Crime doesn’t pay: Emergency Services Open Day

This vehicle was seized from a convicted drug dealer who is currently serving a prison sentence. The message that crime doesn't pay was one of many featured during the Emergency Services Open Day at Avon & Somerset Constabulary, Portishead, Bristol, which was attended by the Lord-Lieutenants of Bristol and Gloucestershire.  ‘The sale of seized goods obtained through theft, fraud or other crimes is taking the cash out of crime,’ explains this senior member of police staff, Dr Kirstie Cogram, who heads up the Financial investigation Unit.. 'This vehicle will go on sale to the public later this week and the money raised will go back to the state.' The Emergency Services Open Day featured Avon & Somerset Police (and their many specialist functions including those mainstream officers trained and equipped to respond to events where there is fear of contamination from Chemical, Biological, Radioactive or Nuclear material, Scenes of Crime, Mounted Police and Dog Section), the Fire and Rescue Service, British Red Cross, and Coastguard and Cave Rescue, among others.  The aim of the Open Day was to entertain and inform a crowd of more than 7,000 members of the public of all ages about the work of the various Emergency Services.