LONDON – Sussex Police gave their service vehicles a colourful makeover this weekend to celebrate Brighton Pride's 25th anniversary parade.
A motorbike and a car were both redecorated in rainbow colours and stars to mark the LGBT celebrations, which took place in the centre of Brighton on Saturday.
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People attending the festival were encouraged to have their pictures taken with the vehicles and their smiley police drivers.
@sussex_police thanks for being amazing at #BrightonPride today, you also made a little girl and teddy very happy! pic.twitter.com/8bVN1ZecMM— Jane Chantry (@chantrybelle) August 1, 2015
Amazing #carnivalofdiversity outfits. #Pride #BrightonPride #Pride25 #Pride2015 #Brighton #SussexPolice #UK #Sussex #Police #Policing #LGBT A photo posted by Sussex Police (@sussexpolice) on Aug 2, 2015 at 12:56am PDT
One of our cars leading the way in the #BrightonPride parade earlier today. #Pride #BrightonPride #Pride25 #Pride2015 #Brighton #SussexPolice #UK #Sussex #Police #Policing #LGBT A photo posted by Sussex Police (@sussexpolice) on Aug 1, 2015 at 2:29pm PDT
Awesome work by @sussex_police today to support #BrightonPride and keep everyone safe. Nice work team! #LoveWins pic.twitter.com/IdemfXcEBg— Darren Towers (@happyecologist) August 1, 2015
Brighton Pride 2015 was a two-day event that took place over the weekend. Some 160,000 people were thought to have attended.