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Sheldon Pupil Wins West Midland Police Competition
| Posted on July 22, 2010 at 11:56 AM |
A ten year-old girl from Sheldon has come to the rescue and chosen names for two of West Midlands Police's new recruits. Emma Hanson, a pupil at Lyndon Green Primary School in Sheldon, entered the competition to name the police puppies after reading about in it the force’s first ‘Safe Street’ newspaper for kids.
The newspaper, which is aimed at 5-11 year olds, encourages children to stay safe and act responsibly. It also steers the youngsters to the force’s new interactive website-www.safestreet.info. The paper featured an appeal from chief dog breeder Dave Raymond. Dave, who is in charge of breeding dogs for West Midlands Police, had run out of names due to a larger than usual number of puppy births recently.
Dave said: “We usually breed eight litters a year, with an average of six puppies in each litter. However, at the moment we are working with 88 puppies because recent births have involved between 10 and 12 puppies each. I named most of the new puppies but I needed some suggestions for the two remaining ‘B’ litter pups. We decided to appeal for names for two of the youngest boy puppies and asked the children of the West Midlands for their help.”
Dave received a flood of ideas from kids across the region, but chose Emma Hanson’s suggestions of ‘Boss’ and ‘Bingo’ to name the eight week old German Shepherd pups. To thank Emma, Dave arranged a special visit to Lyndon Green School. Boss and Bingo surprised Emma and her fellow Year 5 pupils during their ‘Star of the Week’ assembly.
Emma said: “When my name was called out in assembly I was really shocked. We used to have a dog called Boss and I wanted one of these puppies to be named after him. I just thought that Bingo was a cute name too. I loved the surprise visit and so did my friends.”
The Safe Street website, which is a first of its kind for a UK police force, has received over 6,000 visitors since it was launched on 30 April 2010. It underlines West Midlands Police’s commitment to using new media to engage with different audiences.
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