Mel Thomas QPM
@MelMelimel1968
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Ex Cop.Level 4 PT Guest Presenter @Clublasanta .Series 1&2 BBC TV’s The Moment of Proof.Ground Hunter @ Hunted & Celebrity Hunted @hunted_HQ CH4
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Once Blue
Always Blue
Our family has been rocked losing them.
Huge in size
Massive influence
Fantastic role model
Rest now
Look after each other
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How it started
How it’s going
Living the dream
Not forgetting how I got there.
Stay humble
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Just to prove that Twitter doesn’t have to be a platform dominated by nastiness.
I had the honour of attending Buckingham Palace for The Kings Garden Party and who did I meet, a complete stranger who I’d been debating with on Twitter.
Thanks
@KatyBourne
#positiveaction
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QPM Part 1
A very special day collecting my QPM meeting other amazing people who do so much for their community.
Next
Buckingham Palace
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An absolute privilege to present the eastern bravery award to
@LincsPolice
Marvel comics are fiction
DC films are fiction
Tonight I spent the evening with a room of real hero’s
@PFEW_HQ
Presenting the
#PoliceBravery
regional award for the eastern region is Mel Thomas QPM.
Thank you,
@MelMelimel1968
, for joining us this evening.
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This time last year
And it was a lot warmer
Running around with
@jp_b_z_barbe
@timothypenny
@nicolajefferies
on
@hunted_hq
#celebrityhunted
What a great experience and meeting you great people
@missnicolathorp
@SaffronBarker
ames Acaster
A great experience
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This is my beautiful friend
@squiffielynch
I cried when she told me but it’s picked on the wrong person.
She is kicking cancers ass and the crew at
@leicestershire_police
have been running 5k or 10k
#ElfEvent2020
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It was great to finish where it all started in 1991
@leicestershire_police
Same uniform
It was a privilege to share a socially distanced chat with the CC, we could have still been there now chatting about sport, health and all things in recruitment
Photos by
@kevswainphotograph
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Commander Training completed, the countdown really starts,having been presented with my PSU helmet signed by friends&colleagues.
26 years as a PSU officer.
EDL
Download
Deployed on the streets in 2011
The Olympics
Relegations&Promotions
And of course that 5000-1 year.
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My
@BhmUK
is about legacy
@leicspolice
displays its 1st black officers
1st black male and female officers
1st black officer to complete 30yrs service
The first black officer to achieve the ACPO rank
The First black PC, Clyde Walker MBE from
@antiguabarbuda
my familys origin🇦🇬
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Throughout this testing time
@leicspolice
will continue to deliver the best training to ensure the safety of the officers and the communities that we serve
#StayAtHome
#StayHomeSaveLives
#ProtectTheProtectors
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An absolute honour to be a category judge for the
@bbcleicester
make a difference awards
A room full of role models
@ShortArmOfLaw
Thank you all for allowing me to share your day
Your communities owe you all a great debt
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Just another day at work
#horsepower
And a blast from the past, 15 years since she joined and look at her now.
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29 years today we passed out at the Ryton Police Training Centre.
Would I do it all again?
Hell yes!
You can’t change a system if your not a part of the system.
#makeadifference
#couldyou
?
#policeofficer
#proudcop
#represent
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How did we sweep the board for the first time in
@hunted_hq
Celebrity Hunted Only the second time in all productions?
Simple coppering!
Feet on the ground
Asking questions
Make enquiries
Getting answers
What a result
@saffronbarker
and
@bobby_seagull
were hard work to catch
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Pure concentration
This is how serious officers
@leicspolice
take their Personal Safety Training
Because dealing with subjects on the floor has to done correctly
We know what happens when this is performed incorrectly and our trainers ensure it’s delivered correctly
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@BigPawsRule
@EssexPoliceUK
Nothing to see here, hairs off his colour, natural colour.
Great to see young black officers policing communities with traditional hairstyles.
Good luck to him
One of our young officers with cornrows.
However he has a one wy to go
30yrs
Never lost a foot chase
Some in PSU kit!
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The Moment Of Proof
A new daytime TV crime show on BBC1.Great fun filming with the team from
@brownbobproductions
@azaleasreas
. On 21st Sept 1995 my friend Ian Harding was shot outside the Branigans Nightclub.The brave actions of Martyn Ball & others resulted in a conviction
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Saturday would have been my final Leicester Carnival of my career.
Oh well I’ll just have to enjoy the memories.
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A privilege to be in a room of hero’s
Marvel is fiction
DC is fiction
People running towards danger & being stabbed
Confronting suspects with explosive devices armed with a gun
Attending scenes of multiple fatalities
When your child is killed in the line of duty
That’s real
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Couldn’t have wished for a better final duty day.
The renaming of the Stewart Sparling Training Centre after Sgt 111 Stewart Angie Sparling who we lost to MND.
Hi son PC111 Lewis Sparling did us the honour of attending on behalf of his mother Angie, Sister Caitlin and his family
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It was a privilege to share the day with so many
Thanks for your support, banter and most of all your friendship
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Clyde joined
@leicspolice
in 1968,he was promoted to Sgt by CC John Taylor becoming the first black Sgt in the United Kingdom.
In 1972 he returned to Antigua as a senior detective Inspector.
In 1988 he was awarded an MBE.He passed aged 76 in 2015.
#WindrushDay
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A fantastic day meeting inspirational people & the chance to catch up with friends and colleagues. Thank you Dr Stuart Lawrence & Azeem Rafiq for your resilience in calling out racism in cricket
@sal2nd
@leicspoliceBPA
@LeicsAMP
@andygeorgeni
@LPEastLeics
@PositiveActnDHM
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24 hrs from extraction
You couldn’t have written it.
And all because I wanted a meal deal and their driver wanted a pee 😂
What an effort by
@chloeveitchofficial
and
@thevivienne_
It was one hell of a chase
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This sums up my career
I never worked a day in 30 years
As staff or a warranted officer
There are great careers in the organisation
Come and join us
@leicspolice
@LeicsPoliceLD
#couldyou
#comeandjoinus
#jointhepolice
#theblueline
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🌍 Lets lift the mood.
If you’ve have served your community as a Nurse, Doctor, Police Officer, Fire Fighter, Paramedic, EMT, Emergency Control operator or Dispatcher anywhere in the world join the challenge, post a picture of yourself in uniform. Just a picture, no description.
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A lovely final day in Melbourne with my Poppet before we return to the UK
Enjoy the times you have together
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Thanks for your hospitality tonight
@RidersMD
@RidersBball
supported by the boss
@CCLeicsPolice
@leicspolice
Hopefully see you at the playoffs
@Wes5L1nk
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Proud to be part of a brilliant team
A new start as a Ground Hunter
@Shine_TV
with
@Hunted_HQ
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Tomorrow I get to tell a story
A story of courage, amazing detective work by plain cloth officers, arrest by firearms officers &the hard work of a team I’m proud to have been a part of
The TSG
Read our story
@leicspolice
Moment of Proof
1145am
BBC1
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Regardless of who you are
Regardless of what you’ve achieved
Regardless of what you have
It takes one minute of your day to make somebody’s day
Take the time
These kids love the police
why not give them an on-site into a career
One was the Chief for the day
@leicspolice
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Today it starts
Logged off
Blackberry and laptop left at work for the first time
Welcome to pre retirement
#newbeginnings
#livingthedream
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A beautiful socially distanced present with carols!There is only one hero in this photo, Alexander Curry.
I just did what I’m trained to do.
On the 2nd October 2020 this brave young man sprinted past our house to get a defibrillator for his mother.I performed CPR on her.Well done
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A brilliant evening at the
@leicspolice
Cultural Event
So many faces from the community and a return of retired Insp Stan Braithwaite to see us unveil a date stamp poster celebrating his service along with others.
Because history is what makes us
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@OneSixTwoThree1
30yrs ago I could have walked out because of individuals
30yrs later I’m a QPM
Please do not walk away, speak to your senior officers and HR.
Here if you need an ear
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THE CHASE IS ON
New series of Hunted
Channel 4
Sunday 22nd May 2022
Let’s go
#fitat50
#fit
@50
#fitover50
@Channel4
@Hunted_HQ
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As it draws to a close it’s good to look back at the great teams I’ve worked with.
Hinckley NAT
@leicspolice
@PoliceHinckley
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To my friends especially anyone of black/mixed race heritage
We’ll be holding a
@sicklecelluk
event at
@leicestershire_police
HQ Thursday 20th October 11-4pm.
If you work for the police or partner agency & can spare 15 mins of your time please come register
#givebloodspreadlove
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It was more a treat for me going to
@channel5_tv
To be treated in such a way, collected and catered for added to it
Thanks to everyone who made me feel so welcome,no spoilers at the moment, released in April 2023.
#policing
#protectheprotectors
#bluelinefamily
#blackinblue
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Can’t beat a work anniversary
Keep on moving
Keep on pushing
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Serious challenge however we pulled it off safely.
10 new Personal Safety Trainers for
@LeicsPoliceLD
Well done team
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When you’re set a challenge by one of your team you can’t not oblige.
Enjoy Ops Training
@leicspolice
@LeicsPoliceLD
It’s been a blast
#goodtimes
#theblueline
#itsfridaythenandsaturdaythensunday
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Well she now knows who’d be chasing her if she decided to go on the run
Lovely to me meet
@romillyweeks
today although I think she could give us a run for our money 🏃♀️
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#nationalfitnessday
and the team we’re out on the annual
@leicspolice
5k run in memory of
@gareth8359
You are missed my friend
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It’s time
Buckle up
We’re on our way
@Hunted_HQ
@HuntedAU
#fugitives
#groundhunters
#ontherun
#standuptocancer
#celebrityhunted
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Back to school today with the team
@leicestershire_police
@LeicesterPolFed
CPD delivering a Taser Refresher. Enjoyed been observed by lead trainers
Seriously proud of them
My last months will hopefully be spent delivering training with them
#theblueline
#protectingtheprotectors
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3 years ago we were asked to help.
Now we have a little girl ringing the bell and thriving at school.
You my friends, people I don’t know from across the world were so generous.
My daughter mslauraajanee and her…
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24hrs to go
Run time
Crawl time
Climb time
Let’s do it all
In it to win it
Going for another sweep
@hunted_hq
9pm
@channel4
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I won’t lie
Watched this and it took me back to losing my father
Wept like a child
Cancer is so cruel
Much love to them all
Please donate
“I think they lost everything that day.”
We
#StandUpToCancer
with Cassie and Kye’s family, whose story was shared during tonight’s episode of
#CelebrityHunted
on
@Channel4
. Please donate to speed up life-saving research:
Thank you 🧡
@Hunted_HQ
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When my families get together there’s only one outcome.
This guy called for help and so many have responded.
This is only a fraction of what he’ll be taking on his mission to Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Thank you so much to my class family for your donations and support
#family
#foreverfriends
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An officer is assaulted every day in Leicestershire
We train our staff to stay safe
Proud of my team
@LeicsEvents
#protectingtheprotectors
@ Leicestershire Police
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@FauxniqueJ
I’m not a football fan however this young man is one of the most polite giving players that I’ve met in working these events for nearly 30yrs
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It was an honour to be a special guest and present the awards at New Lubbesthorpe Primary School to
@GlenmereSchool
students on behalf of the OWLS Academy..
Thank you to all the children, parents and teachers that made me feel so welcomed.
It was wonderful to see so many talented children celebrated in the OWLS Awards ceremony. We were very proud to see three of our children receive their awards and also be overall winners in their categories; literacy, sports personality and bravery and courage.👏🏼
@MelMelimel1968
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VE Day
75 Years ago what would have been the most catastrophic thing to happen to this world was prevented.
What has never been told is the sacrifice that members of the Queens Commonwealth made in the war. Remember them all, Without them there would be no us.🙏🏿
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When you get to celebrate an icon’s birthday.
Happy 80th birthday
@revjessejackso
You are an amazing man.
The world is a better place because of the things you’ve done
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Both and inspiration on many levels
@Iwanrunner
@Marathonchamp
An honour to raise awareness and donate 💯 of our fee to
@su2c
So how long can we evade capture? Starts tonight 21:00
@channel4
@iwanrunner
great to have shared this experience with you buddy! Enjoy the series and please donate
#hunted
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Sharing gym space with
@MercedesAMGF1
@GeorgeRussell63
Thanks for your time
Good luck with the season
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#CelebrityHunted
for
@su2cuk
Tuesday 28 March 9pm
@channe4
@hunted_hq
#hunters
#fugitives
#letsbeatcancer
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Great fun filming with
@channel5_tv
earlier this year.
Catch me on 2 episodes of Caught On Camera;
Cops N Robbers
Lawless Britain
All episodes are on weekly on
@5Action
and on My5
#theblueline
#thebluefamily
#crimedoesntpay
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A lovely evening with
@henriettachubb
Thank you for everything you’ve done in support of
@leicspolice
& other organisations.
A chance to meet many from the communities of Leicestershire as I’m now officially in waiting to be the High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 2026.
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Celebrity Hunted has been long-listed for an NTA 🎉🥳
Voting is now open for this year’s NTAs – cast your vote for us in the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award category at the link below:
#CelebrityHunted
#NTAs
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Welcome and congratulations to our new cohort of Direct Entry Detective Constables following their attestation ceremony
@leicspolice
have what it takes to become a Detective? Recruitment is open now ➡️
#TeamLeicestershire
#positiveaction
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End Of Part 1
What an fantastic experience that was.
Great time
Great crew
It’s going to be an amazing series
@Hunted_HQ
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I can’t put into words how grateful I am for what you all did today
Thank you
@RealDeniseWelch
@CharleneWhite
@LindaRobson58
@kellebryan
The
@loosewomen
on
@ITV
Escorted and looked after by
@Hunted_HQ
JP
She’s our Queen
A birthday to remember
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To my
@hunted_hq
family
@shinetelevision
Thanks for a great year
Thanks for the card
Not long now until we go again
@channel4
#hunted
#celebrityhunted
#ontherun
#fugitive
#groundhunters
#standuptocancer
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With the man
@HuntedMarc
Learning the ropes in
@Hunted_HQ
Mel Aka
@MelMelimel1968
teaching me the standard
#Hunted
pose ahead of another series 😫😫🤣🤣
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@themetskipper
Someone has lost their life
I worked such events over the years where people would attend without tickets @ try to rush the doors @ get friends to open fire doors
Nothing to do with race
Look at the Euro 2021 finals
The cops and organisers can’t be at fault unless they knew prior
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You
@edgamblecomedy
gambled & lost
Great sports
You and
@therealjamesacaster
gave us the runaround the country fine dining.
Thanks for the tips
Great food in Buxton
For great cause
@su2cuk
Tuesdays
9pm
@channel4
Celebrity Hunted
@hunted_hq
#hunters
#fugitives
#letsbeatcancer
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This week
@leicestershire_police
Black Police Association facilitate a Networks day
Thursday the first history of the relationship with the police & the black community
@sayceholmeslewis
Friday London to deliver positive action
@meena_kumari_h
.o.p.e leadership
@sandrampollock
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@SurreyDetective
I took a prisoner into custody in plain clothes and the Sgt tried to book me in!
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@mikecmorgan
Micheal
Question
Your the officer facing this situation
What would you have done?
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So good to be able to celebrate in the community and with the community that my parents came to in 1960.
We have work to do and together we’ll get there
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@vernalscott
I was a PST/UDT Trainer at the time and I used this as an example of the intimate lowest level of unprofessional behaviour towards a detained person by officers
On a par with Dalian Atkinson’s manslaughter
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The High Sheriff’s of Leicestershire
Meet 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
Thanks for a lovely evening at the Guild Hall
@henriettachubb
You have been an amazing High Sheriff
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If you can see it you can be it.
A brilliant input to new recruits at
@leicspolice
in relation to the black communities relationships with the organisation.
What it like to be a black officer
It’s a great job, I love my job and I’ve worked hard to get to where I am.
#rolemodel
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@Bobby_Seagull
A disappointing read but not surprising
I attended an equestrian event yesterday and of all the people that I made eye contact with and smiled at only 1 said hello.
It’s the old thing
Don’t let how people treat you affect the way that you treat others
Keep going my friend
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@SamBaileyREAL
@Insanity
well done sam can never fault you.you never give up. XFACTORDIGDEEP X
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@andygeorgeni
Had this conversation this week
Absolutely right however they need the support of the communities not be accused of being turncoats or traitors.
We can’t make changes unless we have their talents in the organisation
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Celebrities READY
Hunters READY
LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE
8 celebrities who think they can outrun the team of elite Hunters.
Don't miss the return of
#celebrityhunted
for
#standuptocancer
TONIGHT
9pm
@Channel4
@Hunted_HQ
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@trojan1963
The heartbreaking thing is that this child was 16 when he did this
How does a 16yr old child posses the mindset to habitually carry a knife and mercilessly murder another child
At 16 I was playing sports partying with friends and loving life
What the heck has changed
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Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
Two more down
Great work by HQ and the Ground Hunters
Thanks for a great effort
@lisamaffiauk
and
@lil_bit_of_chiz
You were both great sports
Onto next week
@hunted_hq
@Channel4
#caught
#youhavebeenhunted
#yourtimeontherunisover
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I had the opportunity to invite individuals who have supported us throughout the year to engage in some great food and light hearted but at time challenging conversations about how
@leicspolice
can engage with our communities especially the youth
Thank you
Tonight meant a lot
A huge thank you to Mel Thomas QPM
@MelMelimel1968
for hosting a beautiful evening meal for us tonight. Great food with great company. It was an absolute honour, thank you!
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This picture what do you see?
Two confident females?
Two talented individuals
All of the above what you can’t see is that they are two managers that are deaf.
Humbled to present them and others with their H.O.P.E Leadership Program awards.
Humbled to be asked by
@Hopetraining
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