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Apr
2013
By Calvin at 11:10 GMT, 12 years ago
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The Crime Prevention Website is 1 year old today!
We had no real idea how the site was going to perform on year ago, but we thought around 40,000 visitors in the first year might be a reasonable expectation. We’re pleased to say that…
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Apr
2013
By Calvin at 15:51 GMT, 13 years ago
Next week we'll be sending e-newsletter number 6 out to our subscribers. This is a special issue, because it marks our first year of operation. One of the subjects looked at in this issue is the ongoing problem associated with multipoint locking doors; not so much the doors or the locks, but more…
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Apr
2013
By Calvin at 15:08 GMT, 13 years ago
The Home Office has recently published its Crime and Policing Newsletter for March which references the following matters, some of which…
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Apr
2013
By Calvin at 14:32 GMT, 13 years ago
Our friends at Thames Valley Police have just passed on a warning about a very recent spate of headlamp thefts from Land Rover Discovery models taking place in the West Midlands Region. A quick search on the internet reveals this to have been a problem for some considerable time in several areas…
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Apr
2013
By Calvin at 18:06 GMT, 13 years ago
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has begun recording attacks on members of subcultures, such as Goths, Emos and Punks, as hate crimes. GMP is the first force in the UK to treat the offences in such a way. Previously, hate crimes were only registered for offences against race, religion, disability,…
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Apr
2013
By Calvin at 14:07 GMT, 13 years ago
I’ve just received this link to an article in The New York Times concerning a convicted arsonist who has just been released from a life-meaning-life…
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