A mother has praised Sussex Police for rescuing her drunken son.

Writing anonymously in this month's edition of the force's magazine Patrol, she said officers found him worse for wear in Shoreham High Street.

She wrote: "My son does not remember the incident, which included verbally abusing your officers, and he is highly embarrassed.

"The conduct of your officers, PCs Dave Logan and Sue Glasgow, during the ordeal was exemplary to say the least and I would like to send them a personal note of thanks."

Police were also praised by a woman whose 90-year-old husband left their Brighton home after a row.

She wrote: "He suffers memory loss and I felt compelled to seek police assistance."

She said the response from the 30 officers who helped in the search was remarkable.

She added: "Two clues led your officers to find him safe in the Brighton library, after which they kindly returned him to our doorstep."