I received the following information from a chap called Sean Davern of forensic accountants firm Quartz Services UK yesterday (there's your promo Sean!) and thought I'd pop it onto this news page as a timely reminder about online fraud. Sean is reiterating something that's been in the media this…

I received this email from a gentleman called Ian one hour ago bringing my attention to a particular weakness he has discovered with his standard PVCu doorset. Here's Ian's message: Re UPVC door security Recently I had a break in through my standard half-glazed UPVC kitchen back door; by two…

Be Safe is a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) crime prevention campaign that aims to motivate, empower and mobilise Londoners to take steps to protect themselves and their property from crime, while officers continue to work hard to disrupt and arrest criminals. Starting by focusing on residential…

As a consequence of my news item on 29th (below) regarding helping out the local police and Neighbourhood Watches I had the following message from Mick Keyte, former police Crime Prevention man and now of http://www.detectdeterdefend.com/ Mick is more than happy to give up his time to give…

About three weeks ago I had the pleasure of helping out a local neighbourhood police team in Hounslow by attending and speaking at a crime prevention meeting they had arranged. I was there to give the key speech (to about 50 people), which focussed on the history of crime prevention and the police…

I have just received this interesting one-liner from a gentleman called Paul via my contact page: “For a crime prevention site, telling people how to break in through a sash window seems a little ridiculous.” Here's some of my reply: \"Hi Paul \"Thank you for your contribution…