Devon and Cornwall Police has announced a competition to design its official Christmas e-card, with the winner given the chance to name the new police puppies.
If you’re 16 or under, you can submit your design in one of three age categories. Winners will be given the chance to name one of the C litter of police dog puppies, and to spend an hour with the seven pups and their mum Ruby and with Devon and Cornwall Police puppy development officer Paul Glennon. The name chosen will need to begin with 'C'.
The winning entries will be selected by members of the Chief Officers Group, and then turned into e-cards which officers and staff at Devon and Cornwall Police can choose from in order to send Christmas or seasonal greetings.
You can use any medium to create your design depending on whether you prefer painting or drawing. These designs should be created on an A4 sized card.
If you’re handier with a mouse than a brush or pencil, then designs can also be submitted as electronic JPEG image files.
The design should also feature a police puppy reference.
All police ask is that you don’t use materials that make a raised collage design such as glitter or pasta shapes as these cannot be scanned to create the official e-card.
Head of corporate communications Tanya Croft said: “We’re really looking forward to receiving entries to our official Christmas e-card competition as it means Devon and Cornwall Police officers and staff will have not just one but three fabulous pictures to choose from which are unique to us and not chosen from stock designs.
“The winners will be able to ask Paul Glennon any questions they have about how we train police dogs, or about their own dogs.
“The only things we ask people to bear in mind when picking a name for one of the puppies is that it must be suitable for a working police dog, so we advise staying away from names like Fluffy! The name must also begin with a 'C' as it is for a C litter puppy.”
The closing date for entries is 26 November 2014. Full terms, conditions and instructions can be found on the Devon and Cornwall Police website at http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/name-a-puppy
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