Ben's found this very interesting and true story about a Hermit living in the woods of central Maine. For nearly thirty years and in order to survive Christopher Knight committed many, many crimes. With the exception of his eye glasses everything he possessed had been stolen. He lived in a tent,…

THE POLICING team in Dursley are raising awareness of shed a garage burglaries in the area and are offering to conduct crime prevention surveys of your home. PCSO Joshua Griffiths, who covers the Dursley area with his colleagues PC Mark Wilson and PCSO Oliver Clark makes the point that Dursley is…

From my friends at Crime Reduction Partnership (CRP) News is the following story: An independent watchdog, the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), which approves key official statistics, refuses to endorse the Scottish Government's claims that crime is at a near 40-year low. In the 2012-13 figures,…

We are very pleased about our recent link with the Derby Cycling Group (DCG), which was formed in 1979 to campaign for safe and convenient cycle routes in Derby. If you are cyclist living in and around Derby it seems to me that this is a campaigning group you should seriously consider joining.…

Following a recent enquiry about a news item I posted last year about Public Information Films (PIFs) promoting crime prevention I've created a new page in the References and Library Section under Police crime prevention service – a short history. I've updated my previous news page article…

From the BBC... A new crime of domestic abuse could be created under plans being considered by ministers. Home Secretary Theresa May is consulting on creating the offence in England and Wales as part of attempts to improve police performance. Existing law already covers coercive and controlling…