Thringstone Primary School pupils received a visit from the Leicestershire Police Drone Team as a reward for progressing in the Mini Police scheme.

North West Leicestershire Police report that the latest cohort of Mini Police have now passed the halfway stage of their training and as a reward for their 'committed service and excellent attitude', they were given a talk on why Leicestershire Police have a drone team and what their day-to-day work involves.

After this, a practical demonstration was given, different functions of the drone were shown, and someMini Police Officers got the opportunity to fly the drone themselves.

A social media post from North West Leicestershire Police says: "The aim of Mini Police is to provide school children in Year 5 - age 9 and 10 - with a fun and interactive way to introduce children to a positive experience of policing and to get them involved in the local community.

"Our Mini Police programme aims to:

• Introduce policing as a positive influence to children.

• Build relationships, trust and confidence in children.

• Nurture feelings of social and moral responsibility, safety, and policing through a fun and engaging programme of activities

• Encourage children to positively engage with their local community policing team.

• Reduce their risk of becoming offenders or victims.

• Work together with partners to begin to instil age-appropriate safety-awareness."