Mr and Mrs Patel family with children Hiren and Shivam who grabbed the winning ticket. The cheque is presented by Miranda Carruthers-Watt, Chief Executive of Lancashire Police Authority (far right) shown with the family and Mr Investor Bond', the Investors in Policing character.
The Patel family from Preston have been celebrating after winning £135, the amount the average household pays for policing through their council tax, in a competition run by Lancashire Police Authority.
The family won their prize by visiting the Police Authority's stand at the Summer nights open day held at Lancashire Constabulary headquarters, where members of the public were invited to give views on policing priorities by spending policing pounds', rate their awareness of neighbourhood policing and talk about policing services.
Mr Patel said "I am delighted to win this prize and it was a real surprise. I enjoyed thinking about how I would spend my policing pounds' and the whole family especially the children thought the event was interesting, informative and worthwhile."
The Authority, in conjunction with market research company SMSR which sponsored the prize, set up a money grabber machine containing Golden Tickets' and invited members of the public to try and grab a Golden Ticket and go into the prize draw to win back the average amount of council tax that Lancashire residents pay each year towards policing.
The event was all part of the Authority's national award winning Investors In Policing' campaign, which encourages local people to get involved and help shape local policing delivery on the basis that as local tax payers they are investors in the Police Service.
Chief Executive Miranda Carruthers-Watt was pleased to welcome so many people to the Authority's stand. She said "There was no doubt that they were enjoying a wonderful day out. There was so much to see and do, so I was delighted that so many people visited us to have their say on policing".
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"They loved the money grabber machine and of course everyone likes to try and win some money, but people were also keen to put their views forward on policing and get involved. This shows that Investors in Policing' is really working."
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