by diviadmin | Jan 10, 2025 | Street Stories
We were in for our break at base when there was a call over the radio to help a gentleman outside one of the clubs, so we went to see if we could assist. We found a young man cross-legged and bent over; he was asleep and it took us a while to get him to respond. We...
by diviadmin | Jan 10, 2025 | Street Stories
We were approached by a man who said that there was a lady sat outside a shop who was crying. As we were heading there, CCTV radioed to tell us about the same lady. Sure enough, we found her outside a closed shop. We approached and asked if she was all right and with...
by diviadmin | Jan 10, 2025 | Street Stories
Our team had quite a challenging incident with a young woman called H, who had apparently suffered a blow to the head having slipped off a concrete ledge she was sitting on. Although one of her friends had initially called an ambulance, the four others were intent on...
by diviadmin | Jan 10, 2025 | Street Stories
We continue to be amazed sometimes that what to us may be the smallest thing, has such a huge effect on a person’s life, as shown by the story below One of our teams was approached and thanked by a lady who told them that some years ago, she was heavily into drink and...
by diviadmin | Jan 10, 2025 | Street Stories
We were talking to a street sleeper who’d already been given a space blanket by one of our teams. We gave him a bottle of water and chatted to him for about a quarter of an hour. When we left we shook hands and said goodbye and he called after us, “Thank you for...
by diviadmin | Jan 10, 2025 | Street Stories
Major “coincidences” to get another girl safely home – We were alerted by a lady on the Barbican who had seen a girl throw her phone into the harbour. We approached and she was very upset and distressed as her boyfriend had left her alone after an argument – now...