"I know that we were approached on occasions by people who felt they could come to us and talk to us because we'd been set up almost in memory to Diane and as a tribute to her," Ms Wood said.
A woman is attempting to break a world record for running the London Marathon dressed as a blood stem cell.Louise Cato from Somerset is doing the run to raise money for the charity Anthony Nolan, after her dad had a bone marrow transplant over 30 years ago.
Ms Cato is dressing as a cell in a Guinness World Record attempt for "fastest marathon dressed as a cell", where she will be aiming to beat a time of 4 hours and 30 minutes."I hope by dressing like an idiot I can raise awareness and some money for charity," Ms Cato said."I really want to do it so people understand the value of what a stem cell transplant can give to people with blood diseases and their families. It's another chance at life," she added.
She decided to set up a Just Giving page and said she hopes the "silly costume" will get people to sign up for the stem cell register.She said she has been training for the marathon by taking part in other running events in her stem cell costume.
"I live in a small village so I didn't want to scare people by running around in my stem cell costume," Ms Cato said.
"So I did Yeovil half marathon at the end of March in a stem cell outfit. I thought I could wear it to an official event and people wouldn't just point and laugh at me.The panel was told how one of the officers sprayed the woman, referred to as Miss A, with Pava spray after her colleague allegedly stood on her arm and grabbed her hair and throat during the arrest, for causing a public nuisance.
While they were driving to the police station, Miss A said she could not breathe.When they stopped, one of the officers pulled her out of the car and she fell heavily to the ground.
The tribunal heard Miss A was incapacitated as the officers had handcuffed her and applied a spit hood and a bite guard.Their treatment of the woman was “appalling”, “brutal” and lacked compassion, said barrister Alan Jenkins, representing the force.