As some of you keen-eyed visitors may have spotted there's a little word ‘Beta' above the word ‘Prevention' in the top banner. This indicates that our website hasn't yet been properly designed. To do this I'll need some extra dosh and I'm slowly gathering together the funds by…

With the weather set to stay warm and muggy, West Mercia Police is taking steps to get local residents to make sure their homes are not left vulnerable to opportunist burglars. Officers and PCSOs are patrolling in South Worcestershire on the lookout for properties where doors and windows have been…

A new school newsletter to help secondary school pupils stay safe has been launched by Sutton Council and the Met Police in Sutton. Called ‘YourVoice', it is being produced three times a year - to coincide with the start of the summer, autumn and winter terms. The newsletter is the idea of…

Unfortunately one of my contacts has had his email compromised and the following email has been sent to all his contacts by the fraudsters This is the email purportedly sent from him, including all the mistakes. Hello, Hope you get this on time, we made a trip to Turkey and had our bags stolen…

As you might imagine I get followed on Twitter by lots of police and security organisations, as well as private individuals who are interested in the whole theme of crime prevention. I'm always grateful for the follows as it's great to share experiences and opinions between likeminded people.…

The Centre for Crime Prevention has just published a report that reveals an astonishing number of serious and repeat offenders' prison sentences are being suspended by the courts and recommends that such sentences should be abolished. To highlight their argument they reveal that 11,670 serious…