129 Avon and Somerset police officers with Covid-19 or suspected of having the virus
Chief Constable Andy Marsh is cancelling rest days and offering overtime to tackle lockdown breaches. He is also set to consider a request for officers to drive ambulances to support stretched NHS services. Firefighters across Avon have put in hundreds of shifts since the start of the pandemic driving ambulances and have responded to more than 1,400 incidents. The South Western Ambulance Service this week appealed to the region’s police forces for additional blue light emergency drivers. Speaking to police and crime commissioner Sue Mountstevens on Facebook Live, Chief Constab...
Source: somersetcountygazette.co.uk