Cops up for top award; COMMUNITY: Police work to keep kids off drugs.Byline: Mark Cowan A POLICE team working in inner city Birmingham has been nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. for their innovative work to keep youngsters off drugs and out of trouble. Officers on the Lozells Neighbourhood Team regularly give up their free time to work on community projects aimed at helping children. Their projects have included taking young people on canal holidays and holding sports sessions, including work with Aston Villa. Last week, 25 youngsters aged eight to 19 from schools across Lozells were given a behind-thescenes glimpse of what it was like to be part of the 'thin blue line' when they visited the station. The youngsters took fingerprints Impressions or reproductions of the distinctive pattern of lines and grooves on the skin of human fingertips. Fingerprints are reproduced by pressing a person's fingertips into ink and then onto a piece of paper. and "mug shots" of each other, visited the police control room and also met officers from the force's Firearms Unit A firearms unit is a specialized, armed unit within the operational area of a police department in the United Kingdom. For the most part, the police forces of the United Kingdom are generally unarmed; however, the firearms units ensure Armed Response Vehicle crews are trained to . They have now been nominated in the fourth annual national Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards. Insp Danielle Corfield, for Lozells, Birchfield and East Handsworth said: "I'm very proud of the team who have a real energy and commitment to serving the local community. "We're involved in many different initiatives including supporting local youth and sports groups." For details of the Tackling * Drugs Changing Lives Awards log on to www.drugs. homeoffice.gov.uk/awards2009 Closing date is August 31. CAPTION(S): Shields up Shields Up is a port scanning service created by Steve Gibson and hosted at [https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 grc.com]. The purpose of this utility is to alert the users of any ports that have been opened through their firewalls or through their NAT routers. : Police officers from Thornhill Road police station, who have been nominated for the national Tackling Drugs Changing Lives award, give local kids a look behind the scene at their station in Lozells. |
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