{"id":6120,"date":"2025-12-19T16:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/?p=6120"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:16:47","slug":"day-in-the-life-with-emily-binns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/five-minutes-with\/day-in-the-life-with-emily-binns\/","title":{"rendered":"Day in the Life With: Emily Binns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day in the life with: Emily Binns\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TtZEf1asr88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Security Patrol Officer, Emily Binns, for a day in the life as she shares her journey into campus security, what inspired her to join the team, and how they work every day to keep students and staff safe. 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