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Thanks to our friend Dave Stubbs for bringing our attention to the following article: The Daily Telegraph and Liverpool Echo last week gave accounts about a report to Liverpool Council bosses about the misuse of on-street internet kiosks by drug dealers. The newspaper reports conclude that these…

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I am particularly pleased to announce a new reciprocal link with (The London Borough of) Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch, because that’s where I live!! Unforeseen and sad circumstances in the recent past put back the…

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Thanks to our friends in Thames Valley Police for bringing this article in Public Service.co.uk to our attention.

The new President of the Police Superintendents' Association of…

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Just picked this off ACPO's media centre pages ACPO lead for finance and resources, Assistant Chief Officer Nigel Brook, said: “It is encouraging to see the Government has today protected the police from additional cuts in 2013/2014. We share the Home Secretary's view that priority should…

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A friend of this website, Graham Houghton, has just posted this item on our Facebook page.  It comes from West Mercia Police.

West Mercia Police are currently dealing…

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The Home Office has produced a brief but useful on-line guide to help small businesses select a CCTV system. Unfortunately many CCTV images supplied to police do not prove to be useful for a number of reasons. Often it's because the recorded image is either of poor quality or too small to identify…

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