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Millie-Bea. Dedicated fund-raisers have helped
Wolverhampton DC Natalie Hughes
Millie-Bea smash the £40,000 target she set for
fund-raisers an appeal to fund an operation that will
smash help her two-year-old daughter Millie-Bea
appeal target walk.
Millie has spastic diplegia cerebral palsy
so cannot walk unaided. Her twin brother,
Evan, is unaffected.
The fund has now topped £60,000 with
the extra money being ear-marked to fund
the intensive physiotherapy and special
adapted equipment that Millie will need
after the operation.
“We are coming to the end of the
fund-raising activities now,” says Natalie,
“One of the final events was the police
boxing match on Friday 4 November where
Sergeant Sid James fought for Millie. It was
a great success and raised £2,000.
“Inspector Steve Malone did his crazy
‘sufferfest’ cycling challenge and continues
to want to do more crazy challenges and we
did our 70-mile bike ride with 14 friends. It
rained, it was cold, it was awful but we
made it!”
Meanwhile Millie is awaiting a clinical
assessment on 15 December at the Portland
Hospital in London with Dr Cristian Aqulina
and the family will find out when she can
have the surgery.”
The fund-raising cycling team.
Public confidence unaffected by officers having tattoos
The vast majority of people are not bothered if police officers “This research shows that the public have moved with the
have tattoos, according to the results of a Police Federation of times and have accepted the growing trend for people to have
England and Wales (PFEW) survey carried out earlier this year. tattoos. Perhaps it is time, police forces did the same.
And 81 per cent of respondents said a visible tattoo would “By failing to recruit people with tattoos, they could risk
make no difference to their confidence in the officer. missing out on some excellent candidates and could also fail to
“The Police Federation instigated this research due to the be truly representative of the communities they serve.”
inconsistent approach to visible tattoos by police forces across The Federation will now work with Leicestershire Chief
England and Wales,” says Tom Cuddeford, interim chairman of Constable Simon Cole who is leading a small group looking at
West Midlands Police Federation. appearance standards and specifically tattoos.
“Some forces do not recruit people if they have a visible PFEW is seeking a national standard so that there is an up
tattoo while others seem to adopt a more liberal approach. to date professional policy fit for the modern day police service.
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