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  • Volunteering to look after the vulnerable at night in Doncaster Town Centre

    Special Constables from South Yorkshire Police, volunteers from Street Pastors and paramedics from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service have all joined forces to provide immediate assistance to people in Doncaster town centre on a Friday and Saturday night.

    Two Specials and a paramedic are now based together in a police vehicle in the town centre on a Friday and Saturday night. If a 999 call comes through requesting an ambulance in the town centre, the team can attend almost immediately and treat the injured person, therefore reducing the amount of people visiting A&E on a night out and reducing the ambulance call out rate.

    With the Specials also in attendance, should the injured person become aggressive or violent, they have the same powers as a police officer and the paramedic can still treat the person without having to wait for officers to attend. This in turn allows police officers to deal with other public order offences in the town centre.

    Once the injured person is treated, a volunteer from Street Pastors, an initiative run by local churches throughout the UK, can stay with them if they are vulnerable or alone until a lift can be arranged or they can get a taxi, to ensure they are safely on their way home.

    Street Pastors also patrol the town centre streets on Saturday nights from 10pm to 4am, seeking to help and support people on their night out should they have had too much to drink or if they have become separated from their friends and are in a vulnerable position.

    Throughout the month of December, the Specials and paramedic attended 80 incidents. From these incidents, 73 people were treated for minor injuries at the scene, where ordinarily they would have attended A&E or have been taken to hospital via an ambulance call out. Throughout January, 41 incidents were attended with 38 people being treated at the scene. 

    The Street Pastors patrolled for 95 hours throughout December, attended 19 incidents, issued 70 pairs of flip flops to prevent any injuries to people found wandering the streets without shoes on, handed out 16 bottles of water and three foil blankets, helping in total 108 people.

    Chief Inspector Neil Thomas said: “The Special Constables in Doncaster have a very important role and deserve recognition for their excellent contribution, as do the Street Pastor volunteers and paramedics, who are all working together to ensure people are safe and have help should they have any problems in the town centre.”

    Rod Morrison, chair and local coordinator of Doncaster Street Pastors said: “We are all truly dedicated to ensure we can make a difference by caring, listening and helping people in Doncaster on a night out should they come into any difficulties.”

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  • Man sentenced for assaulting a police officer in Doncaster

    A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to 16 weeks in prison for assaulting a police officer.

    Gary Byrne appeared at Doncaster Magistrates Court charged with assault and a public order offence following an incident in the town centre.

    On Saturday, 28 January, an incident occurred on Silver Street in the town centre, where a group of people are believed to have had a disagreement outside a takeaway.

    Byrne is seen on CCTV attempting to assault a member of staff from the takeaway who is stood in the door way, and is then seen goading staff to come outside.

    Police attended and arrested Byrne, who tried to resist arrest, becoming violent and biting one of the officers trying to detain him.

    When interviewed, Byrne could not remember the incident due to the excessive amount of alcohol he had consumed.

    As well as the custodial sentence, Byrne also received a 12 month drink banning order which prohibits him from entering any public house or club that is licensed to sell alcohol in the town centre.

    PC Jules Moss said: “This definitely sends out a clear message that antisocial or violent behaviour under the influence of alcohol will not be tolerated in Doncaster town centre."

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