left to right, Andrew Colleran, Dave Le Page, Nick Boughay, Acting Chief Inspector Tom Marshall, Jack Turton and Daisy Hollingworth. (Pictures by Sophie Rabey, 30918537)

There were 74 posts made to the Police social media presence, providing the public with an insight into the role of the police and promoting safety messages.

Acting Chief Inspector Tom Marshall said officers were kept fairly busy.

‘Officers were pretty busy throughout the night, out on the street and completing paperwork.

‘Town was really busy but there were a range of things happening, not just in Town.’

Just half an hour into Tweet on the Beat, they had already been called to two incidents, the first of which was a group of young people throwing stones, and the other which was a domestic.

Throughout the 24 hours, Police dealt with incidents of fights, speeding, and directing traffic at a fire.

Mr Marshall said some information about other initiates and about keeping safe were also shared.

‘We showed live stuff as it happened interspersed with pre-planned messages around different topics.’

These included the Show Some Respect campaign against sexual offences and advice for cyclists at night.

The public were also shown an insight into the cells for people brought into custody, what a breathalyser slip looks like, and information about police dogs and the firearm team.

Mr Marshall was disappointed that there were three cases of drink-driving on Saturday night.

‘There are various other methods of getting around the island and drink-driving should never be an option.’