A major initiative designed to increase awareness of security and counter terrorism policing in London is being launched today, Monday 9 June, by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), City of London Police (CoLP) and British Transport Police (BTP). The initiative - known as Operation Griffin -…

Interesting short article in the independent.co.uk this morning..... Crime in Colorado's capital, Denver, has dropped by 10 per cent since last year - reassuring those who feared it would rise after the first legal marijuana stores opened in the state on 1 January. Denver authorities'…

Some of you regular keen-eyed visitors may have noticed that I recently created a new tab for Non Domestic Buildings. Over time I will be populating this new section with advice for buildings such as shops, offices, warehouses, churches, schools, farms and so on; drawing from the work I did when in…

On Sunday last Merseyside Police were called to an address in Stoneycroft to assist an elderly woman who'd just experienced a burglary. She'd opened her door to a woman who'd asked to use the phone. The woman forced her way into the house, searched the downstairs and asked for money and then…

Just picked this story up off the Met's news page and thought it very worthy of reproducing here..... On Tuesday 21 January 2014, Police ConstableDarren Reynolds was conducting some undercover patrols in the Caledonian area due to reports of Class A drug dealing. Darren observed awoman acting…

Two metal gates, which are of historical importance to a Chesterfield business, have been stolen. The gates were taken sometime between Friday, May 23 and Tuesday, May 27 from Robinsons PLC's Field House, Canon Mill building, on Wheatbridge Road. They were presented to company in 1939 to mark…