Police also dealt with drink drivers and drug dealers.
A knife-wielding man was spotted in a Nottinghamshire road by police officers. The man proceeded to march towards officers in a threatening manner.
The force also stop a suspected drug dealer following a police pursuit. The latest episode hits television screens as the force is currently supporting a month-long national drink and drug drive campaign.The ongoing major prevention and enforcement operation includes proactive patrols at key times and locations right across Nottinghamshire, with the force pledging to actively hunt down drink and drug-drivers as well as building intelligence on known suspects to help reduce offending.
Police Constable Phil Broughton, a part of Nottinghamshire Police’s road policing unit and a familiar face on Police Interceptors, said: “In Nottinghamshire, over the last four years, we have recorded 473 collisions where one or more driver was impaired with alcohol or drugs. “The decision to drive while you’re under the influence of drink or drugs takes just a split second, but the consequences could last a lifetime. We have first-hand experience of having to deliver the devastating news to the families of those involved in fatal collisions that their loved ones have died.
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