Editing Devon and Cornwall Police (section)

==Other activities==

===Devon and Cornwall Police Pipes and Drum Band===

The Devon and Cornwall Police Pipes and Drum Band is a band made up of pipe and drums players who play on behalf of the police force in aid of charity. The band plays at fundraising events for [[Devon Air Ambulance]], [[Help for Heroes]] and other events, as well at police occasions such as officer graduations.

The band is made up of officers and employees of Devon and Cornwall Police, as well as some members who are not related to the police. The band is not funded or related to the police force but do have permission to use their name and uniform.<ref name="devonandcornwallpolicepipesanddrums">{{cite web|url=http://www.devonandcornwallpolicepipesanddrums.co.uk/|title=Devon and Cornwall Police Pipes and Drums|work=devonandcornwallpolicepipesanddrums.co.uk|access-date=30 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516194443/http://devonandcornwallpolicepipesanddrums.co.uk/|archive-date=16 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Devon and Cornwall Police Rugby Football Club===

The Devon and Cornwall RFC was formed in 1967 following the amalgamation of the Devon, Cornwall and Plymouth Constabularies clubs. A few midweek and Sunday games were played and players were encouraged to play for club sides on Saturdays. However the Saturday team was disbanded in May 1995 due to operational commitments. Today the force still manages to bring together a team when necessary, and play in the National Cup Competition every year.<ref name="rfu">{{cite web|url=http://clubs.rfu.com/Clubs/portals/DevonCornwallConstabularyRFC/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715180332/http://clubs.rfu.com/Clubs/portals/DevonCornwallConstabularyRFC/Default.aspx |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead |title=Home|access-date=30 August 2014}}</ref>

===Social media===
In 2015, [[BBC News Online]] reported that the force had been involved in a number of social media "blunders", including officers making inappropriate use of Facebook and Twitter, and a Twitter campaign image that had to be withdrawn when it was pointed out that it appeared to depict a police [[riot police|riot officer]] beating a person lying on the ground with a [[Baton (law enforcement)|truncheon]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31655725|title=Devon and Cornwall Police withdraw 'brutality' image|date=27 February 2015|access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref>

===Stella the dog===
Stella was a dog that was seized in 2014. Devon and Cornwall Police said the pit bull-type dog was considered potentially dangerous. The department put the dog in a 3&nbsp;ft by 9&nbsp;ft cage in Devon until 2016 when a destruction order for Stella was passed by Torquay Magistrates' Court. The dog was reported to have not had exercise and was left in the cage for 24 hours a day for nearly two years. The courts had until 8 March 2016 to appeal the euthanasia of Stella. Sgt Allan Knight, from the Devon and Cornwall Police dog handling unit, said: "There will always be some dogs who cannot get walked by staff because of the danger they possess. We are bound by the court process."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-35635935|title=Police caged death row dog for two years|first=Claire|last=Jones|date=29 February 2016|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

===Sensory learning tool initiative===
Sensory library boards designed to help people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or sensory issues have been introduced to help neurodivergent student police officers training in classroom environments by the Devon and Cornwall Police force. <ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-66855354|title=Devon and Cornwall Police student officers get sensory aids|date=24 September 2023}}</ref>