Officer, follow that car! Policewoman seen travelling via mobility scooter

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But the officer, snapped alongside a colleague on the Worthing seafront in West Sussex, hadn't borrowed the scooter to rest her legs but was returning it to an injured man.

Photographer Paul Maycock said: "I thought at first this was a new patrol car - a lot of elderly people live here and they aren't too quick on their feet."

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These two support policewomen were captured on Worthing seafront in West Sussex, one on a mobility scooter and her colleague strolling behind

But Sergeant Ian Kerr said: "They were being Good Samaritans and retrieving the vehicle for a man who had fallen off and had been taken to hospital. The officers struggled to push the scooter so one got on and rode it.

"I can assure you this has nothing to do with budget cuts."