Policemen who used riot shield as snow sledge reprimanded

FUN-loving policemen filmed using a riot shield as a makeshift sledge have been reprimanded for the prank.

A passer-by captured the moment Thames Valley Police officers arrived at the slope in Berkeley Road, Boars Hill, Oxford, in a riot van. One is then seen clambering on to the shield, advised by a colleague: “You’ve got to hold on to the straps.”

Another officer appears to be filming the incident on his mobile phone as the policeman is pushed down the slope, to a shout of: “Whatever happens, keep smiling!”