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Salford community came together to help officers at Eccles Police Station after they ran out of essential cleaning equipment.
Sergeant Mike Lawrence took to Facebook to post that the their department had a limited supply of a cleaning and protective gear to keep their staff and office free of infection from COVID-19.
Sgt Lawrence says the force has had a massive response from the public saw over a hundred items of hand gels, anti-septic wipes, kitchen towels and surface cleaners sent to the station.
Sgt Lawrence told the M.E.N how residents from across Salford and Manchester all jumped at the chance to do their bit with one member of public buying £80 worth of of equipment to donate to the force.
In the heartfelt post to residents Sgt Lawrence admitted that it was something he was “rather embarrassed to do.” but stressed the importance of cleanliness for the vehicles they used on the front line to be thoroughly cleaned.
He wrote: “What we actually use our vehicles for is to get us to serious collisions, transport families of the injured and bereaved to be with their loved ones.
“They escort ambulances to A+E, they keep motorways and major roads open. They get negotiators and mental health Nurses to those in times of desperate crisis, they chase the bad guys who steal your cars in the middle of the night…”
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Police stations are supplied with cleaning tools in house however the rise in demand meant Eccles police station was running low on stock and would have to wait for as long as a week for replacements.
The station had run out of anti-septic and alcohol wipes used to clean offices and Road Policing cars as well as disinfectant, alcohol spray, gloves and hand gel.
“Everyone in GMP is working really hard to get the supplies in, its just that the supplies are so in demand that we had to think outside the box.” Sgt Lawrence told the Manchester Evening News.
“The community reaction from Salford and Manchester has been fantastic we can’t thank them enough really.
“It’s opened up other doors, with people telling us where we can get refills for hand gels in chemists and stuff and like that.
“The only think I can say is thank you very much to the people of Manchester and to Salford in particular around Irlam and Eccles were we’re based.”
