Arriva gives police helping hand in the fight against crime

Arriva the Shires and Essex has done its bit towards fightingcrime by donating an out of service bus which the police are nowusing as part of crisis and firearms training.

Engineering director, Brian Barraclough, was approached by thepolice who asked if they could buy an old bus that would otherwisebe sent for scrap. Brian explains:

We are always keen to work with the police and to offerthem whatever support we can. When we realised the importance ofthe training they intended to use the bus for we found a suitablevehicle and donated it.

The bus is being used by representatives from a number ofdifferent forces as a permanent firearms training venue and isbased at Bedfordshire Police's Luton premises.

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