crime
28 Jul 2017
‘Police must understand rural crime’
Many police officers fail to appreciate the impact of rural crime, suggests a study. Farmer’s daughter Molly Dickson investigated farm crime and farmers’ perceptions of policing in her home county...
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18 Jul 2017
Threats and fear in wake of rural crime
Rural crime is costing farmers as much as £42.5m a year, says a report Farmers have been victims of arson, vandalism and burglary, says the NFU study, launched at Westminster...
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24 Jun 2017
Police unveil rural crime strategy
An action plan to tackle the issues being faced by rural communities is to be unveiled by Lincolnshire police. Chief Constable Bill Skelly will announce new Rural Community Safety Strategy...
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16 Jun 2017
University unveils rural crime survey
Researchers at Aberystwyth University are calling for contributions to a new study on rural crime. The Rural Crime Study is led by Wyn Morris and Dr David Dowell from Aberystwyth...
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13 Jun 2017
Operation Checkpoint tackles rural crime
Six police forces teamed up for an operation to clamp down on crime in the countryside. Officers from Northumbria, Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire and North Yorkshire joined forces to take...
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01 Jun 2017
Hi-tech drone combats rural crime
POLICE are to deploy a new hi-tech drone to tackle rural crime in Lincolnshire. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be trialled before a force-wide roll out later this year....
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10 May 2017
Rural crime is ‘policing priority’
Police and local partners have launched a partnership initiative to tackle rural crime in Northumberland. A steering group of organisations attending the offical launch meeting included farm leaders, rural businesses,...
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03 May 2017
Police boss says priority is rural crime
TACKLING rural crime has neen named as a priority by Norfolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Commissioner Lorne Green gave an update on his Rural Policing Strategy – launched in autumn 2016 –...
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21 Apr 2017
Fleet of 4x4s vehicles target rural crime
Police in Lincolnshire are due to take delivery of a fleet of 4×4 vehicles to combat rural crime. The 4x4s have been funded by the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner...
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19 Apr 2017
‘Missed chance’ to tackle fly-tipping
Government plans to tackle the scourge of fly-tipping are a missed opportunity, rural leaders have warned. Published earlier this month, the government’s Litter Strategy for England intends to curb illegal...
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