Here’s a link to a short, but interesting article from…

Two things happened to me at the weekend: I drove past a car boot sale and I started to clean out my shed. So why do I mention both these occurrences in the same sentence? Because stuff nicked from sheds often ends up at a car boot sale! To demonstrate the value of a shed's contents here's a list…

Last week I visited a detached house in the South-East to carry out a home security survey. I do a few of these throughout the year and like to do them, because it forces me to keep up-to-date with what's going on in the security world. In this case the house is over one-hundred years old and is…

Here's an interesting study that considers the carbon footprint of crime. The full paper can be read for free at the link below: Summary: Governments estimate the social and economic impacts of crime, but its environmental impact is largely unacknowledged. Our study addresses this by estimating…

Our friend, Stephen Armson-Smith, one of the Crime Prevention Tactical Advisors in Essex Police has sent us a useful holiday security checklist that you might like to include in your monthly publications (I'm particularly thinking of Neighbourhood Watches/Parish Council newsletters etc). As…

A timely message from Action Fraud concerning holiday fraud With summer holidays fast approaching, individuals are often more exposed to travel booking frauds when looking for last minute package deals / cheap flights. Whether paying upfront for a family holiday or simply booking a flight, payments…