This Week saw a delegation from South Wales Police travel for a creativity meeting here in Shropshire, to brainstorm ideas over producing what is hoped to become one of - Wales’s latest and most iconic Monuments.
This initial meeting was headed by Amanda Blakemore Deputy Chief Constable for the Gwent Constabulary, who has within recent times moved to Gwent Police from right here in West Mercia.
Amanda was instrumental in leading the team that bought together the project to create the National Police Dog Memorial sculpture which permanently sits outside West Mercia Police Headquarters at Hinlip Hall Worcester. This sculpture represents and pays tribute to the services and the sacrifices of police dogs throughout the county and the nation, it was entirely created from weaponry recovered from within the West Mercia area.
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