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18 Aug 2017

Rural crime tops commissioner’s agenda

Rural crime topped the agenda during a visit by Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Hardyal Dhindsa. Mr Dhindsa was at Castleton Visitor Centre in Hope Valley on THirsday (17 August)...

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14 Aug 2017

Sharp rise in cost of rural crime

THE cost of rural theft has risen sharply in the first half of 2017 – despite a 4% drop last year. Early theft claims statistics for the first half of...

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28 Jul 2017

‘Police must understand rural crime’

Many police officers fail to appreciate the impact of rural crime, suggests a study. Farmer’s daughter Molly Dickson investigated farm crime and farmers’ perceptions of policing in her home county...

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18 Jul 2017

Threats and fear in wake of rural crime

Rural crime is costing farmers as much as £42.5m a year, says a report Farmers have been victims of arson, vandalism and burglary, says the NFU study, launched at Westminster...

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24 Jun 2017

Police unveil rural crime strategy

An action plan to tackle the issues being faced by rural communities is to be unveiled by Lincolnshire police. Chief Constable Bill Skelly will announce new Rural Community Safety Strategy...

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16 Jun 2017

University unveils rural crime survey

Researchers at Aberystwyth University are calling for contributions to a new study on rural crime. The Rural Crime Study is led by Wyn Morris and Dr David Dowell from Aberystwyth...

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13 Jun 2017

Operation Checkpoint tackles rural crime

Six police forces teamed up for an operation to clamp down on crime in the countryside. Officers from Northumbria, Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire and North Yorkshire joined forces to take...

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01 Jun 2017

Hi-tech drone combats rural crime

POLICE are to deploy a new hi-tech drone to tackle rural crime in Lincolnshire. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be trialled before a force-wide roll out later this year....

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10 May 2017

Rural crime is ‘policing priority’

Police and local partners have launched a partnership initiative to tackle rural crime in Northumberland. A steering group of organisations attending the offical launch meeting included farm leaders, rural businesses,...

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03 May 2017

Police boss says priority is rural crime

TACKLING rural crime has neen named as a priority by Norfolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Commissioner Lorne Green gave an update on his Rural Policing Strategy – launched in autumn 2016 –...

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