Car dealer helps Police
July 14th, 2009 by Richard Aucock
KIA car dealer Toll House has donated a brand-new Kia Soul to Sussex Police, to help out neighborhood beat patrols.
Community Support Officers will be using the Soul for routine street briefings in the Horsham South area.
Toll House donated the Soul Shaker for a year – and will replace it after six months, too. This will help keep the mileage RV-friendly, and also boost nearly-new stocks. (One very careful owner indeed…)
There’s no missing it. Kia’s provided one in vanilla-cream paint, with 18-inch alloys and rear privacy glass.
‘The car is as highly visible as we are!,’ said PCSO Charlotte Whittaker.
‘We were delighted to have been given a car by Toll House, but to have one that turns heads as swiftly as this one does only helps us become more visible to the public.’
The Neighborhood Policing Team will continue to patrol the villages from Upper Beeding to Henfield, parking the car in visible spots while they hold their regular street briefings.
Inspector Paul Williams said: We’re extremely grateful for the support that Toll House Kia has shown us. Working in partnership with our community ensures that Horsham South remains a safe place in which to live and work.
‘The car will soon become a familiar sight in and around the area, being used by local officers in their day to day business.’
For the price of a year’s lease, Toll House is getting loads of presence and a positive, community-boosting association to boot. Genius or what?
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