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Sunday, 20 October 2013

'Banjo bobby' promotes safety through song

West Midlands Police Sergeant Giles Dean is hoping his George Formby-style "When I'm Burgling Houses" song will persuade people to keep their homes and cars secure. 3:41PM BST 19 Oct 2013

The policeman wrote the song, which he performs on a banjo-ukulele hybrid called a banjolele, to encourage people to be more careful with their possessions.

Lines from the tongue-and-cheek song include: "Now I go burgling houses to earn a dishonest bob, with all the help you give me it's a very easy job".

Mr Dean explained why the force had produced the song saying, "it was a new and different way to get the crime prevention message out".

"Every week I get across my desk offences, burglaries, thefts from motor vehicles, where people could easily prevent those offences," Mr Dean added.

The police officer, who learnt to play the ukulele five-years-ago, said it was a self-taught hobby which he had learnt mainly through watching videos on YouTube.

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