Police officers, including Mansfield’s PC Kev Marshall, joined a team of volunteers to spruce up Mansfield town centre and reach out to members of the public.
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00:00I'm PC Kev Marshall, I'm one of the town centre beat managers for Mansfield and today we're
00:06participating in the bid day of action clean up day. It's about multi-agencies all coming together
00:12to clean Mansfield up, there's a bit of painting going on, there's a lot of litter picking going on,
00:17there's enforcement going on around the cycling etc and litter picking and litter dropping and
00:22it's just all coming together to make Mansfield a better place to be and you know a visible
00:27visible improvement to the town centre. I've picked up a lot of cigarette butts, I've picked
00:31up glass bottles, I've picked up some rags and cigarette packets. Yeah I'm a local lad,
00:37I was brought up in Mansfield, I love Mansfield, I love the marketplace, I love the town centre,
00:41I just want to make it a more attractive, I want people to enjoy it as much as I enjoy it,
00:45I mean I have to work down here but even when I'm not working I come down here anyway but
00:49yeah it's a great place to be and I just want people to embrace Mansfield town centre again,
00:54you know don't sit on your sofa booking, ordering things from shops or off your phone,
00:59come down and buy it from Mansfield town centre, put a bit back into the economy in Mansfield.