Police help students protect property

Police help students protect property

Students were visited by members of the Greater Manchester Police this week, to help them protect their mobile phones.

The officers were promoting Operation Network, which aims to encourage everyone to record the serial numbers of their mobile phones on a central database in case of theft or loss. The Immobilise National Property Register, which is free to use, already holds details of 20 million items of property. The team worked with students from Hopwood Hall College’s Uniformed and Public Service (UPS) course to organise events at the College’s Rochdale and Middleton campuses.

Terry Morley, Centre Director for Sport and Public Services, commented: “This was another fantastic opportunity for our students on the Uniformed and Public Service course to get real life experiences working with the Police. The students involved on the day got a real sense of pride working with the Police and in also providing an opportunity to protect fellow College students’ mobile devices.”

It was also the chance for the students to meet former student PC Kamran Bashir, who since studying with the College has become a police officer. Terry Morley added: “Seeing a past student like Kamran Bashir return to Hopwood makes the whole College feel very proud.”

PCSO Andy Gray said: “All the students we met were a credit to the College. As far as I was concerned the day was a complete success with staff and students all getting involved with registering their phones.”