Police Project Servator officers out in York at the NRM

Specially trained officers have been out talking to members of the public at the National Railway Museum (NRM) in Leeman Road as part of Project Servator or 'unpredictable policing' which launched in North Yorkshire five years ago.

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A police spokesman said: "We met visitors at various stops, even though visitors were steaming around, thank you all for taking time to speak to us.

"Full steam ahead' for our officers, but what's our next stop?

"We pop up anywhere.

"Our specially trained Project Servator officers continue to be out and about come rain or shine.

"North Yorkshire Police  continues to support the training of more officers in this special policing tactic helping to keep everyone safe.

"We pop up anywhere, at any time and in any weather.

"Please stay vigilant and report anything suspicious."

Police say the scheme is a mix of "unpredictable and highly visible" deployments, plain clothes work, and work with businesses, community organisations and the public, and the scheme has since been adopted by other forces around the country.

Deployments can pop up anywhere, any time, in any weather, and include highly visible policing supported by a range of resources that can include CCTV, armed police officers, police dogs, automatic number plate recognition, mounted police, plain clothed officers and air support - including drones.