crime
28 Nov 2016
Police urge rural residents to report crime
POLICE are urging rural residents to ‘Call it in’ and help target crime in the countryside. North Yorkshire Police’s Rural Taskforce said local communities were their ‘eyes and ears’– allowing officers...
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28 Oct 2016
Police commissioners step up rural crime fight
FOUR police and crime commissioners have come together to step up the fight against rural crime. The four commissioners – from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire – signed a Rural...
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19 Oct 2016
Commissioner pledge’s to tackle rural crime
RURAL crime is having a devastating effect in Cambridgeshire, police commissioner Jason Ablewhite has warned. Mr Ablewhite visited local farmers and rural business leaders to better understand the impact of...
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12 Oct 2016
New partnership tackles rural crime
A NEW partnership to tackle rural crime has been launched in Wiltshire. The partnership brings together representatives from a number of organisations with an interest in tackling rural crime in...
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02 Oct 2016
Police take to sky against rural crime
POLICE have launched a new operation aimed to tackle rural crime – including using drones to catch criminals. Dubbed Operation Buzzard, the initiative will coordinate all rural crime related operations...
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22 Sep 2016
Clampdown on rural crime in Yorkshire
POLICE have launched a major clampdown on rural crime – targeting hundreds of outlying businesses around York. Officers have identified hundreds of farms and York business premises that are located...
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19 Sep 2016
Police app combats rural crime
THOUSANDS of people have signed up to a police messaging service to combat rural crime. The free North Yorkshire Community Messaging system lets people register to receive the latest crime...
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21 Aug 2016
Dorset police launch rural crime team
POLICE in Dorset have launched a new rural crime team as they step up efforts to protect countryside communities. The rural crime team consists of a dedicated rural crime team...
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16 Aug 2016
MP calls for more rural police
Lancashire MP Nigel Evans has called for more police on the beat in rural areas. Mr Evans, who represents the Ribble Valley constituency, said a significant number of incidents involving...
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03 Aug 2016
How rural crime is costing farmers millions of pounds
The cost of rural crime in the UK has risen to £42m according to NFU Mutual, with the theft of quad bikes, diesel and animals all contributing. To view this...
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