THESE Oxford officers enjoyed the snow by using a riot shield as a sledge!

Four Thames Valley Police officers were filmed by a member of public on Tuesday sledging down a slope off Berkeley Road, in Boars Hill, Oxford.

Oxford area commander Supt Andy Murray last night said the officers had been warned about using police equipment to go sledging while on duty.

The officers stopped in their police van at the hill to speak to people playing in the snow, then decided to use a riot shield as a sledge.

Supt Murray added: “The snow has a habit of bringing out the child in all of us.”

The 41-second video shows colleagues capturing footage on their mobile phones.

The member of public who filmed the sledging posted the footage on the You Tube website.

He said: “They were only there a few minutes.

“They had a couple of runs, were chatty and then went on their way.”