• Contact your local police station and find out the name of the community police officer or community support officer for your area. Pray for that person by name.

• Regularly obtain a copy of your local newspaper and look for reports where officers have been injured on duty and pray for them.

• Using your local newspaper, list reports of local crime and pray that the police will be successful in apprehending the perpetrators.

• Listen to local radio and television news and take note of any items involving the police that need praying about.

• Log on to your local police website and navigate to the news/appeals page where you can find local items to fuel your prayers.

• Pray for God’s protection on your local area that you will have peace and an absence of crime.

• Find out the name of the senior police officer in charge of your area and pray for him / her and all the staff (both police and support staff) who work under their command.

• Whenever you see a police vehicle, whether or not they are on an emergency call, pray for the crew.

• If you hear a police vehicle responding to an emergency call, pray for the safety of the officers and for the situation to which they might be responding.

• If you know of a Christian police officer in your area, pray that they will have a strong and effective witness amongst their colleagues.

• Obtain a ‘Prayer Bookmark’ from the Christian Police Association and use it to pray for specific needs of the Police Service.

‘I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for ... all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Saviour’ (1 Tim. 2:1-2).