Press Release Advice is given to concerned members of the public not to answer calls from numbers that they don't recognise. Recently the police have received reports of scam telephone calls to residents in Carlisle and Barrow which have been received from local area numbers. The scam relates to…

As it is so very quiet out there at the moment (in terms of crime prevention stuff) I've started to put together my next Newsletter. If there is something you would like me to feature it's not too late to drop me a line using Contact or my email address if you have it. Writing a regular…

So there I was, walking up and down the aisles of my local supermarket, occasionally leaving the trolley at the end of an aisle if I only needed one item and little did I know that someone, as yet unidentified, took the pound from my trolley lock! I didn't discover the theft until I took my…

A news story in the Manchester Evening News today (by Alex Scapens) reports that there was a significant rise in vehicle crime in Stockport in the 12 months up to April 2014 – up 25%. Inspector Scott Winters is quoted as saying at a meeting with the council that a lack of manpower has been…

I recently received a very welcomed email from a member of the North West Kent Crime Prevention Panel suggesting that we link our websites. Not being linked with any crime prevention panel I eagerly went on their website to find out what they do. I was really impressed by what I saw! For one…

Thanks to Gary Cordner of Modern Policing for pointing me to this interesting article concerning the renewal of some of Detroit's neighbourhoods. As Gordon says, it mentions that community engagement is essential for creating public order, considering that the police department there is still…