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Guest blog: Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022

As part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week, we spoke to Kostas Panagiotou from VOCAS about hate crime and how victims are supported.

Guest experiences 10 Oct 2022
Guest blog: What is honour-based abuse?

We spoke to Karma Nirvana about honour-based abuse and how victims can get support.

Guest experiences 14 Jul 2020
Guest blog: Why do we celebrate Pride month and why does it still matter?

Berkeley Wilde, Director at The Diversity Trust talks about the history of Pride Month and how his team are working with partners to create a safer society.

Guest experiences 25 Jun 2020
Guest blog: Being a wildlife officer

For World Wildlife Day (3 March), we spoke to Avon and Somerset Police’s new Wildlife Officer Pete Wills to find out more about his role.

Guest experiences 03 Mar 2020
Guest blog: Straight from the horse’s mouth

We spoke to our latest equine recruit to find out how he joined the Police Mounted Section.

Guest experiences 09 Dec 2019
Guest blog: Saving lives from ‘Behind the mask’

We spoke to Julie Knight, founder of Behind the Mask, an online training resource to spot domestic abuse in clients.

Guest experiences 25 Nov 2019
Apply for the Road Safety Fund and help make your community safer

Mike Ginger from Taunton Are Cycling tells us how the Road Safety Fund helps Taunton cyclist get the ‘safe pass’ message out.

Guest experiences 19 Nov 2019
Guest blog: Tackling Islamophobia

We spoke to Hasina Khan, who works alongside the Tackling Islamophobia Working Group (TIWG), about what should be done to tackle hate crime.

Guest experiences 17 Oct 2019
Guest blog: I thought you just did diving

We spoke to Sergeant Nick Evans from the Underwater Search Unit about the team's role.

Guest experiences 13 Sep 2019
Guest blog: The Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel

We spoke to David Woodward, Chair of Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel (SOPP), who explained the work the Panel undertakes

Guest experiences 31 Aug 2019