Police officers caught on camera sledging down a hill on their riot-shields have been reprimanded
The officers from Thames Valley Police arrived at the slope at Boars
Hill, Oxford, before one of them sat on his shield and slid down the
hill.
The
footage was captured by a member of the public and posted on YouTube.
Rick Latham, 50, said: "We were having a laugh trying to get done the slope in a kayak.
"When the police turned-up I thought they were going to give us a hard time.
"Then one of them grabbed the shield and another one went down on it as well."
Superintendent Andrew Murray, Oxford City commander, said: "The snow has a habit of bringing out the child in all of us.
"I have spoken to the officers concerned and reminded them in no uncertain terms that tobogganing on duty is a very bad idea."
But some of the comments posted on YouTube supported the officers.
Veronica said: "Good for them, it's a hard job to do, let them have
some fun instead of the grief they usually have to put up with."