Wellbeing vans

This really is your welfare platform and Oscar Kilo one is designed, again, with you in mind. So if you need a bit of space, if you need a bit of reflection, if you need somewhere to take your break and there’s nowhere else to do it, this is the vehicle that can help you.

There’s some bench seating, there’s plenty of storage underneath here and we’ve got a table. We do provide what we would call a starter pack, so when the vehicle turns up there will be teas and coffees and milk, there will be some biscuits and some snacks. But, obviously, the longer it’s there that will be over to the force to supply those things, but we know how important a cup of tea can be when we turn up so it will arrive with those.

As you move into the vehicle you can have different lighting solutions, and I say that because, obviously, the van is out all times of day and night, you don’t always want a bright white light on so you can dim it and you can have different colours etcetera, I prefer the blue personally.

It’s got air conditioning, it’s got a heater, the heater often comes in useful because, obviously, a lot of the scenes and incidents that you’re dealing with they do go through the night and you want a bit of warmth so, again, that’s there for you.

There’s a sink area here at the back, because if we’re going to make teas and coffees we need somewhere to clean up. And there is, of course, a hot water urn which will provide you with your hot water for your teas and coffees.

There are plenty of plug sockets all around the van and, you know, one of the reasons for that is we know it’s important for you to be able to charge your phones. We do also provide phone chargers for a variety of models so the van will come with those.

There’s plenty of storage all around the van. The other thing we have here is a fridge because we know you need to keep your food cool et cetera, so we provide it with a fridge.

There’s a white board at the back of the van, because we understand the nature of policing means that you’re often handing over to each other, so somewhere just for you to write your messages there.

So the main thing is, in what can be really difficult environments, we’re providing you with a little home from home. And if you think Oscar Kilo One can be of help to you then please do get in touch with us.

There’s the vittles’ area and that’s where we send you out the various snacks etcetera. But if you think Oscar Kilo One can be of use to you then please contact us.

So welcome to Oscar Kilo 2. This van is developed with one-to-ones and private space in mind. If we just make our way in you'll see this is what you might call a waiting area, but it also provides you with some comfortable seating. There's a fridge here again as with all of the vehicles and there's a hot water urn. We've tried to make it comfortable for you.

The type of uses that we see this van involved with are one-to-ones, first line, second line, supervisors, perhaps following a difficult incident or at a difficult incident but also outreach and we've seen the van used where occupational health units have wanted to have a private space. Sometimes it works well for people because it can be parked in discrete locations and people are perhaps sometimes more comfortable visiting it.

You can put it where you want it. In the back of the van we have a consulting room with two comfortable chairs and a closable door to provide some privacy. So this van really is all about one-to-ones and like all the rest of the fleet its main strength is its flexibility as a platform.

So there's nothing that you can't use the vans for and we see innovative ways of using them all the time and Oscar Kilo 2 is no different at all and we've seen examples of first line supervisors for example, for example sergeants supporting younger officers who perhaps need a bit of guidance and a bit of support, we've seen them used for outreach counselling too.

The more you innovate with the vans the more we learn about them. So I would encourage you again if you think Oscar Kilo 2 can help you, then please do get in touch with us.