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East Sussex 2013-14 48 Hours in East Sussex

19th Thursday 15.00 Chief Superintendent Neil Honnor here, regular briefing. Discuss impact of Balcombe fracking protest on resourcing policing in Sussex. Discuss possibility of analysis of 'pinch points' on East Sussex roads and impact on the economy. Hear that Sussex is first force in UK to win White Ribbon Award in recognition of commitment to global campaign for men taking more responsibility to reduce violence against women. Discuss exciting cooperative pilot projects in mental health arena and its interaction with policing.

17.30 leave for Glyndebourne with RYE PIXELS PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAPH: The High processing before the Speaker’s Day service at St Mary’s Church, Rye. large quantities of flowers in boot of car. and informative speech by chairman. station. Out again with Jo to assist 19.30 Glyndebourne:With Patrick Make new charitable contact. High mental health worker arrange for Burgess (West Sussex) have organised Sheriff has footplate ride on first train: disturbed woman to be removed to a 26 past High Sheriffs from East and pulls whistle: schoolboy fantasies to the place of safety. Enormously impressed West Sussex plus spouses for dinner fore. by PC's compassion and humanity and presentation to His Honour tempered with necessary firmness. Richard Brown for distinguished 15.30 Home - vain attempt to catch up service to Courts in Lewes and his with emails. 22.00 Meet Street Pastors in Baptist tremendous support of Shrievalty. Church, Hastings. Multi President of High Sheriffs’Assocation 16.45 arrive Hastings Police Station for denominational. Prayer before starting. Julian Avery makes excellent speech and Response unit briefing.Tasked to patrol Cruise with Pastors, talking to street presentation. High volume level in car with PC Jo Seabridge; tour of people enquiring after missing persons, dining room. Hastings station first then patrol giving soup, water comfort and interesting parts of Hastings. Stop while sometimes a lifeline. Later on Pastors 23.45 Home Jo talks to a man behaving very will relieve police of burden of aggressively to girlfriend. Emergency incapacitated drunks giving water, 20th Friday call to domestic incident with serious support, flip-flops and counsel, relieving 09.30 Home. Representatives of potential.Very confused story from many officers to carry on 'proper' Charity4kids: grassroots community- mother, wringing wet son and his policing not waste time hanging around based charity in Hastings who have articulate Polish girlfriend. Jo and A&E or looking after drunks.We don’t raised £35,000 in two years for colleague shuttle between parties with need drunk tanks, solution already profoundly disabled local children by great patience. Girlfriend leaves for that provided by local churches: fund Pastors ever more extreme athletic endeavours: night at least. better. this year, there and back Channel relay followed by a bike ride and a run. Next call to very confused old couple 23.15 picked up off street by Operation Discuss making connections for them. being intimidated by children. Patient Marble officers.This is the firm face of reassuring calming, Jo settles them policing at night.Visit new night club, 13.00 Lunch with the Rother Valley down promising that patrol officers will discuss actions taken to prevent drugs Railway to celebrate building the first watch out and PCSOs visit the next getting into club. Club owners very stage of extension from Robertsbridge day. Buy team unhealthy supper of proactive and cooperative: their licence to Bodiam. Excellent lunch, interesting pizza (delicious) and sweet tea at at risk: taken down to dance floor.

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Deafening: vow last-ever visit to night 21st Saturday club. 12.00 Lunch at the ancient Mermaid 09.15 On parade in full uniform for Inn one of most haunted places in Deal with altercation between two girls; Federation of Cinque Ports (est. 1155) Britain. Great lunch, no wine, short one, a known heroin addict given order Speaker's Day in Rye. Lord Warden of speeches, home by 3pm, sit and read to stay away from town centre until Cinque Ports,Admiral Lord Boyce, newspaper…….. 9am tomorrow and transported away Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex, Peter Field, 20 or so mayors and their mace 17.30 Wake: exhausting yes, but what a 01.45 Home: reflecting on how such a bearers, self and various hangers-on range of contrast and people. In awe of large part of modern policing is far parade around the streets of splendid the people working to protect and closer to social services; police are the historic Rye preceded by drum band. improve our already Big Society.What a first port of call for so many who do privilege to be a High Sheriff. J not consider/understand system. Mostly 11.00 Church service, all favourite peopled by decent caring humane hymns, first-class sermon on Graham Peters DL people with real inner character. community from Bishop of Dover: High Sheriff of East Sussex 2013-14 more parading

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