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Retired policeman's crime prevention website tops Google!

Well, nothing could get in my way as I rushed down to the paper shop today to buy two copies of our local Gazette…

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To help us celebrate our first birthday we are absolutely delighted to announce a most fantastic offer from our friends atTotalSafes.co.uk. Total Safeshas donated an unbelievably generous voucher worth up to £500 to be spent on any of their huge choice ofsafe products. The winner will be…

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As the latest crime figures showed an overall fall of 6.7 % in the force area, Tony Hogg has once again stressed that keeping officer numbers well above 3,000, instead of dropping to a proposed level of 2,810, is key to continuing this welcome downward trend. A meeting this week of the PCC's…

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We are really pleased to announce a new link up with the Community Safety Department of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. I have fond memories of visiting the crime prevention guys in Hull (several times) when I worked for ACPO's Secured by Design project and was incredibly encouraged when we…

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Here's a press release from West Mercia police about two burglaries that need not have happened, which got me thinking... Police in Worcester are reminding people about the importance of home security after two sneak-in burglaries at houses on Tolladine Road, one of which resulted in the…

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Here’s a good news story for Monday

Police Community Support Officer Wupundu Simpungwe of Upminster Safer Neighbourhoods Team was running a crime prevention workshop at Upminster Library when staff at Aldi in St Mary’s Lane contacted him via the town’s radio link…

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