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Feb
2016
By Calvin at 12:40 GMT, 9 years ago
With the elections for the 41 Police and Crime Commissioners for England and Wales (excluding London) due to take place on Thursday 5th of May 2016 the Home Secretary has suggested that we all vote for a Conservative candidate!
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner…
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Feb
2016
By Calvin at 15:30 GMT, 9 years ago
The following article has been sent to me by Stephen Armson-Smith, a Crime Prevention Tactical Advisor and Architectural Liaison Officer for Essex Police (Braintree and Uttlesford Districts)
This is one of a series of articles he’ll be sending me over the forthcoming year and I am…
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Feb
2016
By Calvin at 15:04 GMT, 9 years ago
It's good to see the principles of ‘Crime Prevention through Environmental Design' (CPTED – Designing out Crime) still being applied in Miami Beach where Officer Julio Blanco runs through a few very simple measures for residents to take if they want to reduce their chances of…
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Feb
2016
By Calvin at 14:35 GMT, 9 years ago
The following information is from Childnet, one of the three charities that form the UK Safer Internet Centre who help to coordinateSafer Internet Dayin the UK. Safer Internet Day is a celebration of the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.…
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Feb
2016
By Calvin at 14:35 GMT, 9 years ago
Back when I joined the Metropolitan Police in 1978 I found myself posted to Acton in West London. Mill Hill Park was one of the places I used to police, so you can imagine my pleasure of being able to link up to their Residents' Association website some 38 years later! Who would have thought it…
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Feb
2016
By Calvin at 12:11 GMT, 9 years ago
It's really interesting operating this website and seeing how visitor numbers change during the week and, more importantly, throughout the year. We're just emerging from this website's quieter period of December and January (although 10% up on the same period last year) when we've either all…
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