Very recently I produced some guidance for one of our police services that no longer employs Crime Prevention Officers. The member of police staff who was given the task to put together some basic information for his police colleagues (a retired career detective) freely admitted to me that he had…

I received a message from an organisation called ‘One Community' over the weekend asking for my assistance to promote some work they are doing to support Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. There are over 10,000 schemes in Hampshire and the IOW at the moment and…

I’ve just got off the phone with the fraud investigators for La Redoute, a mail order catalogue, which my wife used once about 10 years ago.  Back in January we received a bill for about £500 for some items of…

I was already aware of the global scene of drug decriminalisation and so it comes as no surprise to read in the linked article below that 20 US States now allow marijuana for medical use and four allow its recreational use, with California about to join the list. It makes you wonder (especially…

I see from the local media in Somerset that Portishead Neighbourhood Watch is seeking more members to help them. The scheme currently has 70 coordinators covering 85 roads and the Watch Chairman, Nick Gough, is hoping to encourage more residents to join. Nick told the Weston, Worle and Somerset…

In The Telegraph online yesterday I couldn't help noticing the following story about a recently convicted burglar, Wayne Andrew Davies, who was sentenced to 32 months imprisonment on Monday after doing a very daft thing – he got caught! This idiot burgled a home in Swansea and stole a TV…