Hey! It's the 1st of December and you know what that means..... Extra drinks after work, lots of parties to attend and presents round the tree; three ingredients that can add up to a great time for you and maybe the thief too! Just bear in mind that the number one reason for a thief to burgle a…

The first newsletter from the DHF's Powered Gate Group has been published. Those of you who use automatic gates to access your parking garage, your place of work or perhaps your driveway may not be aware of the careful thought and detailed design work that goes into creating a powered gate that…

Liberal Democrat business minister, Jo Swinson, is looking to scrap The 1871 Pedlars Act, which requires travelling salesmen to have a permanent home address, be checked out by the police to make sure they are of “good character” and to hold a Pedlars Certificate. She reckons that this…

We are now sending our Newsletters out to several hundred subscribers, many of whom are police crime prevention staff.  We have noticed that some of them are not getting opened and in the last couple of days since Newsletter Number 3 was issued we’ve had several emails from police…

Love it or loath it, shopping at Christmas for most of us will be a crime free experience this year, so long as we keep our guard. I was reminded of the heightened risks at this time of year when I visited the West End of London with my guests last weekend. The crush, the hustle and bustle and…

It's taken me a few hours, but you can now find the details of your newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) on this website's Police and Police and Crime Commissioners Website list. I have provided the PCC's websites where they have been made available. Some of them won't work until…